In the venture capital market, big is in. Firms are raising significant sums to finance a growing number of large startup funding rounds. In July, there were 55 venture rounds, worldwide, which topped out at $100 million or more, totaling just over $15 billion raised in […]
Day: August 11, 2018
Clear today!
With a high of F and a low of 70F. via IFTTT
Amazon may have to drop next-day delivery claim in UK
The Times says ASA started investigating the company after receiving 200 late delivery complaints from Prime members. Some of them said they had to wait four days to get the items that were supposed to arrive the next day shortly before Christmas last year. Others […]
All the UKTV channels are returning to Virgin Media boxes
The 10 channels that fall under the UKTV umbrella are back on Virgin Media after being pulled in July due to a dispute over fees. The free-to-air channels should already be back and available, with the paid-for channels following shortly, Virgin Media has announced. “Reaching […]
Stealing a Plane Isn’t Easy. How Did It Happen in Seattle?
Seattleites got a serious scare on Friday evening when an airport employee stole a large turboprop airplane owned by the Alaska Air Group from the area’s Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, and took it for an unauthorized flight. The incident ended when the empty 76-seater Q400 Bombardier […]
Napoli, a Wolfsburg l’ultimo test: Ancelotti ritrova Zielinski e Mertens
Questa sera a Wolfsburg si chiude il pre-campionato del Napoli. La squadra di Ancelotti alla Volkswagen Arena andrà a caccia di conferme importanti, dopo il bel successo per 3-1 sul Borussia Dortmund, per allontanare ulteriormente la batosta di Dublino … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews
‘Fortnite’ Android beta invitations open to non-Samsung devices
And yes, Epic is aware of the potential security pitfalls that can come with bypassing the Google Play Store. As soon as you finish installing Fortnite, the installer will pop up a notification asking you to disable the permissions you granted in order to load […]
OLED vs QLED: the battle of the TV tech titans
If you’ve been watching the TV consumer market for a while, OLED vs QLED is like plasma vs LCD all over again. Having been nowhere a year ago, Samsung’s QLED TVs are suddenly everywhere. But is QLED tech the very peak of current TV technology, […]
Blind loyalty
John Chen Contributor There is a secret behind every open office in Silicon Valley — and it isn’t the drain on productivity. Tech companies have been the vanguards for pushing corporate culture forward toward “radical transparency.” Mark Zuckerberg works in a fully transparent four-walled glass […]
No vax, si vanta sui social di aver falsificato il certificato vaccinale della figlia: la scuola la denuncia
La denuncia è partita dalla pagina Facebook ‘No alle pseudoscienze’: una mamma no vax si vantava pubblicamente sui social network di aver ingannato per un anno i dirigenti della scuola materna a cui era iscritta la sua bambina presentando falsi certificati vaccinali. “Ti è rimasto […]