PayPal, now with 19.5 million businesses and 250 million customers using its payment rails to sell and buy goods and services, is today taking the wraps off a new feature that it hopes will bring more transactions to its platform. The company is launching Funds […]
Month: September 2018
Watch Moritz Simon Geist’s Sonic Robots Play Thumping Techno Music in His Video for ‘Entropy’
When he plays a techno show, Moritz Simon Geist doesn’t reach for a laptop. Instead, he calls on his army of sonic robots—a collection of small, motorized creations that click, clank, and whirr in an intricate mechanical symphony. Geist composes robotic electronic music, a burgeoning […]
What is a cloud broker?
Cloud computing continues to enjoy popularity among enterprises. Earlier this year, for the seventh annual State of the Cloud Survey which interviews almost a thousand IT professionals on their use of cloud infrastructure, the latest cloud computing trends identified are that multi-cloud is a preferred […]
Tickets are now available for São Paulo’s Startup Battlefield Latin America
We’re very excited to announce that tickets are now available for TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield Latin America, which will be held at São Paulo’s Tomie Ohtake Institute on November 8, 2018. Tickets are free and available through a simple application process, which you can find here. […]
Valve approves first uncensored porn game on Steam
After outright blocking erotic visual novels like Negligee from Steam in July — prompting sensationalised cries of censorship from devs — Valve again updated its work-in-progress content policy to include filters to remove games with Mature Content, or those tagged Adults Only, from search. Fast […]
Definì Belen Rodriguez “un viado”: il tribunale di Milano condanna Nina Moric
Duemila euro di risarcimento dei danni e 600 euro di multa. E’ la condanna inflitta alla modella Nina Moric, accusata di diffamazione aggravata per avere definito ‘viado’ la showgirl Belen Rodriguez. La parola era stata pronunciata nel settembre del 2015 alla trasmissione radiofonica La Zanzara […]
We Know Exactly How to Stop Wildfires—With Money
Wild lands are practically worthless. They’re not worthless to the things that live in them, of course. They love ‘em. And they aren’t worthless aesthetically, if that’s your bag. Any place with plants slurps up carbon dioxide, providing a bulwark against climate change. And they […]
Tesla’s sleek wireless smartphone charger will soon be available again
Last month Tesla introduced a limited edition smartphone charger. Even though it was overpriced and slow, the charger quickly sold out. Now Tesla says the charger will soon be available again and at a lower price. The charger features 6,000mAh of juice and 5W of wireless […]
Apple to kick off product blitz with iPhone Xs line, new watches
Through the rest of 2018, the world's most valuable public company will launch three new iPhones, revamped iPad Pros, Apple Watches with larger … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Hoggard appointed ambassador at La Manga, Spain
Former England fast bowler Matthew Hoggard has signed up for a new team after joining Spain's La Manga Club sports and leisure resort as a … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours