Alumni Ventures Group is the most active venture fund you’ve never heard of

Alumni Ventures Group’s (AVG) limited partners aren’t endowment or pension funds. Its typical LP is a heart surgeon in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm has both an unorthodox model of fundraising and dealmaking. Across 25 micro funds, AVG is raising and investing upwards of $200 million per […]

Violento nubifragio nella notte, scuole e strade chiuse nella provincia di Catania

Un violento nubifragio nella notte si è abbattuto su Catania e provincia. Soprattutto nei comuni di Ramacca, Palagonia, Scordia e Militello si registrano danni anche sulle strade a causa degli intensi temporali e le scuole rimarranno chiuse. Ieri sera … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews

Watch BepiColombo’s twin spacecraft launch tonight on a mission to Mercury

Update: BepiColombo launch successful! We should have confirmation that all is well soon. Humanity is about to return to the hottest planet in the solar system. BepiColombo is a mission to Mercury conducted jointly by the European and Japanese space agencies, due to launch from […]

Healthcare.gov security breach leaks info for 75,000 people

Today The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Healthcare.gov, the federally operated health insurance marketplace, has suffered a data breach. Apparently it detected “anomalous system activity” in a tool that’s supposed to be used for brokers to help consumers get insurance coverage […]