Suppose you traveled back in time—say 40,000 years into the past—and then you got stuck. What would you do? How would you rebuild all the stuff that you like? That’s the premise of the book How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded […]
Day: December 15, 2018
Propel raises $12.8M for its free app to manage government benefits
Propel, maker of the Fresh EBT app for managing food stamps and other benefits, announced today that it has raised $12.8 million in Series A funding. Fresh EBT (the EBT stands for the Electronics Transfer Benefit card, which is how food stamp participants receive their […]
France’s LVMH says to buy luxury hotel group Belmond for $3.2 bn
French luxury giant LVMH said Friday that it had reached agreement to buy upscale hotel group Belmond, whose properties include the Copacabana … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
The best iPad deal is back on for $250
If you’re looking to pick up the latest iPad – and why wouldn’t you, they’re great for browsing and binging media – now is the best time to pick one up. Amazon has its $80 off deal in stock, meaning you can buy a 32GB […]
Forget pot, Elon Musk is now raving about ramen
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is a hopeless ramen-tic. The billionaire, who earned a scolding from NASA for briefly smoking marijuana on … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Trucchi last minute per evitare le tasse
Ti sveliamo qui tutti i trucchi last minute per evitare di pagare le tasse. Leggi qui. by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Facebook restructures Building 8, separating projects into Reality Labs and Portal groups
Facebook is restructuring its experimental hardware efforts and giving its moonshot projects a home within its AR/VR research division. The restructuring, reported by Business Insider (paywalled), didn’t result in any layoffs but did see some shifts of teams as the old Building 8 group rebranded […]
Supernatural: Jeffrey Dean Morgan parteciperà al 300esimo episodio
Jeffrey Dean Morgan è pronto per il suo ritorno in Supernatural Quando una serie tv arriva al suo 100esimo episodio raggiunge un gran traguardo. Quando lo fa per ben 3 volte è un valido motivo di festeggiamento. Questo è il caso di Supernatural che ha […]
Facebook Exposed 6.8 Million Users’ Photos to Cap Off a Terrible 2018
Friday morning, Facebook disclosed the latest in an ongoing series of privacy and security lapses that have come to define the company in 2018. For nearly two weeks in September, a bug let third-party developers view the photos of up to 6.8 million Facebook users, […]
L’Europa di prepara al ‘no deal’ sulla Brexit con Londra, dice Juncker
L'Ue si prepara al 'no deal' sulla Brexit mentre Theresa May gioca la sua ultima carta, quello di un accordo al Parlamento su un'uscita negoziata. Il Consiglio straordinario di Bruxelles ha nuovamente sancito le difficoltà della premier britannica che … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews