The prowess of a Jordan Peele film reveals itself in the dive. With Get Out—his Oscar-winning 2017 social thriller about brain-swapping white liberals and their obsession with black bodies—Peele explored what it meant to descend into, and ultimately be trapped by, the dark vista of […]
Day: March 23, 2019
GM will build a new Chevrolet EV at its Orion plant
GM has confirmed plans to build another electric vehicle at the same Orion Township, MI factory where it currently manufactures the Bolt, as well as test autonomous vehicles for Cruise. We don’t have a name or potential release date for this next EV, but it […]
I ragazzi-eroi dell’autobus dirottato: «Anche Adam merita la cittadinanza»
Lancia l’assist Ramy: «Cittadinanza italiana per me? Grazie, ma allora anche a mio fratello e a tutti i miei amici che crescono in Italia». Raccoglie la palla Adam: «Il governo dovrebbe darla anche a me. E agli altri compagni di classe che stavano con noi […]
Drone analytics startup Aria Insights suddenly shutters
Earlier this year, Helen Greiner-founded drone startup Cyphy Works announced a major change. The company was rebooting and renaming itself Aria Insights, a move that arrived with a new-founded, AI/data-driven focus. Now, just over two months later, the company is no more. Reports that Aria […]
Pinterest drops its IPO filing
Pinterest, the nearly decade-old visual search engine, has unveiled its S-1 as it prepares for an initial public offering expected in April. Valued at $12.3 billion in 2017, Pinterest took its first official step toward a 2019 IPO two months ago, hiring Goldman Sachs and […]
Why ‘win-win’ New Silk Road deals with Italy and France are within Xi Jinping’s grasp
Two of the three countries chosen by Beijing for the visit – Italy and France (he will also travel to Monaco) – are founding members of the European … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Openreach plans copper switch off
Openreach is inviting its telco customers to participate in a consultation that will identify the best way to migrate the UK from copper to fibre infrastructure, with a view to switching off the analogue network entirely. BT-owned Openreach is embarking on a major build of […]
The Mueller Report Is Done. Now Comes the Hard Part
Continuing a now time-honored tradition of creating explosive news late on a Friday afternoon, special counsel Robert Mueller has delivered his final report to attorney general William Barr. The Mueller probe, which began not quite two years ago, has come to its conclusion. Time for […]
This is how much money Pinterest execs made last year
Silicon Valley is known for its massive wealth. When these companies file to go public, we all finally get to know how much money these executives take home each year, and the millions they’ll take home after the IPO. In Pinterest’s S-1, which it filed […]
Gadget Lab Podcast: Google Takes on Microsoft, Amazon in Gaming
Google’s Project Stream, first unveiled last October, gave gamers a taste of what it would be like to stream heavy games directly from the cloud—from a Chrome browser, even. That effort has now evolved into something much, much more ambitious. At the Game Developers Conference […]
