Month: May 2019

The light twinkle of an old-fashioned cylinder music box evokes many things: nostalgia, childhood memories, sometimes even horror (they are a trope in scary movie soundtracks). Most music boxes play one tune, but with the Muro Box, which exhibited at Computex this week, you can […]

The days of easily blocking ads in Google Chrome may soon be over thanks to a proposed change to the browser’s extensions system called Manifest V3 that Google announced back in January. Manifest V3 would prevent current ad blockers from working efficiently and despite overwhelming […]

When Google officially announced the Android Q beta program at Google IO 2019 in early May, it revealed 21 handsets that were part of the beta program.  One of those handsets was Huawei’s Mate 20 Pro, however, when the US Government put Huawei on the […]

Il black friday fa il bis. I grandi negozi raddoppiano il «venerdì nero», la giornata di sconti importata dagli Usa. Ma i commercianti medio-piccoli protestano: «Serve una regolamentazione». Su alcune vetrine, dalla Rinascente in Duomo fino ai marchi in corso XXII Marzo, in questi giorni […]

Franz Reichelt, the Flying Taylor, leapt from the Eiffel Tower on February 4, 1912, expecting his homemade parachute to do its job. Nobody actually thought he would jump. To secure deck access, Reichelt had assured Parisian police that he would be sending a dummy over […]

Tesla’s big bet on China-based production is key to a new effort to lure Chinese consumers with cheaper prices. Today the U.S. firm revealed that its incoming Model 3, which will be produced in China, will sell from 328,000 RMB — that’s around $47,500 and […]

Avis has a guide to the latest destination to the partnership, Croatia, offering travellers a scenic driving experience along the Adriatic Highway. France. Avis offers travellers a different way to explore France's varied landscapes, … Spain. Another road trip Avis recommends is to the incredible […]

Augmented reality is coming to the operating room theater sooner than anyone may have predicted. Medivis, which launched its product suite earlier this year, has now received approvals from the Food and Drug Administration and will begin rolling out its service in hospitals around the […]

Al centro del dibattito anche le pensioni: «L'età di una persona è legata al lavoro che fa» ha detto Landini commentando i dati della Cgil. Numeri che … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit

Uber’s ride-hailing business is growing more slowly than its newer bets. In Uber’s Q1 2019 earnings, the company reported gross bookings growth of 230% for its other bets, while ridesharing grew just 22% compared to the same quarter last year. Gross bookings are the revenue […]