Day: June 20, 2019

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, faced an onslaught of 14 independent shareholder proposals during its annual meeting on Wednesday, most criticizing the concentration of power in the hands of a few executives and all demanding some kind of structural change to make the company more accountable—to […]

From the venue and the flashy event website, Waterloo, Ontario’s True North conference (in its second year) doesn’t seem all that distinct from a laundry list of other major tech events that take place each year across North America. But from the moment its main […]

Defeats against England and Japan have made Scotland’s hopes of reaching the last 16 of the 2019 Women’s World Cup slim, but a win today against Argentina could be enough for Shelley Kerr’s side to qualify via a third-place finish. Will either team do enough […]

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said Thursday it shot down a U.S. drone amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over its collapsing … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit

Despite years of advances in battery and charging technology, one annoyance of owning an electric car hasn’t changed: When your battery runs low while on the road, you’ve got to stop at a charging station, plug in, and hang out for 20 minutes or more. […]

If you’re a Sony fan you’re going to want to get a Sony smartphone – they’re designed for media on the move, and promise you a great entertainment experience, just like all Sony gadgets. Sony’s smartphones have large and beautiful screens, power under the hood, […]

After London and Johannesburg, startup accelerator and incubator Founders Factory is launching a third city — Paris. Once again, the company is partnering with a corporate backer. And this time, insurance company Aviva France is backing Founders Factory Paris. Albin Serviant is heading the team […]

We all love revisiting classic music videos from time to time, but it’s safe to say that many older clips don’t hold up quite as well as they should – largely due to being made for TV viewing in the standard definition era. YouTube and […]