The Roblox EC-1 Following in the wake of our deep profiles of Patreon and Niantic, we have our next EC-1 package, this time on children’s gaming platform Roblox. Extra Crunch writer Sherwood Morrison has covered gaming and startups for years, and he got an in-depth, […]
Day: July 13, 2019
Palantir Manual Shows How Law Enforcement Tracks Families
On Zoom conference calls across the US this week, brows furrowed as the news broke that the video conference company had a flaw in its backend that could give hackers access to people’s webcams. Worse, Zoom seemed at first unwilling to fix the problem. Thankfully, […]
Sciopero Trenord: da questa notte treni fermi per 24 ore. Bus sostitutivi per i vacanzieri diretti a Malpensa
E’ uno sciopero che potrebbe creare disagi per i viaggiatori in partenza per le vacanze estive. Alle 3 di questa notte scatta lo sciopero regionale del trasporto ferroviario proclamato dal sindacato OR.S.A che si protrarrà fino alle 2 di lunedì. I treni lombardi regionali, suburbani […]
Inside the hellish workday of an Amazon warehouse employee
It took just three days of working full time at an Amazon “fulfillment center” outside of Louisville, Kentucky, for Emily Guendelsberger's body to break … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Pensioni, Zingaretti: ‘Quota 100 è una pugnalata alle spalle alle nuove generazioni’
Il Partito democratico va all'attacco del governo gialloverde su Pensioni e fisco. "Salvini – ha detto il segretario del Pd Nicola Zingaretti – vuole la Flat … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Is blitzscaling killing early employee equity opportunities?
Silicon Valley has many dreams. One dream — the Hollywood version anyway — is for a down-and-out founder to begin tinkering and coding in their proverbial garage, eventually building a product that is loved by humans the world over and becoming a startup billionaire in […]
Ubisoft’s Gods and Monsters is a ‘lighthearted’ game narrated by Homer
Ubisoft has started releasing some more details about its upcoming mythological adventure, Gods and Monsters. First announced at E3 2019, the game is currently being developed by the team behind Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. At the time of its announcement, we didn’t get too much information […]
Hitting the Books: Gravity’s mystery may prove our multiverse exists
The Trouble with Gravity: Solving the Mystery Beneath Our Feetby Richard Panek Even today, right now, in the year 2019, humanity still doesn’t know what gravity is. Sure, we know what it does and how it influences everything from the characteristics of other fundamental forces […]
Matera, from Italy’s national disgrace to European Cultural Capital
Matera, in southern Italy's Basilicata region, was designated a UNESCO World … On our first trip we stopped in the middle of the Sassi at the Vico Solitario …. Alitalia, Air France and Delta offer connecting service to Bari, about 50 … social experiment by Livio […]
Space Photos of the Week: A Tribute to Voyager’s Twin Trippers
When Voyager 1 flew right at Jupiter in 1979, capturing image after image, the Great Red Spot was so large it could hold close to four Earths. Its winds blow and circle at around 400 mph, and their effects have been a magnificent beauty mark […]