VertoFX, an Africa and emerging markets focused currency trading and payment startup, has raised a $2.1 million seed round, led by Accelerated Digital Ventures. The London based company, with a subsidiary in Lagos, Nigeria, has created a platform that allows businesses and banks to exchange […]
Day: July 19, 2019
Morosità rifiuti, Confedilizia: “Tasse da pagare ma che siano eque”
L'Associazione Proprietari Casa-Confedilizia di Piacenza, in riferimento alla campagna Iren per il recupero delle morosità nel pagamento della Tassa … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Qualcomm will appeal €242m EU fine
Qualcomm will appeal a €242 million fine handed out by the European Commission (EC) for the abuse of its dominant position in the 3G baseband chip market between 2009 and 2011. A ten-year investigation concluded Qualcomm had sold chips below cost to Huawei and ZTE […]
About That ‘Cats’ Trailer: A Feline Anatomy Expert Weighs In
As a veterinarian, anatomist, and physiologist, Leslie Sprunger has taught small animal anatomy at Washington State University for nearly two decades. After the release of the trailer for the upcoming film musical Cats, based on the Broadway musical Cats, itself based on T.S. Eliot’s Old […]
Iran says US may have shot down its own drone by mistake
Iran denied Friday it lost a drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the United States said it had "destroyed" an Iranian drone that was threatening a U.S. ship … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Hardware startups take center stage for Hardware Battlefield at TC Shenzhen
Software grabs so much attention that it even has its own catchphrase — there’s an app for that. It’s not a bad thing, but we know nothing happens without hardware. That’s why we’re hunting for the best early-stage hardware startups to take center stage at […]
BMX rider Ryan Williams doing the world’s first 1080 front flip via /r/nextfuckinglevel
https://ift.tt/2YbEvCw Submitted July 19, 2019 at 03:35AM by to_the_tenth_power via reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/cf1bd6/bmx_rider_ryan_williams_doing_the_worlds_first/?utm_source=ifttt
UAE jumps 16 places globally to rank 25th in fastest fixed broadband speed in June
UAE has jumped 16 places to rank 25th in fixed broadband speed and connectivity globally, according to Ookla’s Global Speed test Index conducted in June this year. The global speed test compares internet speed data from around the world on a monthly basis. Data for the […]
Milano: uomo trovato morto in una piscina pubblica
Un uomo è stato trovato morto, la scorsa notte, dentro una piscina aperta al pubblico a Milano. In base alle prime frammentarie informazioni, una persona ha dato l’allarme verso le 3,20 al 112: nella vasca dell’impianto delle Milanosport di via Sant’Abbondio, alla periferia sud della […]
How It Feels to Drive—and Crash—the First-Ever Mid-Engine Corvette
“Just drive through that fence,” the voice says into my headset. I’m a bit rattled, having spun off the track and straight to the wrong side of said fence, just moments into my first drive of the 2020 Chevrolet Stingray. I’m fine, though. Not because […]