Sonderangebot! That sounds like a super-cool robotics startup you’d find at Disrupt Berlin 2019, right? But it’s German for special offer — and that’s super cool, too. Our premier tech conference takes place on 11-12 December, and we want to make attending Disrupt Berlin as […]
Month: August 2019
Air France, Delta, KLM and Virgin Atlantic to Carbon-Offset GBTA Convention Flights
Air France, Delta, KLM and Virgin Atlantic will carbon-offset more than … Chicago surrounding the 2019 Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ Is a Much-Needed Jolt to TV Comedy
The exact particulars of the apocalypse are unclear—what caused the disaster; what precise form, or forms, the fury took—and all that we, the viewers, know of what happened is that it’s referred to as The Event and that Earth’s remaining survivors are four black women. […]
Data-driven events discovery and planning startup Fever raises $35 million led by RakutenInnovation
Fever, a startup that uses proprietary algorithms to help companies plan events, announced today that it has raised $35 million led by Rakuten Capital, the investment arm of Japanese internet giant Rakuten. Other investors in the round, which brings Fever’s total raised to $70 million, […]
Cloudflare cuts off extremist site 8chan after multiple shootings
Cloudflare has been reluctant to pull its services from extremist websites, citing free speech issues. One of the few times it has notably done so in the past, it ended support for another white extremist site, the Daily Stormer. At least 20 people were killed […]
Bitcoin Price Blasts Past $11700, Dominance Nears 70% on China Turmoil
The total cryptocurrency market cap regained the $300 billion mark thanks to Bitcoin, which now makes up 67.7% of the total at $207 billion. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Viaggio nel market senza gli orari, il «deserto» dell’alba
Il ronzio dei frigoriferi si prende tutta l’atmosfera. Mario e Marina sono sposati da 46 anni. Come ogni settimana hanno fatto la loro partenza intelligente. Sono scesi a fare la spesa che non sono ancora le 8 del mattino. Il resto della città dorme ancora. […]
CVS targets millennials with Amazon-like membership
CVS has a plan to win over millennials and it looks a lot like Amazon Prime: free home delivery of products from shampoo to cold medicine, all for an … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Huawei smartphone running their own Hongmeng OS could come later this year
Huawei might already be testing a smartphone running Hongmeng OS, the company’s operating system and is expected to go on sale later this year. Earlier this year, Huawei was subject to trade sanctions which disallowed any American company to trade with them. Companies like Qualcomm, […]
Cloudflare Ditches 8chan. What Happens Now?
The internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare said it would cut service on Sunday evening to 8chan, the infamous online forum that has housed numerous posts and manifestos linked to horrific mass shootings in the United States and around the world. The move comes nearly two days […]