Day: September 24, 2019

Facebook is often accused of getting inside its user’s heads. On Monday, it bought a company that will literally allow it to access your brain—but only so you can control devices. The startup it purchased is CTRL-Labs (pronounced “Control” labs), a four-year-old company that uses […]

If you’re a VC or founder in London, Bangalore or San Francisco, you’ll likely interact with some part of Africa’s tech landscape for the first time — or more — in the near future. When measured by monetary values, the continent’s tech ecosystem is small […]

Google Play Pass, an obvious Apple Arcade competitor, is now live – and offers 350 games and non-game apps for $5 per month. But to sweeten the deal, you can try it for free for 10 days – after which you can sign up for […]

Google's big hardware event in October will likely focus a lot on the excessively leaked Pixel 4. But the company apparently has some other products … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit

mercurial , adj : (comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted. (not comparable, astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mercury; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see adjective sense 1). (not comparable, astronomy) Pertaining to the […]

The Wikipedia article of the day for September 24, 2019 is Edmontosaurus. The Edmontosaurus mummy in the American Museum of Natural History is an exceptionally well-preserved fossil of a dinosaur, the first found to include a skeleton encased in skin impressions; almost two-thirds of the […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on September 24, 2019: Night view of the Moskva River, Moscow, Russia. In the centre is the headquarters of the Rosneft, a petrol company, and on the right the Kremlin. https://ift.tt/2mHWm2V