When the sun sets on the human race, and the cause of death isn’t an asteroid scorching the Earth, whoever or whatever comes after our kind might uncover the documents that defined us—the Magna Carta, any number of national constitutions and international treaties, classic works […]
Day: September 25, 2019
This portable monitor allows your phone to game on a bigger screen with one cable
The TBao T15 is not your bog standard monitor; it is has a holder case that doubles as a stand and can be powered by USB Type-C. At 15.6-inches with a full HD resolution, it represents a balanced alternative to smaller smartphones should you want […]
Manila-based payments processing startup PayMongo raises $2.7 million in seed funding
Manila-based financial tech startup PayMongo has raised $2.7 million in seed funding to give merchants in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian markets simple ways to set up online payments. Investors included Founders Fund, Peter Thiel and Stripe, with participation from Y Combinator (PayMongo is […]
Sparta High School Students Share Summer Spain Trip
SPARTA, NJ – Spain was on the board of education agenda on Monday night. Students and staff who traveled to Spain this summer shared details of … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Amazon Opens Brick-And-Mortar Stores Meant To Emphasize Convenience
Amazon is opening new stores — in the real world. And in true Big Tech fashion the experience is meant to emphasize convenience. All you need to … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Giuseppe Abbà accusa la giunta: “È illegale dare appalti a chi non paga le tasse”
“Abbiamo scoperto leggendo L'Informatore Lomellino che Bertè – spiega il rappresentante della minoranza – dal 2012 non pagava la tassa Imu, non … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Spot, the Internet’s Wildest 4-Legged Robot, Is Finally Here
That and Spot might not even be the right tool for your needs—if you want to remotely monitor five gauges, just train five stationary cameras on them. And maybe you do need a robot, just not something as advanced as Spot. Drones can map environments […]
Need a printer that can go the distance? Choose Canon Endurance
Let’s face it: the bane of the inkjet printer world has always been the ink. We tend not to remember all the great print jobs a device has managed to produce throughout its life, but rather the frustrations of going to print something and finding […]
Alibaba unveils Hanguang 800, an AI inference chip it says significantly increases the speed of machine learning tasks
Alibaba Group introduced its first AI inference chip today, a neural processing unit called Hanguang 800 that it says makes performing machine learning tasks dramatically faster and more energy-efficient. The chip, announced today during Alibaba Cloud’s annual Apsara Computing Conference in Hangzhou, is already being […]
San Siro, l’allarme dei manager musicali: “Con meno posti, biglietti per i concerti dai prezzi proibitivi”
Finora il tema dello stadio di San Siro (abbatterlo e rifarlo, come vogliono Milan e Inter o ristrutturarlo semplicemente?) è stato affrontato solo dal punto di vista urbanistico e calcistico. Ma ce n’è un terzo di cui si occupa Claudio Trotta, uno dei principali promoter […]