Apollo 12 pilot Alan Bean stands on the moon during the second lunar landing in November 1969. A Hasselblad camera is fixed to his chest, and mission commander Pete Conrad is crisply reflected on his helmet’s visor, as Bean holds up a gleaming cylinder filled […]
Month: December 2019
28 Best Cyber Monday 2019 Laptop and Tablet Deals: iPad, Surface, HP (Updated)
Surface Laptop 3 13-inch for $899 ($300 off) Microsoft The Surface Laptop is a premium piece of Windows hardware (7/10, WIRED Review). The all-aluminum construction makes for a lightweight machine, and the 3:2 ratio screen affords plenty of room for working on documents. Note that […]
Why Notion is staying small as its valuation gets bigger
Work tools startup Notion, which recently reached a reported $800 million valuation, isn’t on the verge of a big SoftBank round. In fact, COO Akshay Kothari says the startup has “never felt like if we had more money we could grow faster.” The company, centered […]
How Amazon Ended Up With Auschwitz Christmas Ornaments for Sale
James Thomson, a former Amazon employee and partner at Buy Box Experts, a firm that consults with Amazon sellers, says the company does do some automatic screening before items go up for sale. “If you have certain words in your listings, Amazon will find them […]
Xiaomi launches app to offer credit to millennials in India
Xiaomi, the top smartphone vendor in India, today joined a growing wave of fintech startups in the nation that are offering credit to aspirational young professionals and millennials. The Chinese electronics giant said today it is launching Mi Credit, its curated marketplace for digital lending, […]
Mozilla launches the next phase of its Firefox Private Network VPN beta
Mozilla today announced that its Firefox Private Network (FPN), which lets you encrypt your Firefox connections, is now in an extended beta after a few months of relatively limited testing in the Firefox Test Pilot program. This beta, however, is only available to users in […]
OrbitsEdge partners with HPE on orbital datacenter computing and analytics
What kinds of businesses might be able to operate in space? Well datacenter are one potential target you might not have thought of. Space provides an interesting environment for datacenter operations, including advanced analytics operations and even artificial intelligence, due in part to the excellent […]
SpaceX Will Bring the Science of Fire and Beer to the ISS
On Wednesday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida bound for the International Space Station. The brand new rocket will be carrying a previously flown Dragon capsule loaded with supplies and experiments. It will mark SpaceX’s nineteenth […]
Without a Push Above $8000, Bitcoin Likely to End Year on a Bearish Note
2019 has been a rough year for the crypto markets, with Bitcoin's price …. The cryptocurrency altcoin known as Chainlink has had a banner year, … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
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