Apple and Google are undertaking an unprecedented team effort to build a system for Androids and iPhones to interoperate in the name of technology-assisted COVID-19 contact tracing. The companies’ plan is part of a torrent of proposals to use Bluetooth signal strength to enhance manual […]
Month: April 2020
Animal Crossing New Horizons’ money-making bugs have been squashed
If your idea of fun is being at the financial mercy of a landlord raccoon, then Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Nintendo Switch is really going to push your buttons this week. A new update is rolling out which is going to slash the […]
Does It Matter That the DOD Released Those UFO Videos?
On Monday, the US Department of Defense officially released three videos depicting encounters between Navy pilots and unidentified aerial phenomena. These events occurred in 2004 and 2015, but the videos didn’t publicly surface until The New York Times included them with a front-page story about […]
WhatsApp eyes credit feature for users in India
WhatsApp, which began testing its mobile payments feature in India two years ago, could offer at least one more financial service to people in its biggest market. In a filing with the local regulator in India, the company has listed credit as one of the […]
Alphabet grew more than expected in Q1, but its ad business saw “significant slowdown” in March
Today after the bell, Alphabet, parent company of Google, reported its Q1 2020 performance. The company’s $41.16 billion in revenue for the three-month period came in ahead of expectations, besting analyst estimates of $40.33 billion. However, its earnings per share came in under expectations, with […]
Startups CardCoins, Payvant issue one-year grant to Bitcoin Core contributor Hennadii Stepanov
Without carefully tested 'full-node' software, neither the Bitcoin network nor our business would be possible." © 2020 The Block Crypto, Inc. All Rights … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Juneau woman accused of driving intoxicated while naked
When the deputy approached the vehicle, he noticed that the driver was naked. A male passenger was slouched down in the front seat. The deputy …
5 Big Mistakes We Can Make Fighting the Covid-19 Pandemic
Look, we get it: Sheltering in place is a tremendous burden. If you’re lucky, you’re going stir crazy. The less fortunate have lost work or are struggling with mental illness. But governments do not take this strategy lightly: The best way to keep hospitals from […]
Milano, così la Scala ripartirà dopo il coronavirus: Requiem di Verdi e l’Inno alla gioia di Beethoven
Prima l’omaggio alle vittime, poi quello alla liberazione dal virus. La Scala riaprirà a settembre con ” Messa da Requiem” di Giuseppe Verdi per commemorare i morti del Covid 19. Poi con l’esecuzione della “Nona sinfonia” di Ludwig van Beethoven per celebrare simbolicamente la “liberazione” […]
Rapid7 is acquiring DivvyCloud for $145M to beef up cloud security
Rapid7 announced today after the closing bell that it will be acquiring DivvyCloud, a cloud security and governance startup for $145 million in cash and stock. With Divvy, the company moves more deeply into the cloud, something that Lee Weiner, chief innovation officer says the […]