With many major sectors totally frozen and reeling from losses, tech’s biggest players are proving themselves to be the exception to the rule yet again. On Friday, Facebook confirmed its plans to buy Giphy, a popular gif search engine, in a deal believed to be […]
Month: May 2020
Nvidia reveals most powerful AI system ever
Nvidia has unveiled the third generation of the world’s most advanced AI system with the launch of its new Nvidia DGX A100. The DGX A100 can deliver five petaflops of AI performance as it consolidates the power and capabilities of an entire data center into […]
Governor’s gambling study group gets estimate on lottery revenue
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's Study Group on Gambling Policy on Thursday heard just how much the state might make if lawmakers were to allow a lottery.
Kevin Rose on health apps, crypto, and how founders get through this time with their sanity intact
Kevin Rose has been in the spotlight since cofounding the early social news aggregation site Digg in late 2004. A genial whiz kid turned serial entrepreneur, he has since become as well-known for launching a whole lot of slickly designed products, some of them out […]
How Investors Are Presented With Bitcoin: ‘A New Decentralized Monetary Asset, Akin to Gold’
Bitcoin (BTC) is a compelling investment case “for patient, long-term investors” willing to spend the time to understand the top cryptocurrency, a new … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Quasi-unhackable VPN technology comes to market but you can’t buy it
ADVA has announced that it will play a key role in a unique research initiative with the aim of extending post-quantum security to VPN networks. The Quantum-Secure VPN Modules and Operation Modes (QuaSiModO) project will utilize the company’s ADVA FSP 150 with ConnectGuard Ethernet encryption […]
Buying Giphy Gives Facebook a New Window Into Its Rivals
Facebook announced Friday it was acquiring Giphy, a leading service for making and sharing GIFs that will now be part of Instagram, a leading service for making and sharing photos. Even if you’ve never visited Giphy’s website, you’ve likely seen its footprint on social media, […]
Tesla scouts head to Tulsa, Austin as hunt for Cybertruck gigafactory location nears end
Tesla officials visited two sites in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week to search for a location for its future and fifth gigafactory that will produce its all-electric Cybertruck and Model Y crossover, a source familiar with the situation told TechCrunch. Company representatives also visited Austin. A final […]
Ireland to ease lockdown, start travel quarantine
Dublin (AFP). Ireland will begin to lift its coronavirus lockdown in the coming days while introducing a 14-day quarantine period for people arriving in … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
OnePlus might be cooking up an AirPods rival for its OnePlus Z smartphone
OnePlus could be making a rival to the Apple AirPods, a new source claims. According to the intel they provided, the new true wireless earbuds could be available starting in July, and could very likely be released alongside the new OnePlus Z smartphone. That’s all […]