Microsoft is shedding its empathetic chatbot Xiaoice into an independent entity, the U.S. software behemoth said (in Chinese) Monday, confirming an earlier report by the Chinese news site Chuhaipost in June. The announcement came several months after Microsoft announced it would close down its voice assistant […]
Day: July 13, 2020
Templegate’s racing tips: Ayr, Windsor and Kempton – free betting preview for Monday
SCORE a hole in one with MOLINARI (4.45 Windsor, nap). The three-year-old is named after the famous golfing brothers and has gone close twice on …
Fitbit’s Charge 4 can wake you up when you feel well-rested
You now have more reasons to wear your Fitbit Charge 4 around the clock. The 9to5Google team reports (via The Verge) that a Charge 4 update has introduced two major features to improve your sleep habits and encourage more exercise. Smart Wake sets alarms based […]
Dyson Airwrap Review: A Pricey Curling Iron, Blow Dryer, and Hot Air Brush in One
There are some products you just hate to love. The Dyson Airwrap, a multi-featured hair-styling tool, is a prime example. I wanted to hate it for price alone—a cool $500—so that I didn’t have to yearn for it. And yet, like all the Dyson products […]
5G in focus: Jio Platforms gets $97 million investment from Qualcomm null
Just sometime back, Reliance Industries Chairman and India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani wrote to his company shareholders saying, “Reliance Jio would play a key role in the development of the 5G ecosystem in India”, and elsewhere in the USA, a leading official of Trump government […]
Chinese authorities uncover a cryptocurrency scam involving fake Huobi tokens
The retrieved tokens include “tens of thousands” of Ether (ETH), Bitcoin (BTC), and Tether (USDT) according to a tweet by Mo Li, the head of marketing … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
WeWork’s chairman says it expects to have positive cash flow in 2021
After aggressive cost-cutting measures, including mass layoffs and selling several of its businesses, WeWork’s chairman expects the company to have positive cash flow in 2021. Marcelo Claure, who became WeWork’s chairman after co-founder Adam Neumann resigned as chief executive officer last fall, told the Financial […]
Coronavirus: Miami-Dade mayor says ‘this thing is everywhere,’ calls on community to ‘take …
MIAMI, Fla. – Miami-Dade County continues to be the state's hardest hit in the surge in COVID-19 cases. In the past day, the county's confirmed …
Pensione invalido pubblica amministrazione, quale strada è la più breve?
Mentre il dipendente del settore privato può accedere alla pensione di vecchiaia anticipata e all'assegno ordinario di invalidità, entrambe le misure … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
The Tricky Math of Herd Immunity for Covid-19
According to the standard models, about 60 percent of the US population would need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or recover from it to slow and ultimately stop the spread of the disease. But many experts I talked to suspect that the herd immunity threshold […]