Day: August 7, 2020

My friend and colleague Natasha Mascarenhas has been reporting on the edtech beat quite a lot in 2020. So far reading her coverage, I’ve discovered that not only is edtech less dull than I anticipated, it’s actually somewhat interesting on a regular basis. This week, […]

Saint-Tropez, Toulouse, Biarritz, Lille, Paris, Nice… Le port du masque en extérieur se généralise dans plusieurs villes de France. Les amendes … Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #wired

Germany is known for its naked sunbathing spots. But one man got more than he bargained for when a wild boar stole his bag with his laptop inside.

The process of ringing up sales looks simple enough to the casual observer: the customer hands an item to the cashier who then scans the barcode and then taps a few keys at the register. The cashier tells the customer the total amount due, which […]

HBO Sports and StreetSmartVideo will air a documentary about former WFAN sports radio personality Craig Carton in October. The New Rochelle …

Kelly Armstrong and Pramila Jayapal are not what you would call natural political allies. Armstrong, a first-term congressman representing North Dakota’s single congressional district, is a conservative Republican whose campaign priorities include limiting abortion and protecting the rights of gun owners. Jayapal, co-chair of the […]

These orders will certainly be challenged in court and it’s unclear exactly what “transactions” means until the Secretary of Commerce explains it, but Tencent has investments in many US companies, including Snapchat’s parent company (update: see below, as the White House states this will only […]

Mashroom, the London proptech that offers an “end-to-end” lettings and property management service, has raised £4 million in new funding. Backing comes from existing unnamed private investors and matched funding from the U.K. taxpayer-funded Future Fund. It brings total funding to date for the company […]

By: Dr. Basheer Hawwash, Principal Data Scientist Amanda Coogan, Risk-Based Monitoring Senior Product Manager Rhonda Roberts, Senior Data Scientist Remarque Systems Inc. Everyone knows the terms “machine learning” and “artificial intelligence.” Few can define them, much less explain their inestimable value to clinical trials. So, […]