Jonathan Bush, the CEO and co-founder of Athenahealth, is a controversial figure in the controversial field of healthcare. Over two decades after he started the now-public healthcare company, Bush lost Athenahealth to Elliott Management, an activist investor that bought the company alongside Veritas Capital. During […]
Day: June 17, 2021
Google wants to help improve memory safety in Linux kernel HTML code
The non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), together with financial support from Google, has contracted Linux kernel developer Miguel Ojeda to work to bring the advantages of the Rust programming language to the Linux kernel. ISRG, which also supports the Let’s Encrypt free SSL certification […]
BC couples ‘gambling’ on whether COVID rules will let them dance at their wedding
Planner Genève McNally of Dream Group Weddings said B.C.'s restart plan has begun to renew hope for B.C. couples about a return to a semblance of …
Japan to issue vaccine passport for travel abroad
Tokyo (AFP). Japan said on Thursday it will make a vaccine passport available from next month for Japanese travellers, as governments around the … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Internxt gets $1M to be ‘the Coinbase of decentralized storage’
Valencia-based startup Internxt has been quietly working on an ambitious plan to make decentralized cloud storage massively accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. It’s just bagged $1M in seed funding led by Angels Capital, a European VC fund owned by Juan Roig (aka Spain’s […]
The Lithium Mine Versus the Wildflower
The environmental ethicist Katie McShane compares our reverence for species to the word freedom. Everyone believes in it, but nobody knows what it means. “Even if you agree that it has value, it doesn’t tell you what to do when that value conflicts with my […]
‘It was the right thing to do:’ Mom driving past burning Puyallup home helps man escape
Tanya Myers says she was driving to get a COVID-19 shot Tuesday with her daughter, Lizzie also in the car. That's when she saw while driving along 9th …
Kiszla: In quarterback competition between Drew Lock and Teddy Bridgewater, here’s betting the …
June 16, 2021 at 6:32 p.m.. If not Aaron Rodgers, then who? Although coach Vic Fangio claims “97-98%” of the …
The hidden technology behind tax phishing The hidden technology behind tax phishing
Tax phishing scams are incredibly common in the UK, so much so that HMRC publishes a guide of the most common types. While they appear most often around key tax deadlines (e.g., January self-assessment, corporate filing in March) they can happen year-round. About the author […]
World Bank rejects El Salvador request for Bitcoin help
It aims to use Bitcoin as a parallel legal tender alongside the US dollar. … the implementation of the cryptocurrency as an official method of payment. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit