The impending decision from the EU watchdog has come to pass: Google has been fined a record €4.3 billion ($5.1 billion) for abusing the Android operating system’s dominance in the smartphone market, the largest fine imposed on a company in EU history. Google was previously […]
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Worried about a slowdown? It already happened in 2016, says one new venture study
In today’s market, it’s hard to make sense of what’s what. Deals have grown incestuous for the first time, with outfits like GV investing alongside Uber last week — just months after its parent company, Alphabet, was at Uber’s throat. A $10 million-plus round of […]
Eseguita pena di morte, il Texas giustizia Christopher Young. Inascoltato appello di grazia
Lo Stato del Texas ha eseguito la condanna a morte di un detenuto per omicidio nonostante le ripetute richieste di clemenza da parte del figlio della vittima, un uomo ucciso nel 2004 durante una rapina a un super market a San Antonio. Condividi … by Livio […]
Brat raises $30 million to reboot scripted television for the Gen Z crowd
We are in the era of peak TV. Hundreds of expensive, scripted television shows are splayed across streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Netflix itself is now expected to spend $13 billion on original content this year. And yet, these networks can struggle to […]
Meet the implant giving hearing loss patients access to their iPhone
Given people with Cochlear implants represent a small market opportunity for a technology giant like Apple how did this technology come about? Cochlear and Apple have been working together for more than eight years to bring the first Made for iPhone implantable hearing solutions to […]
Google Fined $5.1 Billion by E.U. in Android Antitrust Ruling by ADAM SATARIANO
By ADAM SATARIANO European officials hit the internet giant with the record penalty for abusing its power in the smartphone market, the region’s latest move to rein in the clout of tech companies. Published: July 18, 2018 at 02:00AM from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2uIc66d via IFTTT
What *Is* Meat, Anyway? Lab-Grown Food Sets Off a Debate
You don’t typically find philosophical bickering at an FDA public meeting. But then again, this was no ordinary public meeting. On Thursday, the agency convened a scrum on so-called cultured meat—animal tissue grown in a lab, derived from just a handful of cells taken from […]
Crispr Can Speed Up Nature—and Change How We Grow Food
Like any self-respecting farmer, Zachary Lippman was grumbling about the weather. Stout, with close-cropped hair and beard, Lippman was standing in a greenhouse in the middle of Long Island, surrounded by a profusion of rambunctiously bushy plants. “Don’t get me started,” he said, referring to […]
Google launches its first WeChat mini program as its China experiments continue
Google is continuing to test new strategies in China after the U.S. search giant released its first mini program for WeChat, the country’s hugely popular messaging app. WeChat is used by hundreds of millions of Chinese people daily for services that stretch beyond chat to […]
EU ruling may be too little, too late to stop Google’s mobile dominance
On Wednesday, the European Union is expected to rule that Google illegally used the market dominance of its smartphone software, Android, to stifle … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit