I guess I'm a natural nerd but I can't resist the idea of a miscellany. This is the first physical manifestation of a much-loved online magazine that is a monument to Fox's obsessions. One for the bedside table. Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels Through Spain's […]
Category: Travel
Indians prefer Goa and Italy for gastronomic holidays, finds survey
Goa and Italy are on top of the mind for Indians when they plan gastronomic holidays, reveals a survey. The finding is part of travel site TripAdvisor's second edition of its annual 2017 India Gastronomy Survey. The survey was conducted to find out the key […]
A rare glimpse inside Sony’s giant Kumamoto sensor factory
Whether your go-to camera is your smartphone or a full-frame DSLR, the chances are its sensor was manufactured in the sleepy prefecture of Kumamoto, which sits on Japan’s southern-most main island of Kyushu. Some 550 miles from Tokyo, Kumamoto seems an odd place to set […]
Hipster airline Joon launches operations
Joon, the Air France subsidiary promoted as a hip new airline for millennials, will begin operations Friday with flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to the Portuguese cities of Lisbon and Porto as well as to Barcelona and Berlin. Air France has developed Joon to […]
Lyft gained from Uber’s scandals, sees revenue triple
Lyft appears to have benefited from Uber’s tough year. The U.S. rival has seen its revenue growth more than triple, according to a report from The Information. The media outlet viewed financial reports, which showed Lyft brought in $483 million in revenue in the first half […]
Twitch and Coca-Cola will raise money to fight AIDS with a MOBA tournament
Twitch notes that every two minutes a teenager gets HIV. It only costs $.30 per day for medicine to help those with the disease in sub-Saharan Africa, and your donations will help many people with HIV testing, counseling, education and care services to people in […]
Mum jailed for leaving kids at home for a week to go to Spain for bodybuilding contest
A UK mother has been jailed after she left her three children for a week to travel to Spain for a bodybuilding competition. Mother jailed for child neglect. VIDEO The mother of a little boy at the centre of one of Queensland's most shameful cases […]
Episode 1 rolls out new $81m seed-to-Series A fund, despite Brexit headwinds
Episode 1 has been a stalwart of the early stage funding scene in London for the last few years, investing in successful startups like Carwow, Triptease and AimBrain. It’s now closed its second UK “seed-to-Series A” fund which generally aims to lead rounds of £500k […]
Two Melting Antarctic Glaciers Could Decide the Fate of Our Coastlines
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a remote region of Antarctica known as Pine Island Bay, 2,500 miles from the tip of South America, two glaciers hold human civilization hostage. Stretching across a frozen plain more than 150 miles long, […]
Google caters to the DIY crowd with an AI camera kit for Raspberry Pi
The camera kit comes with a cardboard shell, an AI-capable circuit board, a light-up arcade button, a tiny speaker, a lens kit with both macro and wide settings and various connection components, including a tripod mounting nut. You’ll need to supply your own Raspberry Pi […]