Cable TV had a good run, but it’s 2017 now. Unless you have a very low-priced bundle with Internet and television, it no longer really makes sense to subscribe to cable television. So what should you do instead? Stream, of course! There are a ton […]
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A look through TransferWise’s early pitch deck
Nearly seven years ago, TransferWise was readying the launch of its international money transfer service with bated breath. Co-founder Taavet Hinrikus would later tell me that he wasn’t entirely sure at the time if anyone would use the product. It certainly put the minimal in […]
Wine and Travel Italy presents : Spotlight on Piemonte
On November 22nd 2017, during the Wine and Travel Italy Roadshow, under the theme “La différence est dans le goût“, a special evening was held at the Mercuri Restaurant, featuring Piedmont: the territory, wines and gastronomic specialties. For the occasion, 10 wine producers from Piedmont […]
Uterus transplant recipient gives birth for the first time in the US
While this is a first for the US, it’s not the first ever. A group in Sweden achieved the very first post-transplant births, a total of eight, and the birth that just took place at Baylor is the first to replicate the Swedish team’s success. […]
WIRED’s Top Stories in November: Tesla’s Electric Semi, FTW
Much like Uncle Jay’s belt after the last slice of Thanksgiving pie, the November news cycle groaned under the weight of one meaty story after another. In the last week of the month alone, the Senate marched toward advancing the GOP’s tax bill, the Dow […]
Twitter changes reason for not removing anti-Muslim videos retweeted by Trump
Twitter is standing by its earlier decision to keep up a series of graphic anti-Muslim videos retweeted by President Trump earlier this week — though it’s attempting to reframe its reason for doing so. CEO Jack Dorsey took to the site to retract an earlier […]
BlackBerry will pay Nokia $137 million to resolve contract dispute
“BlackBerry is disappointed that the Court of Arbitration did not agree with our arguments in the case but we accept their decision. This ruling does not change BlackBerry’s assertion that Nokia is infringing on our intellectual property and we are continuing to vigorously pursue legal […]
The next Microsoft Surface might be powered by the Snapdragon 845
Microsoft seems to creating some kind of new Surface device powered by ARM and featuring the Snapdragon 845 chipset and LTE connectivity, judging from a new job listing spotted by WinFuture. The post doesn’t give much information about the actual device, but there’s a good […]
Pensioni: legittimo il blocco della perequazione automatica
I giudici rimettenti sono stati investiti di ricorsi proposti, nei confronti dell'Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS), da uno o più pensionati, i quali hanno chiesto l'accertamento del diritto alla rivalutazione automatica del proprio trattamento pensionistico (per lo più relativamente agli anni 2012, … by Livio […]
Usa: immigrato assolto da omicidio donna
(ANSA) – WASHINGTON, 1 DIC – E' destinato a sollevare polemiche il verdetto assolutorio di un immigrato messicano per la morte di Kathryn Steinle, 32 anni, uccisa da un proiettile mentre camminava su un molo cittadino nel luglio 2015. Una giuria di San … by […]