While console gaming sees the rivalry between PS4 Pro vs Xbox One X, PC gamers are equally zealous about the conflict of Nvidia vs AMD, the two top graphics card companies . Unfortunately, if you don’t pledge brand loyalty to either of these companies, it’s […]
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This Week’s Car News: General Motors’ Self-Driving Car, a New Nissan Infiniti, the Uber-Waymo Trial, and More
In the rearview mirror, innovation tends to look smooth, a clean progression from there to here. Living through that change is bit more herky-jerky. This week, I got a ride in General Motors’ self-driving car as it slowly made its way through San Francisco’s chaotic […]
From Spain, with wine
When quizzed about what it's like to travel together for work, as a family, Luis says, “Besides being my biological son, he's also my work mate, my travelling companion and my best friend.” He waits for the translator, Pilar to finish, and adds after a […]
Bungie details ‘Destiny 2’ DLC’s new weapons and armor
The Bungie team also released a weapons and armor preview, for those who were disappointed that a look at the new gear was cancelled. You can see a glimpse of powerful weapons and new emotes. [embedded content] Bungie opted not to do a Curse of […]
Uber’s Indian rival Ola begins offering a bicycle-sharing service
Ola, the company battling Uber in India, has turned to pedal power after it introduced a bike-sharing service. China’s Didi Chuxing and Grab in Southeast Asia have invested in bike-sharing companies, which offered dock-less bikes that users can pick up across a city and leave […]
2017 has been a remarkable year for processor development
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CME Group Self-Certifies Bitcoin Futures to Launch Dec. 18
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‘The Shape of Water’: How Guillermo del Toro Designed His Latest Monster
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is a virtuoso maker of monsters—from the Pale Man of Pan’s Labyrinth to Pacific Rim’s Kaiju, they’re wondrous yet terrifying. But the star of his new film, The Shape of Water, is no mere beast, del Toro says: “He’s a leading […]
Giappone, finisce l’era dell’imperatore Akihito: abdicherà il 30 aprile 2019
L'Imperatore giapponese Akihito abdicherà il 30 aprile 2019. Lo ha detto il premier Shinzo Abe, annunciando la data della prima abdicazione imperiale nel paese da oltre due secoli. Abe si è detto "profondamente commosso" da questa decisione, adottata … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews #orecchioacerbo
What you need to know about net neutrality (before it gets taken away)
In abandoning Title II obligations, though, the FCC would no longer require ISPs to report such details as “packet loss, geographically-specific disclosures and performance at peak usage times, among other things.” That refers to information like upload and download rates when the network is congested […]