Taiwanese digital media startup The News Lens launched only four years ago, but it quickly became one of the country’s most prolific news sources by leveraging social media to reach younger viewers. Today it took another big step by announcing a strategic partnership with Dawin, […]
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HDR10+: the new HDR standard that’s taking a leaf out of Dolby’s book
Update: It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the fledgling HDR10+ standard. First we had the news there’s a ‘possibility’ that Netflix will support the format in the future, and then Samsung TVs got the ability to stream content in HDR10+ content from Amazon […]
Disney Makes Deal for 21st Century Fox, Reshaping Entertainment Landscape
Disney Makes Deal for 21st Century Fox, Reshaping Entertainment Landscape Published on December 14, 2017 at 01:25PM Disney is going all in for its upcoming fight with Netflix and other streaming giants. The Walt Disney Company said Thursday that it had reached a deal to […]
Catania, due sorelle picchiate e uccise in casa. Fermato un trentenne
Duplice omicidio a Ramacca, vittime due anziane. Il sospetto è un 30enne del luogo con precedenti per droga. Secondo gli investigatori il movente è il tentativo di rapina. Pubblicato il 14 dicembre 2017. Ultimo aggiornamento: 14 dicembre 2017 ore 11:45 … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit […]
Elon Musk Reveals His Awkward Dislike of Mass Transit
Elon Musk is a man of many, many interests. Lately, to go along with cars, space, and AI, he has added mass transit to the pile. After launching the Boring Company last year (via a Twitter musing about terrible Los Angeles traffic), the Tesla and […]
The Alabama Senate Election Was Decided 100 Million Years Ago
They say victory has a hundred fathers, and Doug Jones’ upset win in the Alabama Senate race Tuesday night is no exception. Maybe it was the mounting accusations of child molestation facing Republican opponent Roy Moore that sealed Jones’ victory. Maybe this was just the […]
Disney Makes Deal for 21st Century Fox, Reshaping Entertainment Landscape
Disney Makes Deal for 21st Century Fox, Reshaping Entertainment Landscape Published on December 14, 2017 at 01:25PM The Walt Disney Company said Thursday that it had reached a deal to buy most of the assets of 21st Century Fox, the conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, […]
Gingko Bioworks secures $275 million in Series D, valuing the company at over $1 billion
Boston biotech startup Gingko Bioworks has announced the raise of $275 million in Series D funding to build out its Bioworks3 production facility. The funding comes from previous investors Viking Global, Y Combinator’s Continuity Fund, Cascade Investment, Bill Gates, as well as new investor, General Atlantic. […]
The FCC’s Ajit Pai now openly mocking net neutrality protesters with his dumb new video via /r/technology
The FCC’s Ajit Pai now openly mocking net neutrality protesters with his dumb new video http://ift.tt/2C3zVaL Submitted December 14, 2017 at 06:40AM by 1thUponATime via reddit http://ift.tt/2j0nMMh
The Morning After: Thursday, December 14th 2017
Its “world-scale” tracking is surprisingly solid.Cartwheels in VR are possible now, with HTC’s Vive Focus After fully unveiling the Vive Focus, HTC finally allowed lucky folks like Richard Lai to properly test out the six-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) standalone VR headset. For the first time, you can […]
