Dixons Carphone is set to overhaul its business model after a sluggish performance in its six-monthly financial report. The company declared a fall in pre-tax profit of 60.4%, compared with the same period last year; while the drop in UK profit was even steeper, a […]
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Why content crowdfunder Patreon is halting its hated fee change
Overhauling the creative economy turns out to be quite tricky. Following massive backlash, Patreon is at least temporarily pausing its plan to change its payment processing fee stucture on December 18th from charging creators 2%-10% on the first of the next month to charging patrons […]
Patreon nixes controversial fee increase amid backlash
We took an in-depth look at why this change was bad for both creators and patrons. Patreon was previously proposing adding a 2.9 percent plus 35 cent fee per pledge. This was to cover a shift in the processing model, which would charge supporters each […]
The Science of When: Hack Your Timing to Optimize Your Life
Schedule surgeries, earnings calls, and therapy appointments before noon. Score the biggest bucks by switching jobs every three to five years. The ideal age to get hitched (and avoid divorce): 32. In his new book, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, Daniel Pink scours […]
Come calcolare tasse universitarie
Il pagamento delle tasse universitarie deve essere effettuato dagli studenti iscritti ogni anno accademico, con una divisione in più rate. Prima di spiegare come calcolare le tasse universitarie occorre fare una precisazione importante: ogni università del nostro paese prevede una disciplina di soglie di … by […]
An inside look at the world’s first nation with a minister for artificial intelligence
Prioritizing the Future From robots that can flawlessly perform backflips to electric cars that can go over 950 km (600 miles) on a single charge, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the future is far closer than we may have previously thought. If the missteps […]
Almost 45 Million Tons of E-waste Discarded Last Year
Almost 45 Million Tons of E-waste Discarded Last Year Published on December 13, 2017 at 05:40PM A new study claims 44.7 million metric tons (49.3 million tons) of TV sets, refrigerators, cellphones and other electrical good were discarded last year, with only a fifth recycled […]
Old Crypto Vulnerability Hits Major Tech Firms
Old Crypto Vulnerability Hits Major Tech Firms Published on December 13, 2017 at 06:20PM wiredmikey writes: A team of researchers has revived an old crypto vulnerability and determined that it affects the products of several major vendors and a significant number of the world’s top […]
Uber’s Massive Scraping Program Collected Data About Competitors Around The World
Uber’s Massive Scraping Program Collected Data About Competitors Around The World Published on December 13, 2017 at 07:06PM Kate Conger, reporting for Gizmodo: For years, Uber systemically scraped data from competing ride-hailing companies all over the world, harvesting information about their technology, drivers, and executives. […]
Ending net neutrality means you’ll hate your cable company even more: No one wanted to see big service providers turn the Internet into the cable industry, with its high prices and relatively few choices. But that’s what’s about to happen. via /r/technology
Ending net neutrality means you’ll hate your cable company even more: No one wanted to see big service providers turn the Internet into the cable industry, with its high prices and relatively few choices. But that’s what’s about to happen. http://ift.tt/2AMx3iV Submitted December 13, 2017 […]