VMware announced today that it was acquiring VeloCloud, a startup that focuses on cloud-based wide area networks (WAN), those networks that span a broad area across data centers or regions. The companies did not reveal the purchase price. The news confirms a report that The […]
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Workers Displaced by Automation Could Become Caregivers for Humans
Sooner or later, the US will face mounting job losses due to advances in automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Automation has emerged as a bigger threat to American jobs than globalization or immigration combined. A 2015 report from Ball State University attributed 87 percent of […]
‘Erica’ blurs the line between game and interactive movie
Erica is a single-player game, so unlike fellow PlayLink title Hidden Agenda, you can’t have a group of people voting with their individual smartphones. You can, however, take a quick poll the old-fashioned way and have the person holding the controller — or in this […]
Dashlane universal password manager comes to Linux, Chromebook and Microsoft Edge
Dashlane, a popular password manager than now reaches 9 million users, is launching today on Linux, Chromebook, and in Microsoft Edge for the first time. The company before required users to install its desktop software to work with web browsers, but with today’s release of […]
Berlusconi: “Via bollo auto e tasse su prima casa”
"Via il bollo sulla prima auto, no a imposte sulla prima casa, no a tasse sulla successione e sulle donazioni". Lo ha detto il leader di Fi Silvio … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Brits turn to mobile for shopping sprees
It used to be the tills ringing up the sales throughout Christmas but these days it’s more likely to be the clicks of the mobile completing the purchase. Businesses across the UK have to ensure that they’re mobile friendly as that’s the way that large […]
Fooling around (web) on Pinterest
AI Pinned to Fooling around (web): New on my blog! F1, Gp del Giappone: Hamilton vince e prenota il Mondiale. Verstappen 2° Ferrari: Vettel si ritira subito http://ift.tt/2yT86QM
Samsung’s 43-inch Frame TV is now available for $1,300
Like its bigger siblings, the smallest Frame displays artwork when it’s not playing any show or movie. In addition to the 100 pieces of preloaded artwork, you can buy more from Samsung’s Art Store, which has over 400 pieces of artwork on offer curated by […]
How Moneyball Tactics Built a Basketball Juggernaut
As a longtime partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Joe Lacob had a reputation for backing high-risk, high-reward startups. But when he paid $450 million in 2010 for the Golden State Warriors—then valued at a measly $315 million and considered the worst team in […]
Arbe Robotics raises $9M to build high-resolution radars for autonomous cars
As carmakers and tech companies continue to improve the mechanics and reliability of self-driving cars, Arbe Robotics, a Tel Aviv startup developing a high-resolution radar system to help those vehicles detect and identify objects, has raised $9 million to help see itself to its first […]