Spotinst, a service that helps businesses optimize their cloud utilization and reduce their cloud computing cost through the use of Amazon’s EC2 spot instances, today announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A round led by Intel Capital, with participation from Vertex V … | Continue reading
The iceberg isn't going anywhere yet, but this map-altering change does not bode well for the future of the Larsen C ice shelf.The post Massive Iceberg Splits Off From Antarctic Ice Shelf appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Lobster roll in Québec From the moment I drive off the ferry onto Îles-de-la-Madeleine—seven small islands in the Gulf of the Saint-Lawrence in Quebec, six of which are connected by a road—my goal is to find the best lobster roll on the islands. Lobster has been an obsession of m … | Continue reading
From 1998 to 2003, I didn’t watch television or listen to pop music. I was too cool. (Newsflash to self: I wasn’t cool; I was young). At the time I was bunkered down in Detroit, submerged in edgy, underground house and techno. Then at night, while everyone was watching TV, I was … | Continue reading
Cortica is moving into mobility by opening an automotive branch for its AI technology. The key, according to the company, is in the use of unsupervised learning that allows an autonomous system to process data and figure out its environment. For those just dipping their toes int … | Continue reading
After selling its Chinese business in August last year, Uber has now yielded its clout abroad again — this time to merge its Russian business with search-engine Yandex’s taxi arm in Russia. The new company, called NewCo, will be worth $3.725 billion, both companies have announced … | Continue reading
Irgendwie scheint man bei Google gelegentlich über gut eingeführte Produktnamen hinwegzusehen (erinnert sich noch wer an das Kuddelmuddel rings um Google Now, On Tap, Feed, Assistant?) aber damit gut zu fahren. So heißt die Desktop-Applikation... | Continue reading
There's something really, truly special about flipping from a band called Oozing Wound to, oh, the second act of Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet ballet. It's why Spotify is one of the greatest products of the App Age, and it's also why we have some issues with the service's n … | Continue reading
SPONSORED: Presented by Raygun I’d assume, like me, you grew up in a very different world than we live in today when it comes to technology. Today software touches our lives constantly from the moment we wake up, go to work, and then hit the hay and the end of the day. But as sof … | Continue reading
AIDA Cruises: Rostock (ots) - Am vergangenen Samstag (8. Juli 2017) kehrte AIDAperla, das jüngste Flottenmitglied von AIDA Cruises nach der Taufe und Jungfernfahrt in den Hafen von Palma de Mallorca zurück. Die Lieblingsinsel der Deutschen ist in der ... | Continue reading
The previously CDMA network-incompatible handset will soon be available both online and in Sprint stores. | Continue reading
Distributed ledger startup Symbiont gave a demo of how blockchain could be used to rethink share trading at a congressional event this week.Source | Continue reading
As Uber continues to work through a huge amount of internal management turmoil, the company is also consolidating and rationalising more of its international business. Today, the company announced that it will be combining its rides-on-demand business and UberEATS, its food orde … | Continue reading
Washington, DC's Metro this week removed transit ads placed by Milo Yiannopoulos for his new book, Dangerous . Riders complained ... | Continue reading
Milk and dairy brand Arla is working with brand experience agency Space to launch a touring pop-up installation, which will travel the UK from mid-July. | Continue reading
Learn how you can build trust and relationships with your prospects at any stage of the funnel with these lead nurturing best practices. | Continue reading
Xiaomi soll - nachdem der letzte Launch nur ein etwas aufgebohrtes Redmi Note 2 war - nun noch an einer weiteren Submarke tüfteln. Bisher als Name im Gespräch: Lanmi. Nach Mi und Redmi vielleicht logisch. Damit wollen sie vor allem gegenüber... | Continue reading
ADAC: München (ots) - Deutschlands Urlaubsregionen sind und bleiben beliebte Ziele bei Autoreisen. Nur in Italien gibt es eine Region, die Autofahrer noch öfter ansteuern als alle anderen Ziele: den Gardasee. Dies geht aus der aktuellen Auswertung von ... | Continue reading
The Disney Pixar franchise Cars launched in 2006, telling the story of Lightning McQueen, a young rookie race car voiced by Owen Wilson who must learn that winning isn't everything. Even so, the franchise itself has done just that, making over $8 billion in merchandise alone. Whi … | Continue reading
Sited on a wooded hillside above the Central Oregon coast, the Neskowin Beach House occupies a small but dramatic site. | Continue reading
The S8 has seen a 20% boost to download speeds, while the HTC U11 is as much as 45% faster. But let's explore what exactly that means. | Continue reading
Here’s a bolt out of the blue: Uber is partnering with Yandex, the Google of Russia, to launch a new standalone company that merges their respective ridesharing services to target Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, and Georgia. The new company, tentatively titled “ … | Continue reading
Finding temporary housing for your dog should be as easy as renting an Airbnb. That’s the idea behind Rover, which raised $65 million to expand its pet sitting and dog-walking businesses. The Seattle-based company got a significant vote of confidence from Spark Capital, which is … | Continue reading
Making companies and service providers accept Bitcoin is not an easy feat. In most cases, these entities feel no reason to do so. Switch, an energy provider in Germany and Austria, feels now is a good time to experiment with cryptocurrencies. They also introduced WhatsApp as a co … | Continue reading
Many years ago, when his eldest son was still a boy, Barbara Walters interviewed Donald Trump with his family present. Which child, she asked the real-estate mogul, did he consider the troublemaker in the family?Trump didn’t hesitate for a moment. “Don,” he shot back, according t … | Continue reading
Rover, the online platform dedicated to connecting dog-owners with a range of services including walkers, has raised $65 million in a round of funding led by Spark Capital, with participation from Menlo Ventures, Foundry Group, Omers Ventures, Technology Crossover Ventures, Bespo … | Continue reading
Microsoft is creating a Surface USB-C dongle for existing devices, but the software giant also appears to be preparing a USB-C Surface connector for its future laptops and tablets. In a patent filing, spotted by MSPoweruser, Microsoft reveals it’s working on a version of its Surf … | Continue reading
So here we are on the brink of another Thursday trading session out of Europe in the bitcoin price. Things are moving pretty fast at the moment so we won’t waste too much time looking at what happened overnight for fear of missing an entry signal on any near-term volatility. What … | Continue reading
Controversial retailer Sports Direct has plunged a huge amount of cash into GAME.Sports Direct now owns a quarter of GAME, Eurogamer's sister site GamesIndustry.biz reported. The sports chain's billionaire boss Mike Ashley has snapped up 44m GAME shares - which equates to 25.75 p … | Continue reading
Es gibt schon wieder einen neuen Leak rings um die kommenden Nokia Smartphones der die vermutlich eingesetzten Prozessoren zeigt. Vor kurzem wurde ja durch die Blume schon mal angekündigt, dass es bald ein Nokia 2, Nokia 7 und Nokia 8 geben wird,... | Continue reading
The initial coin offering, or ICO, for the Tezos blockchain project has finished, bringing in a record-setting $232m. | Continue reading
Union Investment Real Estate GmbH: Hamburg (ots) - Zehn Prozent des Marktvolumens in Deutschland wurden 2016 gehandelt Union Investment und bulwiengesa haben erneut das Marktvolumen investmentrelevanter Hotels in Deutschland ermittelt. Demnach ist der Marktwert investmentrelevant … | Continue reading
The ZenFone AR is the first high-end Tango phone (and the second overall, after the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro) and the first phone that supports Tango and Daydream VR. | Continue reading
Last month, Phoenix was hit by a sweltering heatwave, with temperatures reaching 120 degrees Fahrenheit. It was so hot, American Airlines was forced to cancel 50 flights scheduled to depart Sky Harbor International Airport. The news of the cancellations spread far and wide, as pe … | Continue reading
From sensitivity analysis to the magic of a 2x2 matrix to venn diagrams, learn how to convert your data/analysis into simple yet powerful visualizations. | Continue reading
Sparkling water brand Perrier has opened a pop-up in New York's Soho district, centred around engaging all five senses. | Continue reading
With no shortage of venture capital (VC) funds in Silicon Valley and beyond, one VC firm has elected to focus its entire efforts on one fast-growing niche. Founded out of Menlo Park, California, in 2015, Autotech Ventures has set up shop with a specific focus on automotive startu … | Continue reading
Writing flavour text for games must be a strange job. On some days you're shaping the world around you, expanding and enriching the story with a tantalising trail of literary breadcrumbs (it's hard to imagine what TK would be like without its written element). On others, however, … | Continue reading
HUK-COBURG: Coburg (ots) - Die Koffer sind gepackt und der Wetterdienst meldet Traumwetter am Urlaubsort. Was soll einem da im Urlaub die Laune verderben? Doch leider schützen auch die schönsten Wochen des Jahres nicht vor Langfingern. Wer einmal im leer ... | Continue reading
News flash: In the era of Trump, institutions—and especially those that are perceived as liberal—are unpopular, and opinions divide sharply along party lines, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center.Alright, maybe that isn’t surprising. But there is one startling res … | Continue reading
When Christie Green took her job three years ago as public-health director for the Cumberland Valley District in southeastern Kentucky, she had nearly two decades of experience in the state’s public-health system.But Green still wasn’t prepared for what she saw when her predecess … | Continue reading
Rund sechs Wochen vor dem Start der IFA in Berlin hat LG die oben zu sehende Einladung verschickt, die mehr oder weniger eindeutig die Präsentation des V30 ankündigt. Dass die dritte Iteration der V-Reihe in Berlin debütieren wird, gilt... | Continue reading
Microsoft is closing its US manufacturing plant for the company’s Surface Hub. The software giant has been manufacturing and selling its 84-inch 4K displays for more than a year, but Microsoft is now moving its manufacturing efforts elsewhere. The Oregonian reports that 124 jobs … | Continue reading
The latest figures that Facebook is reporting to advertisers indicate that India has overtaken the United States to become the platform’s largest country audience. As of July 13th, Facebook is reporting a total “potential audience” of 241 million active users in India, compared t … | Continue reading
Events this weekend include Just Eat's Food Fest, Lovebox and Citadel festivals and a pop-up pub from Chambord. | Continue reading
Amazon is said to be readying a sequel to its Echo connected speaker which would refine almost every aspect of the original device. | Continue reading
LG looks like it will introduce its latest flagship Android phone, the V30, on August 31st. In an invitation sent to media, LG says to “save the date” for its unveiling event which will occur a day before the IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin.While the invite doesn’t … | Continue reading
Voluntary education is different from compulsory, the kind we grew up with. When you're the victim/beneficiary of compulsory education, it happens to you. You have little choice. Perhaps you choose to open your mind and do the work, but either... | Continue reading