It’s not just you: Amazon’s site crashed just as Prime Day begins
[unable to retrieve full-text content] social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #engadget https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/16/amazon-prime-day-fail/
CRISPR DNA editing may cause serious genetic damage, researchers warn
CRISPR-Cas9, the gene editing tool that is currently the darling of biotech and many other fields, may not be quite as miraculous as early tests suggested. A new study finds that what scientists thought of as a scalpel may be more like a felling axe, causing damage hundreds of times what was previously observed. Before …
Roku TV Wireless Speakers: Price, Specs, and Release Date
The modern TV experience is an odd combination of technological advancements and drawbacks. Thanks to streaming video, we have more content options than ever; thanks to advances in displays, our TVs can be as thin as pencils. Sound quality, however, has suffered; the physics of flat-panel televisions are hardly conducive to booming audio. Roku knows …
Calgary teachers travel to battlefields of France and Belgium for historical training
Six teachers from the Calgary area will be travelling to Northern France and Belgium this summer for historical training on the battlefields of the First … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Pokemon Let’s Go release date, trailers and news
Ever since Pokemon was confirmed to be coming to Nintendo Switch during Nintendo’s presentation at E3 2017 there have been plenty of rumors around what form the game will take. What most fans didn’t expect, however, was for Nintendo and Game Freak to create several Pokemon games for release on Nintendo Switch between 2018 and …
Apple’s new emojis will include a superhero and more hair options
Apple announced today that more than 70 new emojis are on the way, including characters with more hair options, new food items and additional animals. Emoji faces will soon have the option of having red hair, will include more gray and curly hairstyles and will also have a bald selection. As for new smiley faces, …
Instapaper is leaving Pinterest, two years after being acquired
Back in August of 2016, Pinterest acquired Instapaper, the read-it-later bookmarking service originally built by Marco Arment. Just shy of two years later, Instapaper is going back to being independent. In a blog post published this afternoon, the team clarifies that a new company called “Instant Paper, Inc.” has been formed to oversee Instapaper, and …
Cane con pietra al collo, due ministri in campo: «Ora pene più severe»
«Aumenteremo le pene verso chi maltratta gli animali, garantendo maggiore tutela rispetto a fatti gravi ancora non adeguatamente perseguiti». Lo scrive su Facebook il ministro della Giustizia, Alfonso Bonafede, che, rilanciandol'articolo del Corriere … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews
Latest Sign of China’s Slowdown: A Technology Cash Crunch by LI YUAN
By LI YUAN Long awash in money, the country’s start-up scene has seen an unprecedented downturn. That could be a bad sign for the rest of the Chinese economy. Published: July 16, 2018 at 02:00AM from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2Lh9Pt0 via IFTTT