The Boring Company’s Las Vegas Convention Center loop “will not be able to move anywhere near the number of people LVCC wants, and that TBC agreed to,” reports TechCrunch. The LVCC wanted transit that could move up to 4,400 people every hour between exhibition halls and parking lots on the Los Vegas Strip. According to planning files reviewed by TechCrunch, “the…
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Venture Capitalists’ Critiques of Journalism Secretly Leaked to Journalists
A confrontation between venture capitalists and journalists has been slowly playing out on Twitter — and in an incendiary article on VICE US. It started when… A luggage startup’s co-CEO complained on Instagram about young reporters who “forgo their personal ethics.”
A New York Times reporter called the posts “incoherent” and “disappointing.”
Angel investor Balaji S. Srinivasa (also the former CTO of Coinbase)…
Emergency Preparedness: How Much Food & Water Per Person
Dr. Michael Beach is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, who teaches and practices disaster preparation and response. He’s a member of disaster medical assistance teams and has helped respond to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Sandy, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti—and most recently, those on cruise ships during the COVID-19 […]
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Amazon Built a Roving Robot Covered in UV Light Bulbs that Could Kill the Coronavirus in Warehouses and Whole Foods Stores
Amazon has built robot that is designed to kill the novel coronavirus with ultraviolet light. From a report: The robot looks a little like a hotel luggage cart, with a tall metal frame attached to a rectangular wheeled bottom. One side of the frame is outfitted with at least 10 ultraviolet tube lights. In a video shared with CBS News’ “60…
Away Fires CEO Steph Korey After Months-Long Search for Her Replacement
Away, an online seller of luggage that investors valued at $1.4 billion earlier this year, said late Monday its chief executive Steph Korey is stepping down. Korey will become executive chairman of the New York City-based startup. Stuart Haselden, who is departing as chief operating officer at Lululemon Athletica, will succeed her as CEO, according to the company. Away co-founder Jen…
More Airlines Ban MacBook Pros In Checked Luggage
Qantas airlines is now restricting MacBook Pro laptops from checked-in luggage on concern that batteries could catch fire. All 15-inch versions of Apple’s MacBook Pro must be carried in the cabin and switched off, Qantas said in a statement Wednesday. The rule went into effect Tuesday morning. “Rival Virgin Australia went further on Aug. 26, banning all Apple laptops from checked-in…
Americans Would Rather Get Food Poisoning on Vacation Than Not Have Internet Access, Study Finds
Americans would rather endure such vacation travesties as lost luggage or food poisoning, rather than go without internet while on vacation. Almost half of respondents (49 percent) in a study commissioned by Roku said that no internet access would qualify as a vacation disaster.
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Guido van Rossum Looks at Python’s Past, Present, and Future
This week from 63-year-old Python creator Guido van Rossum shared some interesting stories with ZDNet’s senior reporter Nick Heath: While sharing software with the world today only takes a few clicks, in the 1980s it was an altogether more laborious affair, with van Rossum recalling the difficulties of trying to distribute Python precursor ABC. “I remember around ’85, going on a…