Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Dreyer, Lapidos, Winters, and More
Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from the likes of Benjamin Dreyer, Juliet Lapidos, Ben Winters and more—that are publishing this week. Want to learn...
Results are in: Fully fledged Dart takes first in 2019 poll
A week ago, we launched a poll asking you which programming language will be relevant to you in 2019. And the results are in! Some of...
“The lack of women in technical roles stems from the lack of mentors & skills-based training”
A research study by The National Center for Women & Information Technology showed that “gender diversity has specific benefits in technology settings,” which could explain why tech...
Sail towards lower latencies and higher performance for your NoSQL databases with Scylla
Choosing the right NoSQL database is difficult. Developers have to weigh issues like performance, speed, consistency, and more. With the release of Scylla 3.0, that choice...
TaxScouts, the UK startup that helps prepare your taxes, picks up £1.2M led by SpeedInvest
TaxScouts, the U.K. “tax preparation” startup founded by TransferWise and Marketinvoice alumni, has created some new paperwork of its own. The London-based company has raised £1.2...
Three Manga Pirates Sentenced to Prison in Japan
With the support of the Japanese government, content creators in Japan are attempting to crack down on the unauthorized reproduction and sharing of copyrighted content. Due...
Axa Venture Partners raises $150 million early-stage fund
Axa Venture Partners, the venture capital arm of insurance company Axa, is raising an early-stage fund. Today’s new $150 million fund (€130 million) is called AVP...
Geek Trivia: Which Star’s Height Added $150,000 To Star Wars Set Construction Costs?
Which Star’s Height Added $150,000 To Star Wars Set Construction Costs? Peter Mayhew David Prowse Liam Neeson Harrison Ford Think you know the answer? Source :...
Rapping with Fanon
Rocé’s anthology album carries more than a whiff of radical chic nostalgia, which he does little to conceal when he describes the 1960s and 1970s as...
Digital Garage teams up with Blockstream to develop blockchain financial services in Japan
The global crypto market may have tanked last year, but notable names have joined forces to develop Bitcoin and blockchain financial services in Japan, which has...
