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ΜΥΦ & Άλλες “Δοξασίες”

Και φέτος, το πλαίσιο εφαρμογής της υποχρέωσης υποβολής συγκεντρωτικών καταστάσεων προς την εφορία, από τις επιχειρήσεις, κατέληξε σε φιάσκο και απογοήτευση. Πολλά ζητήματα εκκρεμή, πολλά λάθη στο σύστημα, πολλά κενά ασφαλείας, πολλές παραλήψεις και κυρίως ένα πλαίσιο εφαρμογής που δεν … Continue reading

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Tesla’s Powerwall 2 packs over twice the energy storage — TechCrunch

Tesla’s new Powerwall 2 is part of Tesla Energy, the company’s new comprehensive approach to green, all-electric power delivery. The updated home energy storage product is similar to the last one, in that it’s a large, rectangular (now with more … Continue reading

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These are Tesla’s stunning new solar roof tiles for homes — TechCrunch

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk wasn’t kidding when he said that the new Tesla solar roof product was better looking than an ordinary roof: the roofing replacement with solar energy gathering powers does indeed look great. It’s a far … Continue reading

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Blockchain is empowering the future of insurance — TechCrunch

Every segment of insurance is under competition by entrepreneurs touting new ways to underprice risk, creating new types of premiums and servicing consumers in a tightly regulated on-demand economy. While most startups attempting to gain traction in the insurance market … Continue reading

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Χωρίς Σπατάλη Ούτε Μιας Δεκάρας

Προ μηνών, παρακολουθώντας διάφορα video στο Youtube για διδακτικούς & άλλους λόγους, εντόπισα video από την εκπομπή “ΜΗΧΑΝΗ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΟΝΟΥ”, προβαλλόμενο σε 2 μέρη, που παρουσίαζε την ζωή και τον άδοξο θάνατο του Ιωάννη Καποδίστρια – Πρώτου και Μοναδικού Πραγματικού … Continue reading

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IBM and Nvidia team up to launch a new server purpose-built for machine learning — TechCrunch

IBM today announced the launch of the aptly-named IBM Power Systems S822LC for High Performance Computing. Its unwieldy name betrays the fact that this is a really interesting product. Together with Nvidia, IBM built this new system specifically for artificial … Continue reading

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Google’s WaveNet uses neural nets to generate eerily convincing speech and music — TechCrunch

Generating speech from a piece of text is a common and important task undertaken by computers, but it’s pretty rare that the result could be mistaken for ordinary speech. A new technique from researchers at Alphabet’s DeepMind takes a completely … Continue reading

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The drone race is off and running, with Israel in the lead — TechCrunch

Audiences around the globe enjoyed all the action of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games thanks in large part to the drones hovering above the events (or below them), capturing every movement, from every angle. Athletes and spectators didn’t give a … Continue reading

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Analytics company Heap raises $11M — TechCrunch

Heap announced today that it has raised $11 million in Series A funding. We’ve written about the company’s “capture everything” approach to analytics before — it aims to collect data about every tap, swipe and other action that a user … Continue reading

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Amazon now lets you rent its virtual desktops, Amazon WorkSpaces, by the hour — TechCrunch

Amazon is rolling out a new way for businesses to use its cloud-based virtual desktop service, Amazon WorkSpaces: instead of paying monthly for access to an always-on WorkSpace you can connect to at any time, companies can now choose to … Continue reading

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