15 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why billionaire Chris Sacca laid into this ‘Shark Tank’ pitch
Why billionaire Chris Sacca laid into this ‘Shark Tank’ pitch
“Somebody call a doctor because this pitch needs CPR right now,” the Silicon Valley investor said.
15 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why billionaire Chris Sacca laid into this ‘Shark Tank’ pitch
Why billionaire Chris Sacca laid into this ‘Shark Tank’ pitch
“Somebody call a doctor because this pitch needs CPR right now,” the Silicon Valley investor said.
15 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Vertical farm wins skyscraper competition
Vertical farm wins skyscraper competition
A conceptual high-rise intended for use in sub-Saharan Africa would taking farming vertical and help eliminate hunger. Now, the architects behind the tower, Pawel Lipiński and Mateusz Frankowski, have won the the eVolo Skyscraper Competition for their design. Dubbed Mashambas Skyscraper, the tower won first place out of 444 entries in a contest that asked architects to create futuristic towers, according to Dezeen. “Over 40 percent of people living in sub-Saharan Africa live in absolute poverty,” Lipiński and Frankowski said […]
15 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Vertical farm wins skyscraper competition
Vertical farm wins skyscraper competition
A conceptual high-rise intended for use in sub-Saharan Africa would taking farming vertical and help eliminate hunger. Now, the architects behind the tower, Pawel Lipiński and Mateusz Frankowski, have won the the eVolo Skyscraper Competition for their design. Dubbed Mashambas Skyscraper, the tower won first place out of 444 entries in a contest that asked architects to create futuristic towers, according to Dezeen. “Over 40 percent of people living in sub-Saharan Africa live in absolute poverty,” Lipiński and Frankowski said […]
15 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 16 Injured In New York Train Station Stampede After "Gunshots" Heard
16 Injured In New York Train Station Stampede After "Gunshots" Heard
Crowds fled New York’s Penn Station Friday night after an Amtrak police officer deploying a Taser was mistaken for gunshots, causing a stampede that left 16 injured.
15 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 16 Injured In New York Train Station Stampede After "Gunshots" Heard
16 Injured In New York Train Station Stampede After "Gunshots" Heard
Crowds fled New York’s Penn Station Friday night after an Amtrak police officer deploying a Taser was mistaken for gunshots, causing a stampede that left 16 injured.
15 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Last surviving person born in 1800s dies at age 117
Last surviving person born in 1800s dies at age 117
ROME — Emma Morano, at 117 the world’s oldest person who is also believed to have been the last surviving person born in the 1800s, died Saturday at her home in northern Italy, her physician said.
Dr. Carlo Bava told The Associated Press by phone that Morano’s caretaker had called him to say she had stopped breathing in the afternoon while sitting in an armchair at her home in Verbania, a town on Italy’s Lake Maggiore.
Bava said he had last seen his patient on Friday when “she thanked me…