Not long ago, I poured a bottle of fancy whipping cream into the gadget I was reviewing, started it up and watched in awe as the machine’s rotor began spinning rapidly, creating a vertical wall of solidified dairy that stayed in place after the machine […]
Day: September 15, 2017
US election agency seeks views on rule change for digital ad platforms
The U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) has voted to seek public views on whether there should be a change to the rules for political ads that extends disclaimer requirements to ads shown on digital platforms, such as Facebook and Google. At a meeting today the […]
Riforma pensioni, M5s: cancelliamo la legge Fornero, le novità
Figuratevi che in nati nel 1980, rischieranno, per effetto dell'applicazione della legge Fornero, di andare in pensione a 76 anni. 76 anni! Bisogna … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Fitness wearables will soon diagnose by design, not by chance
At this week’s event, Apple teased something called Heart Study, which launches later this year. With the help of Stanford Medicine and the FDA, Heart Study will use Apple Watch data to detect irregularities in heart rhythms, including potentially serious conditions like atrial fibrillation. Details […]
Time’s streaming service gets rebranded as ‘PeopleTV,’ passes 100M views in year one
Time is giving its celeb and entertainment-filled streaming service a new name. Launched last year as the blandly and cumbersome “People/Entertainment Weekly Network,” the newly rebranded service is now being called just “People TV.” Though Entertainment Weekly’s brand has been dropped from the name, Time […]
HP’s new portable Sprocket printer can print photos on-the-go
HP recently launched a pocked sized photo printer for the Indian market. Priced at Rs. 8,999, the printer is available on Amazon India in black, white and red colour variants. HP along with the printer, is also offering specially designed HP ZINK papers for printing. […]
Soffiate su Consip: «Scoppierà un casino, arriveremo a Renzi»
Mettere a fuoco il ruolo del maggiore Gian Paolo Scafarto nell'ambito della gestione delle carte riservate del caso Consip e, più indietro nel tempo, anche della Cpl Concordia. Due anni dopo gli arresti napoletani dei vertici del colosso modenese delle … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit […]
Boeing Tests a Lidar Laser System for Turbulence Detection
Early next year, a Boeing 777 will take off from the company’s airfield near Seattle with a laser shooting out of its nose. It may sound like a novel (and grisly) way to avoid bird strikes, but this isn’t that kind of laser. Rather, it’s […]
Upcoming versions of Google Chrome will let you permanently mute sites, block autoplaying videos
One of the most annoying things about surfing today’s web – besides all those ads, of course – is landing on a site and getting blasted by a video that starts playing automatically. Not only does the experience surprise and annoy web users, it can […]
Nissan and Mitsubishi to launch 12 EVs and a ‘robo’ ride service
Alliance 2022 didn’t have any vehicle designs or prototypes to show off. However, it did specify that it will launch four shared platforms with the aim of producing over 9 million vehicles on them. Around 75 percent of total sales from the group would come […]