A ripple effect is a situation in which, like ripples expanding across the water when an object is dropped into it, an effect from an initial state can be followed outwards incrementally (source Medium)
Day: September 18, 2017
Pinterest’s new Sections feature begins beta testing, public launch in ‘weeks’
Pinterest is rolling out a new feature inspired by its power users, said Pinterest CEO and co-founder Ben Silbermann, speaking today at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco. The new addition, called Sections, allows Pinterest users to divide their board into various sub-groups related to the board’s main […]
Pensioni: le novità in arrivo
di Gabriella Lax – Adesso il governo tira le fila sul capitolo pensioni. L'esecutivo infatti, dopo gli incontri con le principali sigle sindacali, avrà tempo … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
AI can detect Alzheimer’s a decade before symptoms show
Researchers have created an artificial intelligence (AI) programme that can detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease up to ten years before symptoms appear. See related Developed by a team at the University of Bari, in Italy, the computer system scans the brain for “tiny structural changes” […]
Liked on YouTube: Porsche takes aim at Tesla with the upcoming Mission E | Engadget Today
Porsche takes aim at Tesla with the upcoming Mission E | Engadget Today Here comes a new challenger. http://ift.tt/2hcmKvi Porsche boss Oliver Blume has dropped some details about the Porsche Mission E that should perk up the ears of EV and sports car fans. The […]
To Fix Its Toxic Ad Problem, Facebook Must Break Itself
It is a sure sign that Facebook’s algorithms have run amok when they allow anyone to target ads to people with an expressed interest in burning Jews. Likewise, when Russians can sow chaos in American elections by purchasing thousands of phony Facebook ads without Facebook […]
iOS 11 releases on Tuesday, but it’ll ship without a key feature
iOS 11 releases on Tuesday, September 19, bringing a load of improvements to your iPhone and iPad. One highly touted feature that won’t make tomorrow’s release, however, is Apple Pay’s new peer-to-peer payment system. Apple announced in a blog post on Monday that Apple Pay […]
Color’s breast and ovarian cancer DNA test is $99 through October
Color already has a test that estimates your risk for hereditary cancers like pancreatic cancer and melanoma as well as breast and ovarian cancers. That test costs $249 and analyzes 30 genes. But the new BRCA Test from Color only looks at the two BRCA […]
Watch industrial robots play traditional instruments
Robots are stealing jobs, the narrative says and according to this video, robots are stealing the arts too. The video shows several industrial robotic arms playing the piano, guitar, drums and a keyboard. Through some stellar music production, it sounds amazing too. [embedded content] Nigel […]
Frode fiscale da 300 mln, 8 in carcere e sequestri per 85 mln
Roma, 18 set. (askanews) – Vasta operazione di polizia giudiziaria del Nucleo di Polizia Tributaria della Guardia di Finanza nei confronti di un'articolata organizzazione criminale dedita alla commissione di numerosi reati fiscali tramite l'emissione … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from