United Airlines‘ newest operating route is one for the record books. The Chicago-based carrier launched the longest nonstop service from the United States Friday when a flight departed from Los Angeles International Airport en route for Singapore’s Changi Airport. The flight covers a distance of […]
Day: October 30, 2017
New story in Business from Time: United Launched the Longest-Ever Nonstop Flight From the U.S.
United Airlines‘ newest operating route is one for the record books. The Chicago-based carrier launched the longest nonstop service from the United States Friday when a flight departed from Los Angeles International Airport en route for Singapore’s Changi Airport. The flight covers a distance of […]
House of Cards’ upcoming sixth season will be its last
House of Cards is at last tumbling down. Today Netflix told The Hollywood Reporter that the popular political drama would end after its upcoming sixth season. No reason was given. Officially, the decision “has been in the works since summer,” but the news comes mere […]
Systemic Infection With Dirofilaria repens in Southwestern France
The patient was immunocompetent and reported travels to New Caledonia in 2011, French Polynesia in 1997, and Mauritius in the 1980s. She had … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Facebook exposed 126 million Americans to Russia-linked pages
There’s more beyond that. Facebook also deleted over 170 Russia-linked Instagram accounts that had made about 120,000 posts, and it had discovered security threats against politicians that stemmed from APT28, the hacking team regularly connected to Russian military intelligence. Facebook was quick to downplay the […]
Russian-backed content may have reached 126 million on Facebook
Facebook has reportedly upped its estimate of how much content was produced by Russian-backed actors during the election and how widely that content was seen. According to prepared remarks due to be presented tomorrow but acquired by the Wall Street Journal today, the company estimates […]
Emergenza incendi in Valsusa, centinaia di evacuati e fiamme alte dieci metri
Il fumo rende irrespirabile l'aria. I roghi stanno devastando la Val di Susa, oltre duemila ettari in fiamme. "Siamo un paese povero, non abbiamo altra ricchezza che i nostri alberi e queste montagne" dice la sindaca di Mompantero. Chiamparino: "Più … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit […]
Designing Streets for Self-Driving Cars: Parks Instead of Parking Meters
Urban planners talk about two visions of the future city: heaven and hell. Hell, in case it’s not clear, is bad—cities built for technologies, big companies, and vehicles instead of the humans who actually live in them. And hell, in some ways, is here. Today’s […]
GameStop’s PowerPass plan lets you rent all the used games you want
The shift to a digital marketplace hasn’t been too kind to GameStop, so now the brick-and-mortar video game outlet is attempting to focus on rentals in addition to its usual sales of new and used boxed games. As reported by Mashable and confirmed by TechRadar, […]
Le solite trappole del fisco
Anche questo sistema delle clausole di salvaguardia sembra diventato un meccanismo di tasse con l'elastico, un sistema di quasi-tasse. Si arriva al … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from