R2-D2 may seem like a blast to hang out with, but in real-life, robots are rarely social butterflies. They’re fantastic assembly line workers, bolting together cars and refrigerators, but most are all work and no play. The closest thing to robotic friends we have right […]
Day: November 8, 2017
Pd, terremoto tra i dem: Orlando vuole Gentiloni. Renzi: il leader resto io
«Non credo che attaccheranno la segreteria, non hanno i numeri. Diranno piuttosto che, per battere destra e grillini, serve una coalizione larga e soprattutto che io non sono quello giusto per unire…». Matteo Renzi, appena letti gli exit poll con … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit […]
10,000 Fitbits are now a part of a year-long government health study
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about various entities giving away wearables like the Apple Watch in order to encourage people keep track of their health, but it turns out that US government prefers the Fitbit. Today the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that […]
Facebook’s testing a new method to prevent revenge porn that requires uploading your nudes
Facebook is testing a new method to combat revenge porn in Australia, the Australia Broadcasting Corporation reports. The strategy entails uploading your nude photos or videos to Messenger in order to help Facebook tag it as non-consensual explicit media. Facebook is doing this in partnership […]
Israeli company claims Apple copied its dual-camera tech
We’ve asked Apple for comment and will let you know if it can provide its take on the situation. The case may be more complicated than it seems at first. Apple has its own dual camera patents, so it’s clearly been exploring the idea. Corephotonics […]
The Virginia Election Will Boost Data-Driven Progressives, Win or Lose
Catherine Vaughan doesn’t let herself get excited on election night anymore. She learned that lesson the hard way a year ago, over too many glasses of whiskey at a Cleveland bar, where she and the rest of Hillary Clinton’s Ohio field team were supposed to […]
Basta iPhone se Apple non paga le tasse
Confesso subito: possiedo sia un iPhone che un MacBook e rinunciarvi sarebbe difficile. Eppure noi clienti Apple dovremmo cominciare a farci un … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Spiegel hopes to save Snapchat with an algorithmic feed
Snap got destroyed by Wall Street today after a horrible Q3 earnings where revenue and user growth fell well under expectations. So to get things going in the right direction, CEO Evan Spiegel says Snapchat will make some bold moves not everyone will like. Specifically, […]