AAA blockbusters versus indie darlings At the end of the day, games are games are games, regardless of whether you downloaded them onto your device or bought them at a brick-and-mortar store. While The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart 8 […]
Day: November 16, 2017
On-site research, like this archaeological dig in Greece, let classics students get their hands dirty
On-site research, like this archaeological dig in Greece, let classics … Max Novak works in Onchestos, Greece, creating a “sondage” (a little hole) at a dig … graduate research and travel through the Classics Department at the USC … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel […]
Save 97% on premium PC software with DownloadMix
Black Friday is nearly upon us, but you don’t have to wait until next week for a brilliant deal on software. DownloadMix is a new service that offers premium software bundles at a hugely discounted price. Each month, DownloadMix provides a different package of eight […]
Facebook, Google and others join The Trust Project, an effort to increase transparency around online news
“Fake news” and other misinformation, online propaganda, and satirical content people believe is true have filled the web via search engines and social media, and have caused a rift in how people perceive today’s news organizations and the quality of their coverage. A nonpartisan effort called […]
Neighboring exoplanet could be one of the most habitable
While both of them orbit a red dwarf, some of the coolest stars in the universe, Ross 128 b’s star is much friendlier. It doesn’t emit as much solar flare as the Proxima Centauri, so it’s not as exposed to deadly ultraviolet and X-ray radiation […]
Phone-Chip Designer Tackles ‘Industrial’ Internet of Things
Masayoshi Son, founder and CEO of SoftBank Group, has a lot of crazy ideas. He believes robots with IQs above 10,000 will outnumber humans in 30 years. He considered taking SoftBank private in what would have been the largest leveraged buyout of all time. He […]
Pensioni: Cgil, proposta Governo copre 4.300 lavoratori, costa 61,8 mln
Solo 2% uscite vecchiaia: insufficiente, impegni disattesi (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor Plus) – Roma, 16 nov – La proposta del Governo sulla previdenza "e' … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
La Raggi ci fa a strisce. Blu. Il nuovo piano del Campidoglio per far cassa coi parcheggi
Strisce blu in tutta Roma, via la riserva del 20% di parcheggi gratuiti, cancellazione dei miniabbonamenti da 4 euro/8 ore di sosta; tariffazione anche vicino gli ospedali, riduzione da 2 a una targa per nucleo familiare esentata dal pagamento dei … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit […]
New Venzee tool brings data transformation and validation to your blockchain project
If the blockchain is going to be an immutable record, you need to start with clean data. The question is, how do you get clean data into a blockchain database to begin with. It’s kind of a quandary for use cases not starting with a […]
Just Eat gets the approval it needs to acquire Hungryhouse
For the financial year ending on December 31st, 2016, Just Eat reported revenue of £238 million profits (before tax) of £109 million. Hungryhouse, by comparison, had revenues of £29.1 million and suffered an operating loss of £7.6 million. Without the acquisition, then, it’s unclear how […]