In its filing, the company says it first approached Microsoft for a partnership in 2006, but never got a response. The tech giant then, allegedly filed its own patent in 2013, citing HoloTouch’s patents as “prior art,” showing that it was aware of them. HoloTouch […]
Day: November 22, 2017
Good Omen for Black Friday: HP slashes £500 off a monster gaming PC
In need of a powerful gaming PC, and also fancy saving a huge chunk of cash? Then HP has a stonking Black Friday deal for you in the form of a £500 reduction on the Omen Gaming Desktop PC (model 880-072na). The big price reduction, […]
Uber data breach “raises huge concerns”, says UK watchdog
The fallout from Uber’s disclosure yesterday of a massive data breach affecting 57 million users and drivers that it concealed for a year continues: The UK’s data protection watchdog has put out a strongly worded statement saying the company’s announcement “raises huge concerns around its […]
Silicon Valley as We Know It Would Not Exist Without Immigrants
In January, when President Donald Trump issued an executive order limiting immigration, the news was met with clenched fists in Silicon Valley. On big tech campuses, like Facebook and Google, there were protests, rallies, and boycotts. Of the hundred-some companies that signed an amicus brief […]
Facebook’s ad system shown failing to enforce its own anti-discriminatory policy
Can Facebook be trusted to abide by even its own stated standards? In the case of Internet political advertising the social giant wants to be allowed to continue to self regulate — despite the scandal of Russian bought socially divisive ads which (we now know) […]
UK data watchdog opens its own investigation into Uber hack
The ride-hailing company confirmed yesterday that a hack in October 2016 affected as many as 57 million customers. Names, email addresses and phone numbers were stolen in the attack, but Uber kept details of the breach secret, choosing instead to pay the hackers $100,000 to […]
Should I buy the LG 43UJ634V 4K Smart TV?
Image 1 of 4 Image 2 of 4 Image 3 of 4 Image 4 of 4 The bottom line: There are some great smart TV deals to be had around Black Friday, and 43-inch screens are a smart choice if you want a ‘big’ screen […]
Pensioni: il Governo non convince la Cgil, Camusso chiama la piazza
Non sono bastati gli aggiustamenti dell'ultimo minuto sul pacchetto di misure sulla previdenza del Governo a convincere la Cgil: Susanna Camusso ha definito insufficiente l'insieme delle proposte presentate dal premier, Paolo Gentiloni, ai sindacati e ha annunciato l'avvio di una mobilitazione che … by Livio Acerbo […]
Pensioni, Gentiloni rilancia su giovani e donne
Una platea più ampia di lavoratori che potranno andare in pensione anche prima dei 67 anni, 300 milioni stanziati sul sistema previdenziale e l'impegno a proseguire il confronto sulle pensioni future dei giovani e sulle donne. Neppure le nuove proposte … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit […]
FTSE climbs, Thomas Cook slumps on Spain squeeze
The group has been hurt by a price war in Spain, amid an upsurge in popularity of holidays in the country given security concern in other countries like Tunisia and Turkey. 'With destinations in the Eastern Mediterranean out of favour following political unrest, holiday providers […]