What sold best on Amazon during Black Friday and Cyber Monday? It might not surprise you to know that Amazon’s own catalog of electronics were among the top sellers for the busy shopping weekend. Popular products like the Amazon Echo Dot, Amazon Fire TV Stick, […]
Day: November 28, 2017
Ello’s spam problem
Remember Ello? I recently wrote about this social networking site’s comeback. Since then, a handful of you have pinged me about its spam bot problem. Just yesterday, another person came forward to tell me he was getting “flooded with naked people” adding him on the […]
L’ombra delle “bufale” sulle prossime Politiche
La guerra tra Democrats e Cinquestelle sulle “fake news”. E cresce l'allarme: chi sa cavalcare il Far West tecnologico potrebbe esercitare un controllo sociale di massa. di Fausto Cicciò. L'ombra delle “bufale” sulle prossime Politiche. Gli stessi … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews #orecchioacerbo
Pensioni, novità: cosa cambia dal 2018
Con la riforma al vaglio del Parlamento, tante sono le novità pensioni in ballo: ecco cosa cambierà per i lavoratori italiani a partire dal 1 gennaio 2018.-Pensioni/ Pensione, Opzione donna, APE Sociale, APE Volontaria… by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
The FCC is peddling its net neutrality spin as facts
Let’s take the first bullet point. “Myth: This is the end of the internet as we know it. Fact: The internet was free and open before the Obama Administration’s 2015 heavy-handed Title II regulations, and it will be free and open after they are repealed.” […]
The White House wants to ban cellphones, citing security risk
The Donald can’t seem to keep his hands off the phone while in the White House but the same rules may not apply to his staff in the near future. The White House is mulling a personal cellphone ban for employees and possibly visitors, citing cybersecurity […]
New story in Technology from Time: Google Delivered on Its Promise to Fix Its Cheeseburger Emoji
After Google CEO Sundar Pichai said his company would “drop everything” to redesign the cheeseburger emoji after a tweet criticizing the food symbol went viral, it looks like Google has delivered on that promise. In its still-in-beta Android 8.1 software, Google gave the cheeseburger emoji […]
Photo Essay: The Uneasy Relationship Between Humans and Nature
Matthew swings between trees on the Lost Coast of California. Trained as a mechanical engineer, he spent two years sourcing his clothing, food, tools, and shelter from the wild. A researcher injects a saline solution to connect the electrodes to the electrical signals of Maggie’s […]
Could this be the best VPN deal ever?
IPVanish‘s top-tier network delivered some of the fastest speeds in our tests to find the best VPN services. Its zero log policy gives you total privacy and peace of mind. The popular VPN company has extended its Cyber Monday and Black Friday sales till the […]
New story in Technology from Time: Everybody Is Obsessed With HQ Trivia, a Live Gameshow On Your Phone. Here’s How to Play
Television gameshows have existed for decades, but there’s never been anything quite like HQ Live Trivia. In the few months since its release, HQ Trivia, as it’s called for short, has become one of the most popular iPhone games in the world. It comfortably sits […]