The nightmare is a reality in India. Reports from the country suggest that the government’s national ID system — Aadhaar, which holds personal data belonging to more than one billion people — was compromised. On the slight positive side, the breach wasn’t down to hackers […]
Day: January 5, 2018
Ten cryptocurrency predictions for 2018 from the co-founder of the Blockchain Research Institute
Don Tapscott A year ago, Alex Tapscott (my co-author of Blockchain Revolution) and I made some predictions for 2017. At the end of the year we compared those predictions to what had actually occurred. Overall they stood up well. Notably we said: “Bitcoin will hit […]
France’s President Macron Wants To Block Websites During Elections To Fight ‘Fake News’
France’s President Macron Wants To Block Websites During Elections To Fight ‘Fake News’ Published on January 05, 2018 at 06:00AM French President Emmanuel Macron has a rather extreme approach to combat fake news: ban entire websites. In a speech to journalists on Wednesday, Macron said […]
Earthquake Alerts: How to Get an Early Warning for the Next Big One
At 2:39 am Thursday morning, millions of Bay Area residents from Sacramento to San Jose were shaken awake by the rolling tremble of a 4.4 magnitude earthquake. The eight-mile deep tremor struck along the Hayward fault, two miles southeast of Berkeley. From my apartment just […]
@elonmusk: Falcon Heavy goes vertical https://t.co/uG1k0WISv1
Falcon Heavy goes vertical http://pic.twitter.com/uG1k0WISv1 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 5, 2018 from http://twitter.com/elonmusk via IFTTT passing through @greengroundit by Livio Acerbo @lacer2k
Women over 50 are leading the boom in solo travel in the UK
This was followed by Italy, then Sri Lanka, Overall, the most popular destination was Italy, followed by Greece, then Spain. … “The number of single people in the UK has risen steadily over the past 15 years, plus many people in a relationship are also […]
Patriots Power Struggle: Inside the rift between Bill Belichick, Tom Brady and Robert Kraft – Seth Wickersham (ESPN): livio acerbo on lacer2k and greengroundit
January 05, 2018 at 07:05AM from ESPN via http://espn.go.com/
After Meltdown and Spectre revelation, questions arise about timing of Intel CEO’s stock sales
The timing of Intel CEO Brian Krzanich’s large sale of shares in November is raising questions because a Securities and Exchange Commission filing appeared to show that the transactions were planned after the company was informed about the Meltdown and Spectre bugs, but before they […]
Ajit Pai reportedly cancelled CES appearance due to death threats
Yesterday, CES announced that FCC Chairman Ajit Pai would no longer be appearing at the trade show where he was scheduled to take part in a conversation with FTC Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen. No reasons were given by CES or the FCC at the time for […]
Wikipedia article of the day for January 5, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
The Wikipedia article of the day for January 5, 2018 is Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death). Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) is the fourth studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson, released in November […]