Over the past few days, Facebook said it received reports (from sources it would not identify) that not all of the data Cambridge Analytica, Kogan, and Wylie collected had been deleted. While Facebook investigates the matter further, the company said it had taken the step […]
Day: March 17, 2018
The best VPN apps for Android in 2018
Android has the largest installed base of smartphones around the globe – so it’s no surprise that there are a lot of VPN apps which support the OS. Particularly when you consider that the devices which connect to these services are usually mobile ones. Most […]
Facebook suspends Trump-linked data firm Cambridge Analytica
Late Friday night, Facebook has announced it’s suspending Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL) from its site. While you may not have heard of SCL, its political analytics firm Cambridge Analytica has made headlines in the last few years due to work for the Trump campaign and […]
New FAA Rules Take Aim at Dangerous Helicopter Flights
The Federal Aviation Administration today ordered the halt of open-door helicopter flights that use passenger harnesses without quick-release capability, less than a week after such a flight ended with the drowning deaths of five people. Last Sunday evening, a doors-off helicopter catering to photographers and […]
Top VC deals: Apple buys Texture, Magna backs Lyft, Snoop Dogg raises a $45 million fund
Apple is acquiringNext Issue Media, makers of the online magazine subscription service Texture, the companies announced Monday. Next Issue Media had raised $50 million in growth funding from KKR previously. The company was started and owned by Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp., … social experiment […]
Siria, accordo ribelli-regime: i combattenti saranno portati via dalla Ghouta
Tregua e ingresso degli aiuti umanitari, entro oggi l'annuncio. Continuano i raid su Afrin: 18 civili morti. AFP. Leggi anche. Pubblicato il 16/03/2018. Ultima modifica il 16/03/2018 alle ore 12:21. GIORDANO STABILE. INVIATO A BEIRUT. Fonti militari … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews
Enterprise subscription services provider Zuora has filed for an IPO
Zuora, which helps businesses handle subscription billing and forecasting, filed for an initial public offering this afternoon following on the heels of Dropbox’s filing earlier this month. Zuora’s IPO may signal that Dropbox going public, and seeing a price range that while under its previous […]
Standalone Oculus Go headset could debut at Facebook’s F8 event
[embedded content] As Hugo Barra explained in January, standalone headsets are necessary to push the company’s vision of social VR. He said “It’s the idea of having a completely self-contained product that you can just put on and start using it. You can do everything […]
Tasse, niente aumenti E 20 milioni di opere
Il bilancio di previsione 2018 per la giunta Volpi – elezioni alle porte – è l'occasione per tirare le somme di 5 anni di politiche finanziarie: obbiettivi raggiunti, finanziamenti intercettati, opere realizzate e realizzabili, tariffe, tasse, agevolazioni. Un contenimento dei costi della politica per 2,5 […]
The best VPN for Canada in 2018
Canada has some strict cybersecurity laws, upheld in an effort to prevent the likes of terrorism. And the country’s government has some far-reaching powers in terms of legislation that many believe infringes their personal right to privacy – and naturally a VPN can help with […]