State Quarterly Personal Income, 4th quarter 2017; State Annual Personal Income, 2017 (preliminary) State personal income increased 3.1 percent on average in 2017, after increasing 2.3 percent in 2016. In 2017, personal income increased in all states and the District of Columbia except one, North […]
Day: March 22, 2018
UK data watchdog still waiting for warrant to raid Cambridge Analytica
The UK’s data watchdog, the Information Commission’s Office (ICO), has still not obtained a warrant to enter and search the servers of the London-based political consultancy, Cambridge Analytica — the company at the center of the data misuse scandal engulfing Facebook — three days on […]
As Pedestrian Deaths Spike, Scientists Scramble for Answers
On Monday, the nascent self-driving vehicle sector reached an unfortunate milestone when, for the first time, a self-driving car killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona. This also means robot drivers are becoming more like their human predecessors—who kill thousands of pedestrians every year. And that […]
Samsung’s new Exynos chip boosts photo-taking in mid-tier phones
The AP also improves single camera out-focusing and augmented low-light images, and supports slow motion filming in 4K at 480 frames per second. Plus, it’ll process images 1.6 times faster than its predecessor, the Exynos 7 7885. On to performance, and its octo-core processor boasts […]
Revolut launches disposable virtual cards
Fintech startup Revolut is launching a new type of virtual cards — disposable cards for online purchases. While you could already generate additional virtual cards for a fee, this is a different kind of virtual card as it gets destroyed after each transaction. If you […]
PUBG news and updates: what’s new in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
[Update: Bluepoint has announced that Fortnite-style Event Modes will be coming to PUBG very soon. These limited-time special matches will be made available to all platforms via an update. The developer has said it’s keeping things simple with the first event which will be an […]
Pechino non ha paura dei dazi di Trump e affila le armi (commerciali)
“La Cina non vuole combattere una guerra commerciale con nessuno”, ha dichiarato la portavoce del ministero degli Esteri di Pechino, Hua Chunying, ma nel caso in cui gli Stati Uniti costringano la Cina a una guerra commerciale “la Cina dovrà compiere … by Livio Acerbo […]
Riforma pensioni 2018: Quota100, cambiamenti in arrivo con la nuova legislatura?
Nonostante ciò, non sono state tralasciate le ipotesi formulate in campagna elettorale sul tema #Pensioni e con la nuova legislatura potrebbero avvenire importanti cambiamenti dopo le lunghe attese di migliaia di lavoratori rimasti penalizzati dalla norme rigide dettate dalla Riforma Fornero. [VIDEO] In … by Livio […]
How a Controversial New Sex-Trafficking Law Will Change the Web
The debate over altering a bedrock law governing the internet in the name of curbing sex trafficking was polarizing. The final vote was not. The Senate Wednesday voted 97-to-2 to approve changes to the law that has shielded website operators from liability for content posted […]
Mozilla pulls ads off Facebook over data access concerns
Mozilla has announced it’s suspending its advertising on Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica privacy controversy — saying it has concerns the current default privacy settings remain risky, and having decided to take a fresh look at Facebook’s app permissions following the latest […]
