Turns out there is a link between Peter Thiel’s secretive big data analytics firm, Palantir, and Cambridge Analytica — the political consulting firm at the center of the current Facebook data misuse scandal. Starting in 2013, the New York Times reports that a UK-based Palantir employee worked […]
Day: March 28, 2018
Why Apple Got Schooled by Google
But Tuesday's announcement wasn't simply Apple trying to bolster what is now its fourth-largest business, behind the iPhone, services and Mac in terms of annual revenue. The company has lost significant ground to arch-rival Google in the education market. Apple accounted for nearly half of […]
How Science and Tech Are Disrupting Every Stage of Human Life
We’re all going to die! Before we get too far into an entire issue about how science and technology are extending, optimizing, and disrupting every stage of human life, let’s get the bad news out of the way: Despite the efforts of humanity’s greatest minds, […]
Monza, truffe nelle spedizioni: rubati anche gli strumenti della band di Zucchero, 7 arresti
Sette persone, residenti tra le province di Monza e Brianza, Bergamo, Brescia e Trapani, sono state arrestate dai carabinieri del comando provinciale di Milano in esecuzione di ordinanza di custodia cautelare emessa dal gip di Monza per associazione per delinquere finalizzata a truffa, falso e […]
Here’s how much the iPad 2018 will cost in India
Apple announced a new iPad at its first event of the year in Chicago, yesterday. The company this time kept education in focus unlike previous iPad launches. Apple refers the tablet as the “new 9.7-inch iPad”, and wants to serve the same screen size, as […]
Facebook sued for collecting call logs and text histories
After news broke that Facebook Messenger and Lite scraped call logs and text history from Android devices, the social network stressed that it didn’t do so in secret and with an ulterior motive. It got access to those data due to Android’s wonky permission system, […]
Pure Storage teams with Nvidia on GPU-fueled Flash storage solution for AI
As companies gather increasing amounts of data, they face a choice over bottlenecks. They can have it in the storage component or the backend compute system. Some companies have attacked the problem by using GPUs to streamline the back end problem or Flash storage to […]
Milano, la scienziata anti-cancro (campionessa di scherma) ammessa nel gotha dei ricercatori americani
«Amo i duelli, gli “attacchi”, le mosse che richiedono strategia. Nello sport e nella vita». Adriana Albini, 62 anni, ricercatrice con curriculum da capogiro e campionessa di scherma della nazionale azzurra, è stata appena eletta nel consiglio direttivo dell’americana Aacr, una delle più antiche e […]
Pensioni, Fornero: senza mia riforma spesa pensioni al 20% del Pil. Impossibile abolizione
Si tratta dell'ultimo intervento in termini temporali legato alle pensioni, che in questi giorni sta tenendo banco. Infatti, sia Lega che Movimento 5 Stelle hanno chiaramente parlato di cancellazione della Legge Fornero. Promessa elettorale che ha fatto saltare dalla sedia il Presidente dell'INPS che ritiene … […]
Logitech’s G Pro headset is built for eSports
The headphones feature Logitech’s Pro-G drivers with a slightly more aggressive sound profile than last year’s headsets. While I found the G433 and G533 to sound a bit flat, the G Pro accentuate bass, which makes plenty of gaming moments feel more satisfying. Some music […]