Facebook has scrambled to win back trust after the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the leaked ‘ugly truth’ memo. The company has made it easier for users to delete their data, dump third-party apps in bulk and started rolling out news verification tools. Now Facebook just […]
Day: April 4, 2018
Best HTC Vive and HTC Vive Pro games: top games to get the most out of your headset
If you have a powerful PC, an interest in virtual reality and cash to burn, you’ve probably been looking at the brand new HTC Vive Pro with no small amount of interest. It may be more expensive than the standard (and still excellent) HTC Vive, […]
New story in Business from Time: Trump Proposes Tariffs on $50 Billion in Chinese Electronics Imports
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday escalated its aggressive actions on trade by proposing 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports to protest Beijing’s alleged theft of American technology. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued a list targeting 1,300 […]
New story in Business from Time: Trump Proposes Tariffs on $50 Billion in Chinese Electronics Imports
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday escalated its aggressive actions on trade by proposing 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports to protest Beijing’s alleged theft of American technology. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued a list targeting 1,300 […]
Treviglio, esplosione in azienda: due comunità sotto choc strette alle famiglia
Treviglio, 3 aprile 2018 – Treviglio è colpita pesantemente dalla tragedia del giorno di Pasqua. Il sindaco Juri Imeri ha bene interpretato i sentimenti della popolazione con questa frase su Facebook: «La nostra comunità è stata colpita da una tragedia … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit […]
GoFundMe acquires YouCaring as charitable crowdfunding continues to consolidate
GoFundMe, the startup that focuses on crowdfunding for charitable causes, has made another acquisition to scale up its platform: It has acquired YouCaring, a smaller rival, creating a combined community of around 60 million donors in some 19 countries in the process. Financial terms of […]
Spotify Subscriptions Helped The Streaming Company Win Listeners
In 2011, when Spotify launched its streaming music service in the U.S., the future of digital media lied squarely in the realm of advertising. Sure, everyone knew ad-based models—sometimes called “the Internet’s original sin”—had flaws. But companies like Google, Yahoo, Facebook and were able to […]
Collaring elephants in one of Africa’s last great wildernesses
Collaring elephants in one of Africa’s last great wildernesses <img width=”660″ height=”495″ alt=”” src=”https://c402277.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/photos/15373/images/simple_style_full/WWF_TZ_RB-62_mini_%281%29.jpg?1522763568″ />Thanks to satellite collars, 60 elephants will be monitored for better protection against poaching in one of the last great African wildernesses, <a href=”../../../../../stories/6-things-to-know-about-tanzania-s-largest-protected-area-and-why-we-need-to-save-it”>Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve</a>. It’s an ambitious undertaking—the […]
Picture of the day for April 4, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
Wikipedia picture of the day on April 4, 2018: Hochofenstraße in the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany https://ift.tt/2Gwy3y2
disemvowel: Word of the day for April 4, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
disemvowel , v : (transitive, sometimes humorous) To remove the vowels from, for example, for the purpose of expurgating offensive words. To celebrate April Fools’ Day, this week we are featuring a series of unusual concepts. Enjoy!