The good Credit where it’s due, the Sproutling isn’t a complete failure — I love the UFO-shaped “smart” charging base. Truth be told, though, it’s not really that “smart.” It’s basically just a wireless charger for the wearable that doubles as an app-controlled nightlight and […]
Day: April 10, 2018
Xi Jinping sostiene l’Asia. Nikkei 225 in rialzo dello 0,54%
Dopo un lunedì positivo per Wall Street (migliore dei tre principali indici Usa è stato il Nasdaq, apprezzatosi dello 0,55%), alla riapertura degli scambi in Asia la tendenza è stata piatta ma il recupero si è successivamente consolidato in scia alle … by Livio Acerbo […]
New story in Business from Time: 5 of Modern History’s Most Persistent Myths About the Gender Wage Gap
Equal Pay Day — which in 2018 falls on Tuesday, April 10 — is an annual time to reflect on the persistence of the gender wage gap. The day, picked by the advocacy group the National Committee on Pay Equity, symbolizes the point at which, […]
Cambridge Analytica Could Also Access Private Facebook Messages
The data consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which harvested as many as 87 million Facebook users’ personal data, also could have accessed the private inbox messages of some of those affected. Facebook slipped this previously undisclosed detail into the notifications that began appearing at the top […]
EVs explained: everything you need to know about electric vehicles
From the day it was announced, back in March 2016, the Tesla Model 3 has been billed as the car to take electric vehicles mainstream. Starting at $35,000, it has a claimed 220 miles of range, is fitted with all of the hardware necessary to […]
Uber’s new driver app identifies areas with the best fares
Uber is rolling out a new app for drivers starting today. The hope with the redesign is to make it easier for drivers to access the information they need the most, while ensuring the app is not a distraction while behind the wheel, three Uber […]
I commercialisti spiegano perché si pagano le tasse
PRATO. Perché le tasse vanno pagate, cosa vuol dire sistema tributario, cos'è la dichiarazione dei redditi. Questi ed altri argomenti di carattere fiscale sono stati illustrati agli studenti di alcuni istituti superiori e ai bambini delle elementari grazie ad un'iniziativa pensata dall'ordine dei dottori … by […]
Watch Mark Zuckerberg’s first congressional hearing at 2:15PM ET
You can watch Zuckerberg’s testimony live via the Judiciary Committee website this afternoon. If you prefer to watch on Twitter, Bloomberg’s TicToc will offer a livestream there. Several other outlets are streaming to YouTube and Facebook, and we’ve embedded the feed from PBS News Hour […]
Instagram rolls out Focus portrait mode for videos and photos
Instagram is one-upping Apple with a portrait mode feature that runs on a wider variety of phones and works with video, not just photos. Last month TechCrunch reported about a Focus feature buried in Instagram’s code which began publicly testing a week later. Now Instagram […]
This Radio Hacker Could Hijack Emergency Sirens to Play Any Sound
At exactly noon on the first Tuesday after Balint Seeber moved from Silicon Valley to San Francisco in late 2015, the Australian radio hacker and security researcher was surprised to discover a phenomenon already known to practically every other resident of the city: a brief, […]