Facebook sold user data to a Chinese company listed as a security risk Tech expert Kurt Knutsson and attorney Scott Vernick discuss how Facebook sold user data to a Chinese company that is considered to be a national security threat. via FOX BUSINESS NEWS Technology […]
Day: June 7, 2018
Ticketfly is finally back online after hack
The company said earlier that users’ email addresses, phone numbers and home and billing addresses were included in the compromised data. A researcher suggested Monday that more than 26 million users were affected; more than 27 million accounts were actually compromised, Ticketfly now admits. However, […]
J.J. Abrams and Tencent combine to form Bad Robot Games
Bad Robot, the media production company headed by famed nostalgia-lord J.J. Abrams, is expanding into the games industry with help from Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent. The company will lend its expertise in film to partner developers at both the indie and AAA level. “I’m a […]
MIT creates ‘psychopath’ AI using the dark side of Reddit
Ever since the internet turned Microsoft’s Tay racist and genocidal, forcing Microsoft to shut down the chatbot within 24 hours, we’ve known how susceptible artificial intelligence (AI) can be to turning evil. To study how AI can become corrupted by biased data, the Massachusetts Institute […]
Amazon Fire TV Cube Brings Alexa—and Much More—to the Living Room
Amazon has launched yet another smart appliance. And this one is designed to give you more control over the products in your living room. Dubbed … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
The Deal to Save ZTE Won’t Resolve US-China Tensions
The Trump administration just came to an agreement to lift crippling sanctions against Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE. Ending the sanctions banning US companies from selling hardware or software to ZTE could save the company, which announced last month that it had suspended its major operations […]
Spanish royal couple to visit New Orleans before meeting with President Trump
Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will travel later this month to the United States, a trip that includes stops in Louisiana, Texas and the White … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Facebook notifies 14M users of a bug that made status posts public
In a statement provided to Engadget, Facebook chief privacy officer Erin Egan wrote: “We recently found a bug that automatically suggested posting publicly when some people were creating their Facebook posts. We have fixed this issue and starting today we are letting everyone affected know […]
Alessandro Leogrande, quando penso a Taranto penso a lui. E a quanto manca
Oggi è un Wind Day, qui. Si chiama proprio così, in inglese, come se fosse un giorno speciale. Un giorno fuori dall'ordinario. E in effetti, le scuole sono chiuse, e dalle 12 alle 18, è consigliato stare in casa, e non aprire le finestre. Perché […]
Apple introduces the A.I. phone
At Apple’s WWDC 2018 – an event some said would be boring this year with its software-only focus and lack of new MacBooks and iPads – the company announced what may be its most important operating system update to date, with the introduction of iOS […]