Big tech firms including Google, Facebook and Twitter have expressed major concern after Vietnam’s government passed a law that promises to introduce tighter restrictions on free speech online. The new regulation passed this week strengthens the government’s position on censoring the internet, drawing Amnesty International to […]
Day: June 12, 2018
L’incontr Trump-Kim fa bene alle Borse. Prosegue il calo dello spread
MILANO – Ore 8.50. La storica stretta di mano tra Donald Trump e il presidente nordcoreano Kim Jong-un dà fiducia ai mercati che in mattinata ripartono tutti in rialzo dalle indicazioni che arrivano dai future. Chiusura positiva anche per Tokyo, che … by Livio Acerbo […]
Europe ‘will fall behind’ US and Asia on 5G
Smartphones supporting superfast 5G networks may be set to launch far earlier than expected, new research has claimed. The Ericsson Mobility Report expects the first commercial 5G networks to go live in late 2018, with the first compatible smartphones available in 2019. All major US […]
Google Gets Into Groceries By Partnering With France’s Carrefour for Online Food Delivery
By 2019, Carrefour groceries will be available through Google products … In March, Amazon announced a partnership with Groupe Casino to sell … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Spanish soccer app caught using microphone and GPS to snoop
If you’ve ever found yourself wondering why an app is requesting microphone access when there doesn’t seem to be any logical reason why it should need to snoop on the sounds from your surroundings, hold that thought — and take a closer look at the […]
YouTube’s World Cup coverage includes near-live highlights in Spanish
Telemundo is also collaborating with NBCUniversal’s Digital Lab on an original YouTube series, Somos Mundial (We Are the World) to cover the stories behind the Latin American teams’ journey to the Cup. The Google-backed coverage comes on top of Telemundo’s in-house tech, including the option […]
What is a VPN? A closer look at virtual private networks
VPN is one of those tech terms and has gained a lot of traction in recent years as the internet has diversified and grown to even bigger levels. However, the premise is actually quite simple, and there are some great use cases. Here is our […]
Build your own L3-37 droid complete with voice interaction
Robot maker Patrick Stefanski has created a 3D-printed – and animated – model of L3-37, the droid in the recent Solo movie. L3-37 is one of the funnest – and woks – droids in recent memory and this recreation is fun and ingenious. Stefanski used […]
Pensioni 2019: tutte le novità su requisiti, calcolo e riforma
Dal 1° gennaio 2019 entreranno in vigore diverse novità sulle pensioni, con cambiamenti sia per i requisiti che per il calcolo. Ed ulteriori novità … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Uber launches a low-data Lite app that’s just 5MB in size
When you open the app, you won’t see a map with little Uber cars zipping around. Instead, Uber Lite uses a minimal design to keep it running quickly and smoothly. It guides users through the request experience (as shown in the GIF below) by detect […]