Unsurprisingly, the technology focuses on security more than anything else. Your car manufacturer uses an existing trusted system to send the digital key to your phone, which uses close-range NFC to grant access to your ride. You can’t just unlock your car from inside your […]
Day: June 21, 2018
New $71.3 billion Disney bid for Fox tops Comcast’s
In a (perhaps not so shocking) turn of events, the Walt Disney Company has reentered its tug-of-war with Comcast over the acquisition of Fox’s film and TV divisions with a new $71.3 billion bid today. This bid is not only $18.9 billion higher than its original […]
Northern Italy: Emilia-Romagna
Written by expert authors Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls, possibly the world's most experienced travel writers on Italy, Bradt's Emilia-Romagna is … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Europe’s Proposed Copyright Law Could Screw Up the Internet
Even as companies around the world raced to comply with sweeping privacy rules that took effect in the European Union last month, EU lawmakers were working on another set of changes that could have a global impact on the internet. Today a committee in the […]
Facebook wants to know if you’ll pay for your favorite groups
Fresh on the heels of news that Facebook’s Messenger service is trialing autoplaying video ads, the social media giant is now testing the waters with paid subscriptions to user-created groups. Administrators of certain groups will be able to charge between $4.99 and $29.99 a month […]
Facebook redirects would-be opioid buyers to crisis helpline
When anyone tries to buy drugs (or find addiction treatment) through Facebook search, a message will appear at the top of the results asking if they’d like assistance to find treatment. If they accept, Facebook will redirect them to information on the Substance Abuse and […]
SFGATE: Trump reportedly threw Starbursts on table near Merkel
Trump reportedly threw Starbursts on table near Merkel Published on June 20, 2018 at 08:48PM by Grace Panetta, provided by Yves Herman/Reuters Ian Bremmer, the Eurasia Group president, told CBS on Wednesday that President Donald Trump threw Starburst candies onto a table at the G7 […]
Pensioni, lo strano caso del sistema contributivo all’italiana
Sollecitato dalle forze politiche che volevano tornare presto alle urne in uno scenario sgombro dallo spettro delle pensioni, il 'progetto contributivo' fu … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
New story in Business from Time: Burger King Apologizes for an Ad Offering Burgers to Russian Women Who Get Pregnant by World Cup Players
(MOSCOW) — Burger King has apologized for offering a lifetime supply of Whoppers to Russian women who get pregnant by World Cup players. Critics assailed the offer, announced on Russian social media, as sexist and demeaning. The now deleted promotion pic.twitter.com/mg7xETHfQW — Jenna Fryer (@JennaFryer) […]
StreetCred is building a blockchain-based marketplace for location data
While applications like Google Maps and Yelp seem to provide an inexhaustible source of information about local restaurants, stores and other points of interest, they also can come up short — moments when you arrive somewhere only to discover that the hours you had were […]