“What is real?” Dolores asks Arnold, in a flashback, at the beginning of Westworld‘s second season. He responds: “That which is real is irreplaceable.” Season 2 of the HBO series has played with the nature of reality as if it were a feather dangled before […]
Day: June 25, 2018
oBike is closing its dock-less bike-sharing service in Singapore
Singapore’s upcoming licensing for dock-less bike-sharing services has claimed its first scalp after oBike — a Singapore-based company run by Chinese founders — announced that it would cease its service in the country ahead of the implementation of regulations. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is […]
Pensioni d’oro, Di Maio le taglia? Ma se ha sbagliato i conti! Puro odio sociale, partito trasversale …
Pensioni d'oro nel mirino di Luigi Di Maio e del partito trasversale dell'odio sociale. Milioni di pensionati in agitazione. [App di Blitzquotidiano, gratis, … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Contractor hoped to sell social media surveillance to oppressive regimes
And unlike some sales of questionable tools, Circinus wouldn’t just wash its hands of responsibility the moment it clinched a deal. In a pitch to Cyprus, the contractor advertised the ongoing involvement of a US-based team that would hide Cyprus’ use of the surveillance program. […]
“Vomitevoli”, “lebbrosi”: Parigi e la corsa all’insulto
«L'Italia non sta vivendo una crisi migratoria, chi lo dice è un bugiardo». Lo schema Macron è chiaro: insultare il Belpaese, il governo e, senza citarlo, il ministro dell'Interno Matteo Salvini. L'ultima cortese attenzione all'Italia, con velato … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews
NBN may have to compensate customers for poor service under Labor proposal
A new proposal from the Australian Labor Party would see NBN Co beholden to a wholesale service contract, requiring it to meet certain performance standards or else face fines and penalties. This would involve reimbursing customers that experienced significant delays in installing initial connections or […]
Meituan, the Tencent-backed “one-stop super app,” files for IPO in Hong Kong
After months of speculation, Meituan, the largest service booking app in China, confirmed that it has filed for a public offering. The company’s IPO application was submitted to the Hong Kong stock exchange earlier today and is being sponsored by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and […]
Pd all’attacco del governo: «Sulle tasse si tira indietro
L'AQUILA. Sulla questione tasse, Lega e 5 Stelle tirano indietro la gamba, al cospetto della vituperata Unione europea. Il segretario cittadino del Pd, … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Scientists validate theory of relativity on galactic level
The study used the Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope to gauge the mass of the foreground galaxy using both gravitational lensing for its background counterpart as well as the speed of the stars around its edges, using the comparison to see whether […]
The Vivo Nex’s pop-up selfie camera gets stripped bare in new teardown
With its mechanized pop-up selfie camera that was first revealed back at MWC in February, the Vivo Nex has helped kicked off what might be the our favorite smartphone design trend of 2018 – one that’s finally seeing phone makers ditch the derivative ‘notch’ screen […]