Did you know Mars has spiders? Well, sort of. This region is part of the Martian southern polar ice cap, and during the springtime, frozen carbon dioxide sublimates from a solid to a gas and gets trapped beneath the surface—creating these dark spider-like features, technically […]
Month: July 2018
Pensioni a 62 anni è la richiesta della CGIL, ma intanto spunta l’ipotesi di Quota 42
E sempre la CGIL arriva a proporre la pensione a 62 anni di età, che però in base alle ultime voci mal si sposa con la Quota 42 che sembra prendere … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Bocciati alla maturità al Beccaria, la lettera di una mamma: «Ingiusto, ma mia figlia in ogni caso si rialzerà»
«Non appartengo alla categoria dei genitori che difendono i figli per partito preso. Non faccio parte di quelli che cercano alibi. E premetto di essere convinta che l’obiettivo principale della scuola sia responsabilizzare i ragazzi: con severità, quando necessario. Come genitore ho sempre cercato di […]
Uber is reportedly testing continuous background checks for drivers
According to Axios, Uber is collaborating with its current background check partner Checkr and safety data provider Appriss. Uber will be notified if a driver is charged with a new criminal offense and can then decide if it warrants removal from the platform. Axios reports […]
How football is turning to videogames to stay relevant
As World Cup fever can attest, football is in its prime at the moment. The matches have never been better (arguably), the players more famous or indeed expensive. But the beautiful game is facing an ugly problem: younger fans are being swayed elsewhere because of […]
Conte vuole cacciare Rocco Casalino?
Giuseppe Conte vuole cacciare Rocco Casalino? Ne parla oggi Repubblica in un articolo a firma di Maria Berlinguer, che prende spunto dalle minacce del portavoce del presidente del Consiglio al giornalista del Foglio Salvatore Merlo, al quale Casalino … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews
Could You Make It Through Dinner Without Checking Your Phone? by CLAIRE BALLENTINE
By CLAIRE BALLENTINE In an effort to free people from the phones, if just for a meal, one Manhattan restaurant suggests that diners stash their devices in a box on the table. Published: July 14, 2018 at 02:00AM from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2JnoCh0 via IFTTT
Pininfarina’s Back With a $2 Million Electric Hypercar
Tesla can take credit for proving to the world that electric cars can be fun, and faster than their internal combustion engine competitors. But while Elon Musk’s company is now set on showing EVs can also be affordable and accessible for the masses, with the […]
Defending InfoWars, Facebook declines to stop fake news
Facebook held an expensive shrimp-cocktail-and-overproduced-trailer press event Wednesday in New York selling the company’s big serious fight against the scourge of misinformation. After its pitch on Facebook’s new efforts to fight fake news, CNN’s Oliver Darcy asked John Hegeman, the head of Facebook’s News Feed, […]
Lawmakers ask FTC to investigate smart TV data collection
In their letter, Senators Markey and Blumenthal cite a New York Times report on Samba TV, a company that tracks viewer information in order to develop curated show recommendations. “Recent reports suggest that Samba TV, one of the largest companies tracking smart TV users’ viewing […]