Un drammatico episodio di cronaca è avvenuto questa mattina ad Andria poco dopo le ore 5, in via Giulio Natta, una strada del popoloso quartiere Monticelli. Dei ladri d'auto, mentre stavano asportando da un garage privato due autovetture, una VW Golf … by Livio Acerbo […]
Day: August 9, 2018
No Jack Dorsey, Twitter Fact-Checking Won’t Free Us From Our Baseless Convictions
On Tuesday evening, Jack Dorsey announced that ranking far-right paranoiac Alex Jones, while freshly shunned by platforms like iTunes, Spotify, and Facebook, would still be welcome on Twitter. In the chippy style cultivated by founders in over their heads, @jack insisted that Jones had, for […]
Xiaomi has a new fitness tracker that has a larger display than the Mi Band 3
Interest in the budget friendly Xiaomi Mi Band 3 has been fervent after it launched earlier this year, and now the company has announced another wrist based device to go alongside it. The Xiaomi Hey+ has just been announced on a Chinese crowdfunding site called […]
Siri is now trained to recognize your local, weirdly named small businesses
Getting directions to the nearest Starbucks or Target is a task Apple’s virtual assistant can handle with ease. But what about local businesses with names that Siri has never heard, and might mistake for another phrase or the user misspeaking? To handle these, Apple has […]
Panasonic’s deodorizer freshens your shoes while you sleep
The catchily-titled MS-DS100 is a shoe freshening device that emits ion particles containing hydroxyl radicals to dissolve and eliminate stinky odors. Plop the gadget into your shoe, and the particles are emitted from six —six! — outlets, removing whiffs from every corner of the shoe, […]
Berlin’s Taxfix, a mobile assistant for filing your taxes, picks up $13M led by Valar Ventures
Taxfix, the Berlin-based startup that has developed a mobile assistant to help you file your tax return, has closed $13 million in Series A funding. The round is led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, with participation from existing investors Creandum and Redalpine. Launched in 2017, […]
Nokia 8110 banana phone reboot is finally available for pre-order
The new Nokia 8110 grabbed people’s attention back in February when it was announced at MWC 2018 alongside a fleet of new Nokia smartphones, and it’s now finally about to hit stores. Over five months since its launch, Nokia has finally managed to get the […]
The Sensors That Power Smart Cities Are a Hacker’s Dream
At this point, it seems like every so-called consumer smart device—from routers and baby monitors to connected thermostats and garage door openers—has been shown to have vulnerabilities. But that same security crisis has also played out on a macro scale, exposing municipal works and public […]
Travel advice for all destinations
1 August 2018, Bangladesh, Reconsider your need to travel. 31 July 2018 … 24 July 2018, Greece, Exercise normal safety precautions. 16 July 2018 … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Pensioni: quota 100, si lavora per inserirla nella legge di bilancio
Dopo i ripetuti vertici che si continuano a tenere a Palazzo Chigi, la quota 100 sembra diventare, ogni giorno che passa, molto più di una semplice … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit