Tally-ho, chocks away, and jolly good show: The UK’s new Tempest fighter jet will be a decidedly British affair. In July, the UK’s Ministry of Defense announced its new jet will be developed almost exclusively on British soil. The Brits hope the airplane will exhibit […]
Month: August 2018
Air France KLM
With the leading long-haul network on departure from Europe, Air France-KLM is a major global air transport player. Its main businesses are … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Pokémon GO is getting PvP by the end of the year
As popular as Pokémon GO is, it has always been missing one major feature: pitting your Pokémon directly against another trainer’s. Strange, since that was the entire basis of the franchise to begin with! But the mobile game will at last get this much-requested feature […]
Ford thinks exoskeletons are ready for prime time in its factories
The EksoVests (built by Ekso Bionics) are available for employees that have to reach overhead multiple times a day. The exoskeleton vest doesn’t have a motor or battery pack to make its wearer stronger. Instead, it’s a mechanical device that offers passive arm support from […]
CBS All Access streaming platform set to launch in Australia this year
US studio CBS launched its All Access streaming service in its home country in 2014, and has since boasted of some popular titles in its library. When CBS acquired Network Ten last year, however, it was an open secret that All Access would some day […]
My Two-Week Edible-Insect Feast
The insects appeared at my Chicago doorstep in swarms. Crickets, grasshoppers, locusts, mealworms, ants—all of them dead on arrival, entombed in resealable bags and glass jars. Before long, my apartment was overrun with bugs, and soon all of my meals would be too. I had […]
Now even YouPorn has banned Alex Jones, but he’s still on Twitter
Streaming adult video site YouPorn, announced today that it has banned Alex Jones from its platform, following actions against the conspiracy-monger by tech companies including Apple, Facebook, YouTube and Spotify—but notably, not Twitter. Before you go “wtf,” there were indeed (non-porn) videos with Alex Jones […]
Vaccini a scuola: tutto quello che c’è da sapere
Un tema di cui si è tanto dibattuto negli ultimi mesi è quello dei vaccini obbligatori per l'accesso a scuola. Qui facciamo un punto sullo stato della normativa vigente ad un mese dalla riapertura degli istituti scolastici. by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews
Viale Jenner, violenta lite alla moschea: due feriti. I residenti: «Siamo esasperati»
Momenti di tensione si sono registrati anche domenica sera a Milano, nella storica moschea di viale Jenner, dopo la movimentata protesta dei giorni scorsi. All’interno della comunità, in subbuglio da diversi giorni per il licenziamento di un imam egiziano di 47 anni, è scoppiato infatti […]
Vodafone Australia now offering 50Mbps NBN plans for under $60 a month
After entering the NBN playing field in December 2017, Vodafone has now announced a new and simplified trio of plans that it hopes will bring better value to the Australian high-speed internet market. The three new plans cover each of the speed tiers available from […]