Day: September 25, 2018

Just about six years after Facebook closed its $1 billion purchase of Instagram, both of the company’s founders are resigning, according to a report from The New York Times. Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger served as the company’s CEO and CTO, respectively, after pivoting the […]

I centri Sprar «si pongono come ponte necessario all'inclusione e come punto di riferimento per le reti territoriali di sostegno, avviandosi, in tal modo, processi più solidi e più facili di integrazione». In essi viene «garantito ai richiedenti asilo … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews

Cobbling together a DIY dossier about a celebrity is a time-honored internet tradition. Scan a few Wikipedia pages, click through some Google images, scroll through social media accounts, maybe some dubious gossip sites, and you have a snapshot of the person’s life. Now Google wants […]

Attention, Scrabble enthusiasts! A whopping 300 new words have been added to Merriam-Webster’s Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, including a few that are sure to satisfy millennials and aggravate everyone else: Bitcoin, emoji and botnet. Merriam-Webster likes to keep up with the hip, younger crowd and often adds […]

Fake celebrity ads aren’t new but they’ve become widespread in 2018. According to reports from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch, celebrity endorsement scams have increased by 400%, resulting in financial losses for consumers that have gone up by an eye-watering 3,800%. During this […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on September 25, 2018: Waterfall in Khapkhal Reserve near Alushta, Crimea. https://ift.tt/2Q33AI6

Il ponte tibetano più alto d’Europa si prepara a diventare anche quello più postato sui social. Oltre cinquemila persone lo hanno attraversato nel fine settimana, e a meno di 48 ore dall’inaugurazione si moltiplicano i selfie dedicati al #pontenelcielo e le visualizzazioni in rete. Il […]

The Wikipedia article of the day for September 25, 2018 is Æthelbald of Mercia. Æthelbald was the King of Mercia in what is now the English Midlands from 716 until he was killed in 757. He came to the throne after the death of his […]

The company is asking suppliers to make the switch now, but it won’t be so polite in the future. It expects suppliers to have the blockchain systems in place by “this time next year,” or roughly by the end of summer 2019. Walmart sees this […]