I carabinieri di Reggio Emilia hanno denunciato tre fratelli di 16, 25 e 28 anni per concorso in lesioni aggravate. Avrebbero organizzato una spedizione punitiva contro uno studente. La vittima è un 18enne residente a Rio Saliceto. A organizzare l … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit […]
Month: September 2018
Y Combinator is changing up the way it invests
To keep up with the growing sizes of early-stage funding rounds, Y Combinator announced this morning that it will increase the size of its investments to $150,000 for 7 percent equity starting with its winter 2019 batch. Based in Mountain View, Calif., YC funds and mentors […]
Voting Machines Are Still Absurdly At Risk
While Russian interference operations in the 2016 US presidential elections focused on misinformation and targeted hacking, officials have scrambled ever since to shore up the nation’s vulnerable election infrastructure. New research, though, shows they haven’t done nearly enough, particularly when it comes to voting machines. […]
Facebook’s Massive Security Breach: Everything We Know
Facebook’s privacy problems severely escalated Friday when the social network disclosed that an unprecedented security issue, discovered September 25, impacted almost 50 million user accounts. Unlike the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a third-party company erroneously accessed data that a then-legitimate quiz app had siphoned […]
Senator calls for investigation into Facebook’s latest breach
Warner, who serves as vice chairman for the Senate Intelligence Committee, has repeatedly voiced his concerns over security issues and data privacy. He even put together a paper earlier this year that highlighted challenges faced by online platforms like Facebook and suggested ways that they […]
Pulling back the curtain on how SoftBank’s massive Vision Fund works — including just how big a check it can write
Picture it. The scene is Silicon Valley. Suddenly an investment firm materializes on the scene and starts writing checks bigger than anyone is accustomed to seeing. Fellow investors start to privately complain. Its partners are poseurs, they say. The firm is driving up valuations, they […]
Cruise the Nile in Egypt, enjoy a foodie trip to Andalusia in Spain or have a family half-term holiday …
This is a good time to visit Egypt. Not only are the historical sites less crowded, but the mercury drops to more manageable levels after the summer … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
«La riforma delle pensioni è passata, ma i russi non hanno perso»
Russia. Intervista al sociologo Sergey Reshetin, tra gli organizzatori delle proteste: «Mobilitazione inattesa e gestita dalla piazza. E Mosca ne paga il … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Elon Musk Has Finally Picked a Fight He Can’t Win
The irony of Elon Musk’s latest legal drama is grim. He wanted to take the car maker Tesla private, because he hates the bureaucracy, red tape, and regulation that comes with being a company owned by shareholders, traded on the stock market. But the ham-fisted […]
Tesla’s Elon Musk sued by SEC
U.S. securities regulators are asking a federal court to oust Tesla Inc.'s Elon Musk as chairman and CEO. In a complaint filed Thursday, the Securities … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit