IPUn. Short for intelligence processing unit, a new kind of computer chip optimized for AI. Way back in the early 2000s, when the first Xbox came out, researchers discovered they could hack videogame consoles for scientific uses. It seems the devices’ graphic processing units, or […]
Month: September 2018
Spain holidays: Tourism drops for first time in a DECADE as Turkey bookings increase
Spain visitor numbers in July 2018 dropped by 4.9 per cent, according to official figures by Reuters. Despite it being the busy holiday season, it is the … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Five Eyes nations want access to your encrypted communications data
Following a recent meeting in Australia, the Five Eyes nations have told the tech industry to aid spy agencies by creating legal ways for them to access encrypted services while warning that governments can always create new legislation if they fail to do so. The […]
Lodi, un tronco sui binari del treno: «È stato un ragazzo, l’abbiamo visto»
Un grosso tronco piazzato proprio sui binari poco prima che passasse il treno, il primo vagone che trancia in due il legno, un frammento del quale viene trascinato per diversi metri dai vagoni successivi: la bravata di un ragazzino (visto sia dal macchinista che dalla […]
TikTok adds video reactions to its newly-merged app
Just about a month after the merger of the short-form video apps Musical.ly and TikTok, the app is introducing a new social feature, allowing users to post their reactions to the videos that they watch. Instead of text comments, these reactions will take the form […]
Pensioni: quota 100 selettiva
La pensione anticipata quota 100 prevede la possibilità di uscire dal lavoro quando la quota, cioè la somma di età e anni di contributi posseduti dal … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Tra il dissesto e l’appoggio a Floro Flores, De Magistris prepara la sua cavalcata elettorale
Terminati i due mandati, Luigi De Magistris non potrà più ricandidarsi come sindaco di Napoli. Di conseguenza Dema dovrà indicare un nome nuovo per la poltrona più importante di palazzo San Giacomo. by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews
Will 2018 be the year small phones die?
In the before-times, the default size of smartphones began to increase as bigger screens became more affordable. At the same time, devices of the more petite variety developed a reputation for being crappy. Companies including LG and Samsung got into the habit of using disingenuous […]
From Nicki Minaj to Blood Orange, the Best Albums of the Summer Were Exercises in Reinvention
Summer is a time of intense polarities, of feverish abandon and earned languor. There’s heat and purpose waiting to be seized in those unexpected, life-altering summer nights: on the dancefloor, at the bar, among friends. There’s equal chill, though, in the loss and grief that […]
‘Five Eyes’ governments call on tech giants to build encryption backdoors — or else
A pact of five nation states dedicated to a global “collect it all” surveillance mission has issued a memo calling on their governments to demand tech companies build backdoor access to their users’ encrypted data — or face measures to force companies to comply. The […]