Apple continues to increase its efforts in Southeast Asia’s fast-growing market after it picked Thailand as the location for its second Apple Store in the region. A post on Apple’s website reveals that it will operate a retail store at the soon-to-open Iconsiam which is […]
Day: October 25, 2018
‘Red Dead Redemption 2’: Separation of crunch and art
That white paper is one of the only academic examinations of video game crunch — what it’s called when developers work significantly more than 40 hours a week to complete a project on time. It’s a pervasive, divisive factor in the industry and one of […]
This Samsung phone may have a hole in the display and no notch
Samsung has just announced the mid-range Galaxy A9S and Galaxy A6S in China, but more interestingly it also used the event to tease the Samsung Galaxy A8S – a phone which based on the teaser image below (captured by SamMobile) has a truly all-screen design […]
Nuova sorpresa a Pompei, in 5 scheletri il dramma della fine
POMPEI – Il cielo buio di cenere, le strade riempite dalla coltre rovente dei lapilli, i tetti che crollano sotto il peso di quella assurda pioggia, con l'aria che si fa irrespirabile ovunque, mentre sotto i piedi la terra da ore non smette di tremare […]
UK watchdog hands Facebook maximum $500K fine over Cambridge Analytica data breach
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has confirmed that it has hit Facebook with a maximum $500,000 ($645,000) fine around the way it mishandled user data following the Cambridge Analytica scandal earlier this year. The ICO announced its intention to hand Facebook the fine back in […]
A New Climate Change Lawsuit Takes Aim at ExxonMobil
This story originally appeared in the Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. New York is suing the oil giant ExxonMobil in a lawsuit that claims the company engaged in a “longstanding fraudulent scheme” to downplay the risks posed to its business by […]
The ingenious story behind Michelin stars
But this French city changed the world of travel forever when, in 1889, … Travellers in France and beyond owe an enormous amount to the Michelin … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Google Lens comes to image search in the US
Back in September, Google promised to bring Lens to image search — now, the feature is live in the US for English language queries. The object recognition techology can help you find out more about particular items within a photo you’re looking at. If you […]
Dig at Italy’s Pompeii volcanic site yields five skeletons
Italian news agency ANSA says new excavations in the ancient buried city of Pompeii have yielded the undisturbed skeletons of people who took … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Autobus prende fuoco mentre esce dal deposito nel Milanese: illeso l’autista
Un autobus ha preso fuoco mentre stava uscendo dal deposito a Tribiano, nel Milanese. Quando i vigili del fuoco sono arrivati sul posto, il mezzo, della ditta Line, era completamente avvolto dalle fiamme. Illeso l’autista. Il rogo, forse causato da un problema all’impianto elettrico, si […]