Day: November 6, 2018

In 2016, the chip industry’s clock ran out. For 50 years, the number of transistors that could be squeezed onto a piece of silicon had increased on a predictable schedule known as Moore’s law. The doctrine drove the digital evolution from minicomputers to PCs to […]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is calling on the telecom industry to help put an end to scam robocalls. On Monday, FCC chairman Ajit Pai sent letters to the heads of voice providers, including AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Frontier, Google, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon* and others, […]

Sassi contro i finestrini, martellate alla carrozzeria, gomme tagliate. In tutto una sessantina di automobili, un autobus e un trattore danneggiati in una sola notte in Valle Intelvi. Un raid che, come ricostruito dai carabinieri, è stato compiuto da cinque ragazzini dai 15 ai 18 […]

If you took your standard smart speaker and slapped a disembodied head on top of it, you’ll get Furhat. The robot uses a projection system to display a pretty lifelike looking face onto a head-shaped display. The social robot has been programmed with a wide […]

La Legge di Bilancio rimanda a un successivo provvedimento la Riforma Pensioni: quota 100 come decreto legge o emendamento alla manovra? by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit

Luminar, the buzzy LiDAR startup founded by Austin Russell, has added another high-profile executive to its ranks. This time, Luminar has hired Uber executive Brent Schwarz as its head of business development. Schwarz, who has been at Luminar for about two months now, comes from […]

The UK government and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has reportedly written to mobile operators urging them to ensure their suppliers for 5G network equipment are secure. The Financial Times says the letter suggested the supply chain may be affected by an ongoing review […]

Election Day is a perfect environment for misinformation to spread, whether it’s through coordinated campaigns or honest error—or a mix of both. The stakes are high, there’s a lot of breaking news, and the US voting system isn’t always the most intuitive. Social media didn’t […]

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, formerly Burma, is a country in southeast Asia bordered by India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos and China. It is rich in mineral wealth, but is one of the poorer nations in the region and its political situation is problematic. […]