What’s old is new again, and what’s new is old. Apple has just released a new version of the old MacBook Air, a beloved laptop that hasn’t received any real love in years. I’ve been using it for the past four days—traveling with it, typing […]
Day: November 6, 2018
The Morning After: Chrome’s built-in ad blocking gets stronger
Apple’s new tablet is a big step forward, but it has its quirks.iPad Pro preview (2018): Early signs point to a powerhouse with potential If nothing else, Apple built a big pro-level iPad that physically fits better into people’s lives. Four days isn’t enough time […]
Louvre Museum to Help Fund Restoration of France’s Tourist Sites
The Louvre Endowment Fund, which maintains some of the world's oldest artwork, is expanding its focus to help restore castles and churches … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Lecco, difende il figlio dai bulli che lo tormentano: 53enne pestato dal branco
Il padre di un ragazzo lecchese perseguitato da mesi da un gruppo di giovani ha deciso di confrontarsi col genitore di uno degli aggressori per mettere fine alla situazione, ma è stato inseguito e picchiato dal gruppo di giovani bulli, che nel frattempo si era […]
Bethesda denies Fallout 76 is easy to hack on PC
We recently reported that players are already modding the online RPG Fallout 76, and while that means players are adding features and new gameplay elements, it appears there may be some negative consequences too, with the game reportedly making it easy for hackers to cheat, […]
Tink Labs, which gives free-to-use smartphones to hotel guests, is raising $300M
Tink Labs, a Hong Kong startup that develops smartphones that hotels provide to their guests for free, is raising a new round of up to $300 million to further its international footprint, TechCrunch has come to understand. The startup is in the final stages of […]
Opera for Android will get rid of annoying cookie prompts
This doesn’t stop the cookies from coming through. If you enable dialog blocking, Opera will allow sites to set cookies as a matter of course. That won’t be an issue for many people, but it’s worth noting if you want to block cookies on some […]
Luxuriate in This Mechanic’s Teardown of a 1974 Harley Davidson
If you want to get to know something, tear it down. Not in the bullying, find-their-weakness sense. In the careful, solvent-soaked sense. That’s the approach Canadian-born motorcycle mechanic Matt Dawe took with the 1974 Harley Davidson “Shovelhead” motorcycle he recently bought in upstate New York […]
Il grande parco oltre i confini: dal Forlanini all’Idroscalo: ponti e due piste ciclabili
Tre comuni uniti nel sogno di poter andare, un giorno, in bicicletta e in tutta sicurezza, dal centro di Milano all’Idroscalo e proseguire oltre, fino al Parco Sud Milano. E viceversa. Il tutto attraversando un nuovo polmone verde, vasto 652 ettari. Un’area verde di cui […]
Google working on fix for Pixel 3 memory management problems
Since their US launch on October 18, Google’s Pixel 3 smartphones have had somewhat of a bumpy start – users have reported numerous bugs and teething problems from the new devices, including a photo saving issue and a horrifying second notch. More recently, a memory […]