You know what they say, the first hacks of January set the tone for the rest of year. (Wait, no one has ever said that.) But with that in mind, we tried to bring you mostly good news this week. First up, we explained why […]
Day: January 5, 2019
Watch out for this genuine-looking Apple Support scam
As users get wiser to phishing scams, so the scammers are producing cons that are ever more complex – like the very genuine-looking Apple Support scam that’s doing the rounds, as reported by security expert Brian Krebs. What happens is you get an automated call […]
How Trulia began paying down its technical debt
As every software company knows, over time as code ages and workarounds build on work-arounds, the code base becomes bloated. It becomes ever more difficult to get around the technical debt that you’ve built up over time. It’s really impossible to avoid this phenomenon, but […]
Pensioni quota 100, buonuscita subito ma col prestito bancario da restituire in cinque anni
Il pagamento ultra-ritardato della buonuscita degli statali, previsto dalla Legge di Bilancio, rischia di compromettere gli sforzi fatti per mandare tanti … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
A Major Hacking Spree Gets Personal for German Politicians
In an extensive series of tweets throughout December, hackers leaked sensitive data from hundreds of German politicians, including members of the European parliament, German parliament, and regional state parliaments. The move reflects an insidious strategy criminals and hacktivists sometimes use to expose and endanger targets […]
Ascolti TV venerdì 4 gennaio – Duello dell’Auditel: Ornella Muti batte The Good Doctor
Giornata decisamente poco avvincente, quella di ieri, contraddistinta prevalentemente da film e programmi di tiepido appeal e repliche di serie televisive. Rai1, però, ha rappresentato un’eccezione con il film in prima visione con Ornella Muti, “Wine to Love – I Colori dell’Amore”, che ha trionfato […]
Marie Kondo Is All of Us in This Year of Self-Optimization
The first meme of 2018 was Mariah Carey publicly complaining that, prior to her New Year’s Eve performance, no one had brought her “hot tea.” It was funny and in keeping with Carey’s legendary diva antics, but it was also a GIF-able summation of the […]
This stark chart shows how much Apple stands to lose from Netflix dumping iTunes billing
Apple stands to lose a substantial amount of revenue after Netflix dumped … A chart from analysts at Nomura shows what happened to Apple when … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite tipped to pack a premium processor chip
We’re expecting the Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphones to arrive at the end of February at the MWC industry event in Barcelona, and if rumors are to be believed, there are three different models on the way. New leaks over the weekend suggest the entry-level S10 […]
More than 100 million Alexa devices have been sold
More than 100 million devices with Amazon’s Alexa assistant pre-installed have been sold, the company said Friday. The new metric, revealed by Amazon devices SVP Dave Limp in an interview with The Verge, showcases just how quickly the company has crammed the voice assistant into […]