Blink and you might have missed the early-morning tweet from Apple CEO Tim Cook—the one showing him scrawling the word “Hello” on an iPad Mini using a stylus. An updated Mini is the device that small-tablet fans have been hoping for since 2015, the year […]
Day: March 18, 2019
The People Trying to Make Internet Recommendations Less Toxic
The internet is an ocean of algorithms trying to tell you what to do. YouTube and Netflix proffer videos they calculate you’ll watch. Facebook and Twitter filter and reorganize posts from your connections, avowedly in your interest—but also in their own. New York entrepreneur Brian […]
Anthem update news, DLC, tips, patch notes and more
Anthem, BioWare’s cooperative, team-based shooter is a change of pace for the makers of Dragon Age and Mass Effect. With a focus on cooperative PvE combat popularised by the likes of Destiny, it landed amid a swirl of hype and expectation, which it has so […]
The UK is testing its first full-sized autonomous bus
The sensor package onboard includes radar, LIDAR, optical cameras, ultrasound and satellite navigation. As with all autonomous vehicle technology, there’s a chance for cross over into manually driven vehicles, where this tech might do things like warn bus drivers of cyclists or pedestrians in blind […]
Pensioni, arriva la quota 100: assegni dall’1 aprile, ma c’è il rischio di doverli restituire
Mentre alla Camera dei deputati è in corso la discussione sul decretone riguardante reddito di cittadinanza e quota 100 in tema di pensioni, arriva la … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Morte di Imane Fadil, la procura: alta presenza di cadmio e antimonio nel sangue, vigili del fuoco all’autopsia Il giallo e i 13 dubbi
«Dagli esami sui liquidi biologici effettuati sono stati trovati livelli superiori rispetto alla norma di antimonio e cadmio». Lo ha confermato in conferenza stampa il procuratore di Milano Francesco Greco, a proposito delle indagini sulla morte di Imane Fadil, la testimone chiave delle inchieste sul […]
@business: Putin signed a law that could land you in prison for insulting Putin (and other Russian officials) https://t.co/gRecO3xO4e
Putin signed a law that could land you in prison for insulting Putin (and other Russian officials) https://t.co/gRecO3xO4e — Bloomberg (@business) March 18, 2019 from http://twitter.com/business via IFTTT passing through @greengroundit by Livio Acerbo @lacer2k
Y Combinator bets on the booming podcast industry
Podcasts are exploding in popularity and Y Combinator, the startup accelerator known for its long list of unicorn graduates, is throwing its support behind a business tackling the podcast monetization problem. Among its latest and largest-ever cohort is Brew, a subscription-based app complete with original […]
Apple’s new iPads cling to old Apple Pencil
When a company, in this case, Apple, replaces one simply named product like the Apple Pencil with an identically titled successor, you'd usually be … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Bose speaker sale at Amazon: save up to $150 on home speakers and soundbars
March Madness officially starts tomorrow, and that means online retailers are slashing the prices on best-selling TVs and audio systems. Starting today, Amazon is having a big tournament sound sale on speakers and soundbars from top brands such as Bose, Sony, and Vizio. The sale […]