Skype is capitalizing on Apple’s struggles with Group FaceTime to attract attention to its own group calling features. Today, the company announced it’s doubling the number of people who can simultaneously participate in a group audio or video call. It now supports as many as 50 […]
Day: April 5, 2019
Best phones for battery life: which smartphone is the longest-lasting
Battery life is one of the most important things to think about when buying a new smartphone – you don’t want a handset that won’t last a full day of use, or that will crumble under pressure when you try to stream movies or play […]
Government issues travel warning to Brits who have booked holidays to Greece
Brits travelling to Greece may experience more airport delays than normal. The European country has just changed its passport control regulations, … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Audi’s New Electric-Car Factory Goes Green
You’ve heard the story: Exchange your old-fashioned internal combustion engine for an electric one, and change the world. Turns out it’s more complicated than that. While driving an electric car generally saves on emissions, building one is way more energy-intensive than building a regular gasoline-based […]
EU goes after Valve for ‘geo-blocking’ Steam activation codes
Seemingly the sole government body policing tech platforms, the ole’ European Union, is now taking aim at desktop gaming’s biggest storefront, Steam, and its creator Valve. The commission sent a “Statements of Objections” to Valve and five other video game publishers, raising a fuss over […]
Pensioni Quota 100, Croatti: “A Rimini già 539 domande e in Regione sono 1261 quelle di …
“Grazie a quota 100, 539 cittadini di Rimini e provincia hanno potuto, ad oggi, fare domanda per andare in pensione. A queste cifre aggiungiamo le … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Win a 4K bundle with Aquaman on Blu-Ray, a Hisense TV and an Xbox One X
Are you a fan of superhero films? Are you tired of looking that their mega powers on a tired old HDTV that your parents were going to throw out three years ago? We’re here to help you (not all heroes wear capes, after all…) – […]
Olimpiadi invernali 2026, presto l’annuncio del governo sui fondi. Di Maio: “Ci siamo, ma no a cattedrali nel deserto”
L’annuncio è atteso a breve: il governo firmerà un accordo con le garanzie finanziarie per sostenere la candidatura di Milano-Cortina alle Olimpiadi invernali 2026. E sarà il sottosegretario con delega Sport, il leghista Giancarlo Giorgetti a farlo, intervenendo al seminario di confronto in corso a […]
TikTok’s next ambitious goal is to discover future music stars
TikTok needs a lot of music. A lot. The short-form video service began life as a lip-synching app in China, where it’s called Douyin, and although other categories of content, like skits and life hacks, later took off, music remains a key element to the […]
Turing-winning AI researcher warns against secretive research and fake ‘self-regulation’
Yoshua Bengio, who last month won the prestigious Turing award, alongside Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun, for his work on AI, is worried about what the technology is being made into behind closed doors. In an interview with Nature, he explains his concerns, but takes […]