Some big changes are afoot for Mobike, the Chinese bike-sharing company that was acquired by IPO-bound on-demand service startup Meituan-Dianping for $2.7 billion last year. Mobike executives in Europe are raising $20 million from outside investors as part of a plan to spin off the […]
Day: May 8, 2019
Google’s Sundar Pichai snipes at Apple with privacy defense
In an op-ed written for the New York Times, Google's CEO Sundar Pichai has defended his company's approach to privacy and user data, responding … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from Blogger http://bit.ly/2HaHeBv via SEO Services
WordPress revamped with new security features
WordPress is getting some much needed new security features in its latest update, WordPress 5.2, which is rolling out now to websites around the world. The world’s most popular content management system (CMS) is adding support for cryptographically-signed updates, a modern cryptography library, a Site […]
Just one-third of the world’s longest rivers remain free-flowing
Just one-third of the world’s longest rivers remain free-flowing <img width=”660″ height=”495″ alt=”” src=”https://c402277.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/photos/17254/images/simple_style_full/Luangwa_River_James_Suter_WW248782.jpg?1557244616″ /><!–HEADLINE SHADOW DESKTOP ONLY–> Only a little more than one-third of the world’s 246 longest rivers remain free-flowing, drastically reducing the diverse benefits that healthy rivers provide to people and nature […]
This Jewish family is traveling to literally every single country
Our goal is to become the first family to visit every country on Earth, all 195 of them! … He wants to go to Greece because he studied ancient Greece. … This past fall, during our visit to Spain, we all learned about the Sephardic … […]
Slack to live stream pitch to shareholders on Monday ahead of direct listing
Slack, the ubiquitous workplace messaging tool, will make its pitch to prospective shareholders on Monday at an invite-only event in New York City, the company confirmed in a blog post on Wednesday. Slack stock is expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange […]
The Fake Faces in ‘Mission: Impossible’? The CIA Has Some of Its Own
From the agents of the Mission: Impossible franchise to Arya Stark on Game of Thrones, characters in movies and TV shows have been able to pull of some serious stunts while wearing the faces of others. But while the magic that Arya was able to […]
Trump vuole assicurarsi la rielezione aumentando le tasse sulla benzina
Per provare a blindare la propria rielezione, Trump si prepara a presentare, entro l'estate, un piano di infrastrutture da 2.000 miliardi di dollari che va … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Hackers Are Shuffling Binance’s Stolen Bitcoin
A team at blockchain services company Coinfirm has been watching the erratic movements of the bitcoin associated with $40 million stolen in the … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Canon RF85mm f/1.2 L USM images leak out
Images of the Canon RF85mm f/1.2 L USM have leaked out, suggesting its announcement is imminent. Canon had already confirmed earlier this year that it was working on the lens, and that it would be made official at some point during 2019 along with five […]