Microsoft announced this week that it will bring the heart of the open source operating system Linux into Windows. Not to be outdone, Google says all future Chromebooks will be able to run Linux applications. Chromebooks run an operating system, ChromeOS, that is built on […]
Day: May 9, 2019
Mother’s Day flowers: the best last-minute online delivery services
Mother’s Day is only a couple days away (this Sunday to be exact) and if you’re still searching for the perfect gift for mom, then placing an online order for flowers is always a fantastic last-minute option. You can order a gorgeous bouquet in minutes […]
Delta is testing free WiFi on flights this month
Delta says it plans to eventually offer free WiFi on flights. The first step to achieving that goal, however, involves testing it out on a handful of planes, beginning later this month. Starting May 13, the carrier will begin offering free service on 55 domestic […]
Instagram Can Find Misleading Posts—but Won’t Take Them Down
Instagram has begun using image recognition and other tools to identify posts and stories that may contain misinformation and send them to Facebook’s fleet of fact-checking partners for review. If they’re determined to be false, Instagram will not recommend the posts to new users in […]
Where to Go for the Best Off-Season Travel
Tour operators such as Globus and Insight Vacations offer programs dedicated to fall … Spain, that makes stops in Marseille, Rome, Palermo and other port cities, starting at $538 per person in mid October. … He calculates that travelers on Globus's fall tours to Greece […]
Pensioni, prelievo forzoso e taglio assegni: guida al calcolo
A giugno scattano gli adeguamenti sulle pensioni su due fronti: da un lato il taglio (pesante) su quelle alte, dall'altro il prelievo per le rivalutazioni. by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Jeff Bezos’ Shot at the Moon? Blue Origin to Announce Vision for Space
Jeffrey P. Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon who also owns Blue Origin, will explain what this means on Thursday. At an event in the … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Microsoft HoloLens 2 needs to get into living rooms sooner rather than later
Watching someone use Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 while holding a conversation with you is almost as good of a demonstration as using it yourself. It’s a glimpse at the wild future of computing in store for us – all of us – mere years from now. […]
Jeff Bezos aims Blue Origin at the Moon
Today at a packed event blocks from the White House, Jeff Bezos took the stage in front of select members of the media, executives, government officials and a gaggle of middle schoolers to reveal new details of his plan to get to the Moon by […]
The Power of Sandra Bland’s Cellphone Video
[embedded content] Power is about angles. It’s a position, posture, and pose. It concerns the slant of realities meeting—or occasionally clashing—at a shared point. The image currently circulating of Texas state trooper Brian Encinia is one such image, telling in its visceral, ominous skew. Released […]