The indie game Journey, which was a cult hit and a PlayStation exclusive when it was released some seven years ago, is finally arriving on the PC – albeit as an Epic Games Store exclusive to begin with. The game will be out on PC […]
Month: May 2019
The Secret to Soap Bubbles’ Iridescent Rainbows
If you pay attention, you can see some pretty cool stuff that you might otherwise miss. Have you really looked at a soap bubble? Notice how you can see a bunch of different colors? What about that tiny drop of gasoline in a puddle at […]
Milano, allarme morbillo: tra gli adulti è record di contagi
Mal di gola, occhi infiammati, la febbre e poi eccole, le inconfondibili macchie rosse. Sono i sintomi del morbillo, che torna prepotente a Milano così come in tutta Italia e nel mondo. In meno di cinque mesi si contano già 139 contagiati nell’Ats di Milano, […]
Two local WW II vets will mark D-Day anniversary in France
PEORIA — For Gene Neeley and Dale Bonney, it's a trip of a lifetime. The two World War II veterans left for France on Wednesday afternoon, on their … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
EV Growth closes $200M fund to cover Southeast Asia’s Series B funding gap
East Ventures has long been known as one of Indonesia’s longest-serving and most active seed-stage investors, but now it has officially moved up the food chain after it announced a final close of its growth fund at $200 million. Called EV Growth, the fund is […]
Amazon Alexa’s voice-command history is now much easier to delete
Following recent privacy concerns suggesting that Amazon employees may be listening to your recorded Alexa conversations, the online retail giant has announced new voice commands that will give users more control over their recordings. In its newly launched ‘Alexa Privacy Hub‘, Amazon states that users […]
Equalum grabs $18M Series B to help companies ingest data faster
Equalum, an Israeli startup, which helps companies gather data from a variety of enterprise sources, announced an $18 million Series B investment today. The round was led by Planven Investments. Other participants included United Ventures and prior investors Innovation Endeavors and GE Ventures along with […]
Pensioni: Q100, la Corte dei Conti chiede che la misura sia ‘strutturale e permanente’
"Qualunque scelta pone un problema di cassa non indifferente, ma una correzione attuariale della componente retributiva dell'assegno, in caso di … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Why Women Are Called ‘Influencers’ and Men ‘Creators’
Being a “social media influencer” has nothing to do with the size of your audience or the nature of your work. An influencer used to be someone with a giant, million-plus following to sell things to, but marketers have since expanded the term, piling on […]
Microsoft hints at a new “modern” operating system designed to support different form factors
In a week where AMD, Intel and Qualcomm have already made major announcements, Microsoft’s keynote yesterday at Computex in Taipei was relatively lowkey. Instead of revealing new products, the company hinted at what it wants in a modernized operating system. Intriguingly, Microsoft’s blog post about […]