Amazon has unveiled the latest version of its Prime Air delivery drone, a hybrid aircraft that's capable of vertical takeoff and landing, as well as … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Day: June 5, 2019
Laptop Mag’s brand rankings put HP at the top – with Apple far down
Our friends at Laptop Mag have published their annual “Best Laptop Brands” report, ranking all of the major laptop makers on various criteria. When you’re looking for the best laptop you can get, there’s more to it than just finding one loaded with the best […]
Astronomers fret over ‘debilitating threat’ of thousands of satellites cluttering the sky
The promise of today’s nascent communications satellite constellations is real: connecting everyone on the globe, no exceptions. But the dark side, or rather bright side, of these satellites threatens to pollute the sky with innumerable points of moving light. Astronomers warn that this may pose […]
Apple’s ‘Find My’ Feature Uses Clever Cryptography
When Apple executive Craig Federighi described a new location-tracking feature for Apple devices at the company’s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote Monday, it sounded—to the sufficiently paranoid, at least—like both a physical security innovation and a potential privacy disaster. But while security experts immediately wondered whether […]
Arriva l’estate. Il piano del Comune di Milano per anziani e disabili: “Segnalateci le persone in difficoltà”
Caldo e vacanze in vista, con le persone anziane e disabili che – in questa stagione – hanno bisogno di un aiuto in più: per questo il Comune annuncia il potenziamento dell’assistenza domiciliare, fornita già durante l’anno, agli anziani e alle persone con disabilità seguiti […]
Alibaba, Mail.Ru, Megafon form AliExpress Russia JV to double down on e-commerce in CIS
After announcing plans in September 2018 to build a joint venture together, today Russian internet giant Mail.ru, Megafon and China’s Alibaba announced that the deal has closed. With support also from Russia’s sovereign wealth fund RDIF, the three are forming a new operation called AliExpress […]
Pensioni. Anp Cia: «Con i primi tagli a rischio quasi 6 milioni di persone»
Arriva puntuale il taglio alle pensioni. Con la mensilità di giugno l'Inps recupera la quota indicizzata sugli assegni sopra i 1.520 euro lordi (circa 1.200 … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Best streaming device: the top streaming media players for 4K and HD TV reviewed
If you’re only here because you want to cut the cord and stop the rich, monopolistic cable overlords from siphoning your hard-earned money every month, I only have one thing to say to you: you’ve come to the right place. Look, we believe that paying […]
‘Black Mirror’ Isn’t Surprising Anymore. We’re Screwed
When you first lay eyes on Billy Bauer, it’s more than 40 minutes into “Smithereens,” the first episode of Black Mirror‘s new season. Bauer, the young CEO of a social-media platform, has a crisis on his hands. A rideshare driver has taken one of his […]
Supercross to debut first EV class and tap startups to go digital
Motorcycle racing series Supercross will add e-motos and more digitization to its franchise (aided by startups) in the near future, according to Director of Operations David Prater. The sport—where riders race high-performance machines on jump filled stadium dirt tracks—currently fields only gas two-wheelers. This fall […]