While Square Enix’s E3 2019 presentation had the gorgeous Final Fantasy 7 Remake on center-stage, another of its seminal PS1 games was not far behind: Final Fantasy 8 is indeed getting remastered. Before you get your hopes up, that’s remastered, not remade, so don’t expect […]
Day: June 11, 2019
Salesforce is buying data visualization company Tableau for $15.7B in all-stock deal
On the heels of Google buying analytics startup Looker last week for $2.6 billion, Salesforce today announced a huge piece of news in a bid to step up its own work in data visualization and (more generally) tools to help enterprises make sense of the […]
Amazon is descending on New York with another one of its cashier-free stores
Just a month ago, Amazon opened its first cashier-free convenience store in New York. … Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos also recently bought an $80 million … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
AWS is now making Amazon Personalize available to all customers
Amazon Personalize, first announced during AWS re:Invent last November, is now available to all Amazon Web Services customers. The API enables developers to add custom machine learning models to their apps, including ones for personalized product recommendations, search results and direct marketing, even if they […]
UK issues surprising new travel warnings for Brits travelling to Greece
The UK Foreign Office has issued a series of surprising new travel warnings for Brits heading to Greece, suggesting they should be careful when it … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Hackers Stole a Border Agency Database of Traveler Photos
In its rush to gather biometric data from travelers in the US, Customs and Border Protection has apparently neglected basic safeguards to protect it. One of its subcontractors was recently breached, leaving photos of travelers and license plates in the hands of hackers. The Washington […]
Marvel’s Avengers asks players to save the world in May 2020
At Square Enix’s E3 2019 showcase, we finally got a real look at Marvel’s Avengers, the role-playing brawler that has been under wraps… until now. The game will come out on PS4, Xbox One, PC and Stadia on May 15, 2020. The reveal trailer showed […]
Salvini-Di Maio: giù tasse, no manovra
Obittivo comune è evitare l'infrazione garantendo la crescita, il diritto al lavoro e il taglio delle tasse". Così Salvini dopo il vertice di governo con il … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Square’s The Avengers stars vaguely familiar versions of Marvel’s iconic heroes
This evening’s Square E3 press was…something. After more than an hour of Final Fantasy remasters, the publisher closed things out with far and away its most eagerly awaited game. Licensing some white hot IP, the RPG masters at Square are offering up their own take […]
Marco Carta, il giudice: “Arresto illegittimo per carenza di indizi”
L’arresto del cantante Marco Carta, insieme a una donna, per il presunto furto di sei magliette del valore di 1.200 euro alla ‘Rinascente’ di Milano, “non può ritenersi legittimo”. Lo scrive il giudice per le direttissime Stefano Caramellino nel provvedimento dell’1 giugno con cui non […]