A group of workers at the ecommerce company Wayfair staged a walkout in Boston Wednesday afternoon, to protest the company’s sale of furniture to a government contractor that manages detention centers amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis at the southern border. The walkout is taking place […]
Day: June 27, 2019
Milano, in arrivo il caldo africano: oggi termometro al limite dei 40 gradi
Sarà un fine settimana rovente, con temperature che sfioreranno i 40 gradi a Milano. Secondo i meteorologi sarà fra le settimane più calde di tutta l’estate. Il picco di calore oggi. E’ previsto bollino rosso in sei città italiane: Bolzano, Brescia, Firenze, Perugia, Rieti, Roma. Fra […]
Pensioni di invalidità: il Vicepremier Salvini ha annunciato che il Governo chiederà un aumento
Il Ministro dell'Interno, Matteo Salvini, ha annunciato che il Governo intende aumentare le pensioni di invalidità. Ecco tutto quello che c'è da sapere. by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Zuckerberg Defends Free Speech, Even When the Speech is False
It wasn’t long after Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at the Aspen Ideas Festival Wednesday that he was heckled by the audience. Facebook’s CEO was talking to Cass Sunstein, the Harvard Law School professor who has also served as a Facebook adviser, and discussing the […]
Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft say Chinese tariffs will make game consoles pricier
In an uncharacteristic show of camaraderie, the three major players in the video gaming console industry – Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft – have today banded together to warn the US government of the negative impact its proposed tariffs would have on the industry. An open letter […]
Skubana raises $5.4M for its e-commerce operations software
Skubana, a startup promising to help e-commerce business manage what can be a dizzying array of logistical challenges, is announcing that it has raised $5.4 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Defy Partners, with participation from Advancit Capital and FJ Labs. […]
Your iPhone will soon be able to identify dogs and cats thanks to Apple’s new detector
A new feature in an upcoming version of Apple's iOS will enable iPhones to look at images and identify which parts of that picture are cats or dogs. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from Blogger https://ift.tt/2XEgdRc via SEO Services
Canada reveals measures to tackle online extremism
Last month, the nation joined other countries and tech companies in adopting a pledge to eradicate online violent extremist and terrorist content in the wake of mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand. The shooter livestreamed the attack, and copies of the footage spread like wildfire. […]
NTWRK moves into live IRL events
NTWRK, is a fascinating experiment in live video shopping for the iPhone set. It’s been described as a blend of QVC and Twitter and Twitch and they just got a new slice of money from investors like Drake and Live Nation to expand into physical […]
A potato chip brand is selling $2.50 flights to 3 popular food cities around the world, but you have to …
The deals are thanks to a pop-up digital travel agency being launched by the brand, which will be selling return flights to popular foodie destinations … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours