SpaceX has been awarded a new contract by NASA to launch the agency’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, or IXPE. This research spacecraft will study polarized light from sources including neutron stars, pulsar wind nebulae and supermassive black holes, and provide much more imaging than existing […]
Day: July 8, 2019
Amazon warehouse workers plan Prime Day protest over work conditions
Amazon agreed to pay its workers at least $15 an hour last year, but that concession has not put an end to protests by employees, at least not at its … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Fire TV vs Roku: Which streaming video platform is better?
Streaming video players have come a long way in just 10 years. Back in 2009, almost no one owned a Roku – and Amazon? Prime Video had just come out in 2006, so at that point it was still just a blip on the radar. […]
Fisco, Salvini: possiamo fare un mix di flat tax e taglio cuneo, tasse al 15% dal 2020
Il leader della Lega su Rete 4 firma un impegno per ridurre la pressione fiscale entro il prossimo anno: «Dal 1° gennaio 2020 aliquota secca al 20% … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
New Instagram features flag potentially offensive comments, allow you to quietly ‘restrict’ users
Instagram announced two new features today that it said are designed to combat online bullying. In both cases, the Facebook-owned service seems to be trying to find ways to limit bad behavior without outright blocking posts or banning users. “We can do more to prevent […]
I confess, visit to Milan’s massive Duomo is magical
With 24 hours to experience Milan, the fashion capital of Italy, I could not wait in a long line of tourists to enter the dramatic Duomo di Milano, so I … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Why We See the Colors of Faces Differently Than Other Things
As set-ups go for studying how people see colors, this one isn’t even the weirdest: a room full of assorted objects, like Lego bricks, strawberries, and ping-pong balls. Bring people into the room and give them a computer. Tell them to use a mouse to […]
Some Amazon warehouse workers are planning to strike on Prime Day
Workers who package and ship items for Amazon in Shakopee, Minnesota, are planning a six-hour work stoppage … Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has repeatedly attacked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for paying warehouse employees so little … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
AMD Radeon RX 5700 vs RX 5700 XT: what’s the best AMD GPU for you?
Right now, we’re having a tough time thinking of a better time to buy a new graphics card, thanks in large part to the new Nvidia Super RTX graphics cards, and of course, AMD Navi. Why’s that? Well, before the AMD Radeon RX 5700 and […]
The sinkhole that saved the internet
It was late afternoon on May 12, 2017. Two exhausted security researchers could barely unpack the events of what had just happened. Marcus Hutchins and Jamie Hankins, who were working from their homes in the U.K. for Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company Kryptos Logic, had just […]