With the world’s top smartphones frequently topping the £1,000 mark, it’s easy to think getting an impressive smartphone has to mean an eye-watering investment. Luckily, there are a few budget phones floating around, dispelling that idea. Out of all of those budget options, one that […]
Day: August 5, 2019
Apple is on pace for its worst day since May
Shares of Apple are trading down 4% on Monday, putting it on track for its worst day since May 13 when Apple closed down 5.81% on the day. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
UK watchdog eyeing PM Boris Johnson’s Facebook ads data grab
The online campaigning activities of the UK’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson, have already caught the eye of the country’s data protection watchdog. Responding to concerns about the scope of data processing set out in the Conservative Party’s Privacy Policy being flagged to it by […]
Huawei’s Latest Earnings Mask Its Trouble Outside China
Amid ongoing tension with the US government, Huawei put a good face on its half-year earnings report last week. The Chinese telecom giant touted a 23 percent increase in year-over-year revenue for the first six months of 2019, a contrast from recent woes including the […]
Millions of accounts compromised in sextortion email campaign
A malicious email campaign looking to blackmail victims has affected millions of innocent users around the world, a new report has found. Researchers from Cofense Labs have published a database of over 200 million compromised accounts hit by a wide-ranging campaign that is looking to […]
Monzo says it wasn’t storing ‘some’ customer PINs correctly, but has now fixed the bug
Monzo, the fast-growing challenger U.K. challenger bank that recently soft-launched in the U.S., is disclosing a potential, albeit relatively limited, security oversight that saw customer PINs stored incorrectly within the company’s internal systems. Discovered on Friday, the “bug” has now been squashed after being spotted […]
M5s e Lega divisi su tasse e salario minimo: alle porte un autunno rovente sulla legge di Bilancio
Mentre Conte invita a Palazzo Chigi le parti sociali, Salvini organizza un altro irrituale incontro con i sindacati al Viminale per parlare di tasse. by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Endless roundabouts, expensive toll roads, and baguettes
I recently went to France for what was, essentially, the first time*. … which meant I spent the rest of the trip frantically trying to spot the toll booths and … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Google-owned artificial intelligence can predict acute kidney injury before doctors
The potential use cases of artificial intelligence benefiting society are vast and may now include predicting who is at risk for a disease that kills nearly 2 … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Tweets Can Be Deleted, but Your Likes Are Forever
Like most things online, tweets can ostensibly be forever, but they probably shouldn’t. It’s a lesson many Twitter users have taken to in recent years, resulting in upwards of 5 million people enlisting independent services like TweetDelete and Tweet Archive Eraser in the hopes of ridding […]
