Some of our worst assumptions about smart speakers, digital assistants and internet phone services are coming true, as Microsoft has admitted that both Microsoft employees and contractors may listen to your Skype calls and voice interactions with its Cortana digital assistant. The confirmation comes a […]
Month: August 2019
Microplastics Are Blowing Into the Pristine Arctic
Welcome to the year of the plastic menace, a nonstop flow of terrible news about how the ocean and its organisms are choking on macroplastic, while microplastic particles—bits less than 5 millimeters long—are wafting their way to supposedly pristine mountaintops in Europe. It seems nowhere […]
Comune, lotta allo smog: nuovi contributi ai privati per risparmio energetico e tetti verdi
Abbattimento del 45% delle concentrazioni di Pm 10 e NOx, riduzione del CO2 entro il 2030 e azzeramento entro il 2050 attraverso la progressiva eliminazione dei combustibili fossili per Milano `Carbon neutral´. Sono gli obiettivi che l’Amministrazione comunale intende raggiungere anche attraverso la concessione di […]
Everything we know about the next Apple Watch, which could launch as soon as next month
Rumors suggest Apple might add sleep-tracking to future Apple Watch models and the company could bring back the ceramic casing option. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
A mysterious AMD Threadripper CPU appears in leaked Geekbench result
We’ve been sitting, waiting for 3rd Generation Threadripper processors to appear, but we might have finally seen one of these HEDT Castle Lake processors appear in a leaked Geekbench result. This leak was spotted by the folks over at TechPowerUp, and it references a mysterious […]
Perillo Tours Debuts Spain Itinerary in 2020
Perillo Tours, a leader in escorted travel to Italy for 74 years, expands its … Perillo Tours' new 12-day Deluxe Spain Adventure from Madrid to Seville … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Superenalotto, a Lodi anche il Fisco vince 25 milioni
Con la “tassa sulla fortuna” l'Erario incasserà il 12% della vincita: a conti fatti, tolti i primi 500 euro di franchigia oltre la quale si applica il prelievo sulle … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
3 Animals Hurt By the New Endangered Species Act
This story originally appeared on The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration is scaling back the US government’s latitude to protect species nearing extinction, as world scientists warn that a biodiversity crisis will soon put humanity at risk. The […]
The state of innovation: Researchers across IU invited to Sept. 18 conference at IUPUIInnovation
Indiana University researchers at all campuses and academic centers are invited to register for the fourth annual Innovation and Commercialization Conference. Organized by the IU Innovation and Commercialization Office, the conference will take place Wednesday, Sept. 18, at the IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Blvd., […]
Apple MacBook Pro models deemed a fire risk banned from US flights
Some MacBook Pro 15-inch models have been identified as posing a fire risk by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and has banned them from being brought on an airplane. Back in June, Apple initiated a recall for certain MacBook Pro 15-inch laptops sold between […]