The voice assistant that lives inside all of these products got some significant upgrades at Wednesday’s event. For example, it’s more sensitive to emotion—if you’re yelling at it, Alexa will understand and acknowledge your frustration with its imperfect responses. You’ll be able to add celebrity […]
Day: September 25, 2019
New vBulletin zero-day could infect thousands of sites worldwide
Details about a zero-day in the popular internet forum software vBulletin have been published online by an anonymous security researcher. Following the disclosure, security experts have become concerned that by publishing details about the unpatched vulnerability, the anonymous researcher may have just triggered an incoming […]
ACAP Presenting Croatian Medical Tourism Potential to Diaspora, US Market
September 25, 2019 – Last week's ACAP diaspora conference in Cleveland was another step forward for Croatia's medical tourism industry. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
JUMP, Lime, Scoot and Spin receive permits to operate scooters in SF
Electric scooter providers JUMP, Lime, Scoot and Spin have just been granted permits to operate their respective services in San Francisco beginning Oct. 15, 2020. This is part of the city’s longer-term permitting program for electric scooters. Each scooter provider will initially be able to […]
Amazon Sidewalk is a new long-range wireless network for your stuff
At its annual hardware event in Seattle, Amazon today announced Sidewalk, a new low-bandwidth, long-distance wireless protocol the company is … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Tasse, la lotta all’evasione funzionerà? Le ricette di Usa, Germania e Francia
Centodieci miliardi di euro: è questo il “bersaglio grosso” a cui punta il premier Giuseppe Conte sul fronte della lotta all'evasione ed elusione fiscale. by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Oculus shows off its latest next-generation headset prototypes
At its developer conference Wednesday, Oculus showed off a pair of prototype designs for its next high-end headsets. Two years ago, Oculus showed off its Half Dome prototype which utilized a technology called varifocal lenses to allow users to adjust where the points of focus […]
Apex Legend developers are making a Medal of Honor VR game for Oculus
Can VR games possibly recreate the slick thrills of traditional flatscreen first-person shooter (FPS) gaming? Developers are certainly trying – with studio Respawn working on a VR game entry in the Medal of Honor franchise. Respawn has been behind such video game hits as Titanfall […]
Milano: via libera ai monopattini nelle zone 30 e sulle ciclabili. No al free floating: mezzi sempre negli stalli
Via libera da dicembre alla circolazione sperimentale di duemila monopattini e di tutti gli altri mezzi “ecologici” in sharing, bici, overboard, motorini elettrici. Il Comune ha presentato tre delibere per rimettere su strada i mezzi apparsi la primavera scorsa, e tolti dalle strade a luglio, […]
The FDA Tells Congress E-Cigarettes Are Unsafe—and Illegal
Public pressure is mounting against e-cigarettes. At a US House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing today on e-cigarettes’ effect on public health, US representatives blasted government officials for being slow to act, and those officials responded with concern but few solutions. “E-cigarette products are […]