Nowadays, memes go through the internet like excrement through the titular character of the The Untitled Goose Game. As we’re rocketing through this information superhighway like fish in a tube (remember when the people of Twitter longed to be salmon?), clasping onto bits of digital […]
Month: December 2019
Flash mob delle Sardine al congresso della Lega: «Porteremo 49 pesci per ricordare i 49 milioni»
Sardine numerate da 1 a 49, come i milioni di euro che secondo la magistratura la Lega Nord deve restituire allo Stato, al Parco Nord di Milano, in via Martinazzoli, a pochi metri dall’hotel del congresso del Carroccio. Al flash mob del movimento nato a […]
Canadian Bitcoin Fraudsters Face Two Years in Prison After Impersonating HitBTC Staff
Two Canadian brothers are facing up to two years in prison after defrauding an investor of 23 BTC (worth $140K at the time); The brothers posed on … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Do more startups die of indigestion or starvation?
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the grey space in between. Today, we’re weighing a standard bit of startup wisdom that recently reemerged against some surprising, contrasting evidence. Does too much money hurt a startup more […]
50 Things to Do in France (from the Obvious to the Best-Kept Secrets)
Here are the 50 best things to do in France, from dining in Michelin-starred … No trip to France is complete without a buttery, flaky croissant. You can't … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Gambling addiction drove loving father to take his own life after spending £111000
An inquest into his death revealed over the past 11 years the father-of-three had spent more than £111,000 in online bookmakers and betting shops …
Facebook Finally Fixes Its Two-Factor Mess
It’s beginning to look a lot like the end of the year in cybersecurity! In an interview with the Pentagon’s artificial intelligence honcho, we looked forward at how AI will intersect with warfare in the future—and the many unresolved questions that raises. And in an […]
Computer simulation enters the era of AI: Altair’s story AI & Surroundings
Loading… Slides of a talk this year at the Altair technology conference by leading data scientists Mamdouh Refaat. The data that is normally collected in the real world to inform engineering options can be complemented with data created within a simulation. Altair Engineering “I don’t […]
Podenzano, la minoranza: «Il sindaco Piva come regalo di Natale aumenta le tasse»
«Il governo di Podenzano come quello di Roma: sotto l'albero, ai cittadini fa trovare l'aumento delle tasse. A Podenzano l'Irpef salirà dallo 0,3 allo 0 … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
TikTok’s national security scrutiny tightens as U.S. Navy reportedly bans popular social app
TikTok may be the fastest-growing social network in the history of the internet, but it is also quickly becoming the fastest-growing security threat and thorn in the side of U.S. China hawks. The latest, according to a notice published by the U.S. Navy this past […]