The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Thursday that it is temporarily relaxing enforcement of environmental regulations and fines during the COVID-19 outbreak. The “enforcement discretion policy” applies retroactively to March 13, with no end date set yet. “EPA is committed to protecting […]
Day: March 27, 2020
Childish Gambino’s ‘3.15.20’ Is Apt for This Isolated Moment
Donald Glover was never good at staying in one place. By his early 30s, he’d already attained the kind of career most dream about. First as a writer on 30 Rock, followed by a leading role on the cult NBC comedy Community. During that same […]
Video calling app Zoom’s iOS version is sharing user data with Facebook
Zoom’s video calling service has been available for a while now but the unprecedented number of people working from home during the coronavirus pandemic has skyrocketed the app’s popularity. However, research conducted by Vice’s tech branch, Motherboard, has revealed that Zoom’s iOS app has been […]
Did Amazon Solicit Donations to Help Pay Worker Sick Leave?
Amazon solicited donations from the public to pay sick leave to contractors and seasonal workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. … and that Amazon, a behemoth corporation whose founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is the richest person … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
PokerStars Founder Pleads Guilty to Illegal Online Gambling
The founder of PokerStars admitted Wednesday to running an illegal online gambling business, nine years after he and other online poker executives …
Smart telescope startups vie to fix astronomy’s satellite challenge
Josh Nadeau Contributor Josh Nadeau is a Canadian journalist based in St. Petersburg who covers the intersection of Russia, technology and culture. He has written for The Economist, Atlas Obscura and The Outline. More posts by this contributor Russia’s push back against big tech has […]
Catholic priest from Italy stuck in Cape Coral during coronavirus pandemic
“I feel strong enough to be there [Italy]. Traveling is a sign that life is going on,” he said. That is just what Father Mascia plans to do. Although … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Desperate Bitcoin Scam Threatens to ‘Infect Your Whole Family with Coronavirus’
Getting Desperate. Here at BeInCrypto, we often report on the novel ways scammers in the cryptocurrency space try to steal funds. A popular method in … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Coronavirus, in Lombardia aumentano i contagi. Fontana: “Sono preoccupato”
Sono 34.889 le persone positive al coronavirus in Lombardia, 2.543 i nuovi casi registrati nell’arco di 24 ore. I pazienti che non ce l’hanno fatta sono 4.861, in un solo giorno si contano 387 vittime. Sono i dati resi noti dall’assessore al Welfare della Regione […]
An Elite Spy Group Used 5 Zero-Days to Hack North Koreans
Most North Koreans don’t spend much of their lives in front of a computer. But some of the lucky few who do, it seems, have been hit with a remarkable arsenal of hacking techniques over the last year—a sophisticated spying spree that some researchers suspect […]