The leak listed companies like Best Buy and Macy’s as clients, showing how far-reaching the surveillance tech could become. In public statements and blog posts Clearview AI has pushed back against the idea that its system is a “consumer tool” or for use by anyone […]
Day: May 8, 2020
Milano come Vilnius? Bar, locali e ristoranti e l’idea di allargarsi a costo zero sul suolo pubblico
Bar, locali e ristoranti a cielo aperto si allargano a costo zero sul suolo pubblico. Con i tavolini rigorosamente a distanza di due metri uno dall’altro occupano piazze, marciapiedi e strade togliendo spazio alle auto in sosta e moltiplicando di fatto le aree pedonali. Lo […]
How *World of Warcraft* Has Evolved With the Internet
“Games are very rapidly solved these days,” says Ion Hazzikostas, the game director of World of Warcraft. Hazzikostas, known to the World of Warcraft community as Watcher, has developed the 16-year-old massively multiplayer online role-playing game since 2008. On a call with WIRED, he reminisced […]
Jio Platforms gets one more big-ticket investor Vista
Close on the heels of social media giant Facebook and private equity firm Silver Lake betting big on Indian telecom behemoth Jio Platforms, another private equity firm Vista Equity Partners will invest $ 1.5 billion (Rs. 11,367 crore) in it. Jio Platforms has now raised […]
In a potential big win for renewable energy, Form Energy gets its first grid-scale battery installation
Form Energy, which is developing what it calls ultra-low-cost, long-duration energy storage for the grid, has signed a contract with the Minnesota-based Great River Energy to develop a 1 megawatt, 150 megawatt hour pilot project. The second-largest electric utility in the U.S., Great River Energy’s […]
Some traders are betting the Fed will push interest rates negative next year
Despite pushback from the Federal Reserve, some traders are now pricing in expectations that policy makers will push rates below zero. Based on …
NFL odds: Early spread, Week 1 betting lines after 2020 schedule release
The 2020 NFL schedule was announced Thursday, and there are several exciting Week 1 games to kick off another football season. One of those …
Popular VPN embraces no log policy
The VPN provider HMA (formerly HideMyAss!) has announced that it has introduced a No Logging Policy (NLP) in an effort to improve user privacy. The introduction of a NLP is part of a broader initiative by the company to become a privacy champion that will […]
Bitcoin, Ripple & Monero – American Wrap: 5/7/2020
Could Inflation Threat Provide An Unexpected Boost To Cryptocurrency P2P Markets? 4 min read. 17 days ago … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
How a Facebook Bug Took Down Spotify, TikTok, and Other Major iOS Apps
A little after 6 pm ET on Wednesday, the system started blinking red for iOS developer Clay Jones. Like many devs, Jones uses a Google product called Crashlytics to keep tabs on when his app stops working. Out of nowhere, it registered tens of thousands […]