Schools are reopening in countries around the world in response to a substantial body of evidence that children are largely unaffected by Covid-19 and minimally contagious when they get infected. Experts and policymakers abroad also acknowledge that school closures perpetuate a long list of known […]
Day: May 12, 2020
“Ho sempre pagato le tasse. Lo Stato non ci tartassi e ci aiuti a ripartire”. Lettera aperta di una …
"Sono una parrucchiera di Castelvetrano, che ha costruito tutto quello che ha, con sacrifici e che è sempre puntuale nelle scadenze di tasse così alte, … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Honor 9X Pro with in-house AppGallery launched in India
The Honor 9X Pro is now officially launched in India. It is the company’s first phone in the country without Google services, and will instead be powered by the Huawei AppGallery. It is the beefier variant of the Honor 9X, which launched earlier this year. […]
Tim Hortons eyes China coffee drinkers with Tencent investment
Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons has secured a heavyweight partner to further its China expansion. The company announced on its social media account (in Chinese) on Tuesday that it has landed funding from Tencent, the Chinese social networking and gaming giant, without disclosing the size […]
Italy’s betting operators facing new turnover tax to fund football
Italy's betting operators are pushing back hard against a government … but it goes without saying that Italy's licensed gambling operators are lying …
Coronavirus: 263 morts en 24 heures, bilan de nouveau en hausse en France
L'épidémie de coronavirus a causé la mort de 263 personnes sur les dernières 24 heures en France, de nouveau en forte hausse après plusieurs … Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #wired
Will bitcoin see another monster rally?
From 12 May 2020, Bitcoin reward to those who are on the network – in other words, miners – will halve from 12.5 to 6.25 a block. The slowing of … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Coronavirus Lombardia, tornano a scendere le terapie intensive. Zero contagi a Mantova
In Lombardia, dall’inizio dell’epidemia di coronavirus, sono risultate positive al Sars-CoV-19 81.871 persone (+364 rispetto a ieri, quando i casi positivi segnalati erano 81.507 e l’aumento sul giorno precedente era stato di +282). I dati sono stati forniti dalla Regione Lombardia. Di queste, sono decedute […]
Tencent Music bets on China’s crowded podcasting space
Listeners of podcasts, audiobooks and other audio shows are estimated to number 542 million in China this year, according to a third-party survey by marketing firm iiMedia. It’s a healthy jump from the 489 million users recorded in 2019, and it no doubt has attracted […]
Wildfires Already Threaten the West. Then Came Covid-19
Controlled burns in the spring are essential for keeping that from happening again. And indeed the California government declared controlled burns an essential duty during the pandemic, so Cal Fire could lessen the chances of an out-of-control blaze later this year. As usual, the firefighters […]