A man named Christ told police that he was Jesus and knows the cure to COVID-19 – claims he made after his arrest for being naked in a neighbor's …
Day: June 18, 2020
Coronavirus, la protesta contro la sanità lombarda. “A casa chi non ha saputo gestire la pandemia”
Tutti piazza per contestare la politica sanitaria lombarda. Dopo la protesta del mondo delle Rsa il 16 giugno, venerdì mattina tocca agli operatori sanitari di Cgil, Cisl, Uil Lombardia che chiedono la continuità di cura fra ospedale e territorio e l’integrazione dei percorsi sanitari, sociosanitari […]
Bitcoin Daily: Austria Backs Pandemic-Related Blockchain Initiative; Ride-Hailing App Ryde Will …
Users can add up to a little more than $700 in bitcoin to use toward payments for trips. The firm started to work on bringing digital currency functions into … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Cisco fixes major security flaws in Webex on Windows and Mac
Cisco has addressed two high severity vulnerabilities in its Webex video conferencing software that could have allowed unprivileged attackers to run programs and code on vulnerable systems. The two vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2020-3263 and CVE-2020-3342, affect Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop App releases earlier than version […]
TikTok explains how the recommendation system behind its ‘For You’ feed works
Open up short-form video app TikTok and you’re met with a stream of popular videos, tailored to your own interests. But when your friend launches TikTok on their own phone, they’ll see something different. TikTok calls this main stream of content the “For You” feed […]
What Minnesota’s Protests Are Revealing About Covid-19 Spread
Masks work by reducing the number of infectious viral particles exhaled into the environment. They are not a substitute for social distancing and hand-washing, but the collective evidence makes a strong case for wearing them during a pandemic. Even homemade masks can have a significant […]
Massachusetts casino reopenings promise ‘sense of normalcy’ despite restrictions on gambling
… to vote on Wednesday on pandemic-era gambling restrictions that would ban poker, craps and roulette and require plexiglass dividers at card tables …
Mapillary, the crowdsourced database of street-level imagery, has been acquired by Facebook
Mapillary, the Swedish startup that wants to take on Google and others in mapping the world via a crowdsourced database of street-level imagery, has been acquired by Facebook, according to the company’s blog. Terms of deal aren’t being disclosed. The Mapillary team and project will […]
Stacktrace Podcast 088: “WWDC20 Keynote Poker”, with special guests Ellen Shapiro and Kaya …
On this special episode of the show, John and Rambo are joined by Ellen Shapiro and Kaya Thomas for the grand WWDC20 Keynote Poker game.
US set to block activation of controversial undersea web cable
The US government will likely block the activation of an undersea web cable linking the US to Hong Kong over fears of Chinese data theft. The Pacific Light Cable Network was first announced in 2016 as a partnership between Google, Facebook and other companies with […]