Many companies have quickly pivoted to remote work arrangements for their employees, with some industries working from home for the first time ever. But with the rush to enable remote workforces, many employees end up working 8-12 hours a day off their laptop screens. This […]
Day: July 6, 2020
It’s one thing to build war fighting capability, it’s another to build industrial capability
Amid fanfare last week at the start of the new financial year the government promised to invest A$270 billion over a decade to upgrade the defence …
Uber reportedly agrees to acquire Postmates for $2.65 billion
Uber has reportedly agreed to buy Postmates in an all-stock deal worth $2.65 billion. According to Bloomberg, the deal may be announced on Monday morning. Like other travel- and transportation-related businesses, Uber’s ride-hailing segment has been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to shelter-in-place […]
85-year-old involved in illegal sports gambling ring pleads guilty
This time, things will be a lot different, and the younger DelGiudice is looking at charges of conspiracy to conduct an illegal gambling business, …
Astronomers Are Uncovering the Magnetic Soul of the Universe
Anytime astronomers figure out a new way of looking for magnetic fields in ever more remote regions of the cosmos, inexplicably, they find them. Original story reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent publication of the Simons Foundation whose mission is to enhance […]
Conte “il rosso” tra tasse e migranti
Conte “il rosso” tra tasse e migranti. Sempre più rosso che giallo. Entrato in quota grillina, Giuseppe Conte sta lentamente completando la propria … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
iOS 14 update will tell you if your password is too easy to guess iOS 14
Users upgrading to iOS 14 will be able to benefit from stronger password protection than ever before, Apple has revealed. The latest iteration of Apple’s mobile software will include an upgraded system to ensure passwords stay protected, as well as a load of new suggestions […]
Ancien joueur à Nice dans les années 70, Tom Chestnut est devenu un as mondial à plus de 65 ans
On n'écrira pas que Tom Chestnut, 1,98m, a laissé une trace indélébile en France. Il a joué au début des années soixante-dix à l'ASPTT Nice et au … Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #wired
Paytm, Vijay Shekhar Sharma to acquire insurance firm Raheja QBE for $76M
Paytm, India’s most valuable startup, and its co-founder and chief executive, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, announced on Monday they have reached an agreement to acquire general insurer Raheja QBE for a sum of $76 million as the financial services startup looks to tap the nation’s booming […]
Congress Needs to Make Silicon Valley EARN IT
Expressing excitement for his soon-to-arrive “new material,” a man shared with his online network of child sexual abusers an in-utero picture of his unborn child. This is just one of far too many horror stories I have heard from investigators at the Department of Justice’s […]