No doubt the New Hampshire congressional delegation will support Team Biden in this effort. Not that all Democrats buy this line. Former U.S. Rep. Tulsi …
Day: June 18, 2021
The 9 Best Turntables for Your Vinyl Collection
Vinyl’s biggest selling point isn’t the sound. It’s the physical experience: shiny, delicate records; liner notes writ large; covers you want to frame and hang on your wall; and, of course, the way the stylus spins across the jagged surface, reproducing your favorite artists’ music […]
UK’s ICO warns over ‘big data’ surveillance threat of live facial recognition in public
The UK’s chief data protection regulator has warned over reckless and inappropriate use of live facial recognition (LFR) in public places. Publishing an opinion today on the use of this biometric surveillance in public — to set out what is dubbed as the “rules of […]
Gambling: When it comes to NBA playoffs, “Bet what you know, not what you think”
Recency bias aside, this should be a game that favors Utah, but trying to predict this series has been a nightmare. Instead of betting on what we think, …
Ukraine arrests ransomware gang in global cyber criminal crackdown Police
Ukranian police have raided the headquarters of the notorious Cl0p ransomware gang, seizing computer hardware used in its operations along with the equivalent of $184,000, which is most likely ransom money. According to Cybernews, the group has attacked several high profile targets mostly in the […]
Digital nomads flee virus-hit Manila for shattered tourist towns
A ban on foreign holidaymakers entering the archipelago nation and domestic travel curbs since the pandemic began last year have forced many … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
The future of cryptocurrency: Could it replace the US dollar?
“I would liken Bitcoin more to a store of value like gold, more like digital gold than a currency, but that doesn't mean you can't spend it. It's very spendable … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Pensioni, lavoro e giovani: quali prospettive? C’è pessimismo?
Il connubio pensioni e giovani è tabù come lavoro e futuro. Gran parte dei giovani (da 20 anni in su) vede un futuro incerto, svolge un lavoro precario … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
How to Practice Emergency Preparedness as Self-Care
Preparedness is personal, and it exists on a broad spectrum. For some people, it’s tied to a season—hurricane season in the South or wildfire season in the West. In some communities, you have folks boarding up the windows days before a storm makes landfall while […]
Tiger Global in talks to back BharatPe at $2.5 billion valuation
Indian fintech startup BharatPe is in advanced stages of talks to raise about $250 million in a new financing round led by Tiger Global, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The new round, a Series E, is valuing the three-year-old New Delhi-headquartered firm […]