The FTC has now put out a statement regarding the Uber data breach which the company concealed for the best part of a year before finally disclosing it, under new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, on Tuesday by passing details to Bloomberg. Late yesterday a spokesperson for […]
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The Silicon Valley Founder With a Pocket Full of Visas
The immigrant entrepreneur’s road to Silicon Valley is paved with visas. And every one tells a tale. In the case of Purva Gupta, who is now the 29-year-old founder of Lily, a Palo Alto-based startup that’s building an AI-driven fashion app, the precious US government […]
Padoan alla Cgil, prima i giovani poi le pensioni
Lo afferma a Repubblica, il ministro dell'Economia, Pier Carlo Padoan, che insiste: "La voce di spesa pubblica per le pensioni è quella che più è aumentata negli ultimi anni, mentre altre voci sono scese. Le pensioni non sono quelle che hanno sofferto di più, mentre […]
DARPA is engineering plants to act as biohazard sensors
Plants naturally react to stimuli and environmental changes. The goal of APT is to control the stimuli that plants respond to and how they react through genetic manipulation. The main idea is that these plants would be self-sustaining, so they would act as monitors for […]
Dubbi dei giudici sulla Severino: spiragli per Berlusconi riabilitato
«Questi le carte se le sono studiate davvero!»: c'è ammirazione nel commento del vecchio avvocato italiano, salito in Alsazia ad assistere al giudizio finale per Silvio Berlusconi. I giudici della Corte Europea dei diritti dell'Uomo hanno appena finito … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews #orecchioacerbo
Should I buy a Samsung QLED TV? Samsung’s latest television acronym explained
In Spring 2017 Samsung launched its new so-called QLED TV series – the Q9, Q8, and Q7 Series – which are armed with metal quantum dots, better viewing angles and deeper black levels. They claim to be the only TVs that can show 100% colour […]
Of course there are Street Fighter-meets-Transformers toys
Tipsters pointed Transformers fan site Seibertron to the new line, which seems to reuse old models from previous years’ Transformers toys. Ergo, Ryu is Optimus Prime (called Convoy in Japan), M. Bison is Megatron, Ken is Hot Rod and Chun Li is Arcee. They’ll be […]
Would You Put the Genetically Modified Arctic Apple in Your Pie?
On the last Monday of September, 32 field workers stepped onto a 15-acre experimental plot in an undisclosed part of Washington and made apple harvest history. The fruits they plucked from each tree were only a few months old. But they were two decades and […]
Oculus Rift price just hit rock-bottom for Black Friday
Oculus Rift began its life as a pretty expensive, niche product. At $599, it was a product for the unabashed bleeding-edge tech lovers out there. Over time, the Oculus Rift has seen several significant price cuts – first dropping down to $499 and more recently […]
New story in Technology from Time: Will Uber’s Data Breach Cover-up be the Final Straw for Its Most Loyal Users?
(DETROIT) — Uber has managed to hold the title of world’s largest ride-hailing service despite its seemingly endless string of scandals. Its latest misbehavior involving a data breach cover-up revealed this week could be the impetus for people to ride elsewhere — or keep looking […]