Last minute geek

1. Il Cnr partecipa al Progetto EMERGE
(Italiano/CNR)

... sua sede di Monaco di Baviera. Niente di strano se il jet non fosse pieno di strumenti estremamente raffinati, capaci di 'annusare' le emissioni inquinanti delle principali città europee. E’ ...

2. Tommaso Moramarco neo-eletto Presidente della Società idrologica italiana
(Italiano/CNR)

... il coordinamento e la collaborazione multidisciplinare nelle ricerche finalizzate alla descrizione qualitativa e quantitativa di tutte le componenti del ciclo idrologico Read all  ...

3. Sexbots, Nostradamus and Donald Trump, in this week’s tabloids
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... as plausible and fact-based as anything else in this week’s dubious tabloids. “The false trumpet concealing madness will cause Byzantium to change its laws,” wrote the ancient prognosticator. “The false ...

4. AI to Help Power Grids Resist Disruptions
(English/ieespectrum)

A new project explores how artificial intelligence could help power grids anticipate and recover from natural disasters Read all  ...

5. HTC is halting trade of its shares tomorrow in anticipation of a "major announcement", amid rumors of an acquisition by Google (Vlad Savov/The Verge)
(English/Techmeme)

Vlad Savov / The Verge: HTC is halting trade of its shares tomorrow in anticipation of a “major announcement”, amid rumors of an acquisition by Google  —  All eyes on Google  ...

6. Chuwi LapBook Air now available for pre-order -- or you can win one in a giveaway!
(English/Betanews)

Chuwi has been building anticipation for its upcoming LapBook Air, and the company has now opened up pre-orders for its ultra-thin laptop. Priced at just $429 the LapBook Air is described as being "a very ...

7. DigitalOcean launches developer-friendly object storage
(English/Betanews)

Businesses are dealing with larger quantities of data than ever before, and this means an increase in the scale and complexity of storage required. Developer cloud company DigitalOcean is launching a new ...

8. Apparizione per il Samsung Galaxy Note 8 nel volantino MediaWorld del 21 settembre
(Italiano/geekissimo)

Prima apparizione ufficiale per il Samsung Galaxy Note 8 nel volantino MediaWorld del 21 settembre, stando ad alcune anticipazioni raccolte. Analizziamo al meglio la situazione L'articolo Apparizione per ...

9. Windows 10, build 16291 agli Insider: le novità
(Italiano/webnews)

Microsoft ha rilasciato la build 16291 di Windows 10 Fall Creators Update agli Insider: poche le novità ma tanti bug fix ed ottimizzazioni. Read all  ...

10. Offerte Expert, il volantino "10 giorni imperdibili" disponibile fino al 27 settembre
(Italiano/GadgetBlog)

Vi conviene dare un'occhiata alle nuove offerte Expert del volantino 10 giorni imperdibili perché vi permetteranno di accedere a una serie di sconti fino al 27 settembre. Ci sono delle promozioni... Read ...

11. WatchOS 4 is now available, and here's what has changed
(English/Neowin)

In anticipation of the release of Apple Watch Series 3 in three days, Apple has released watchOS 4, bringing changes that will upgrade the series 2 watch and give the Series 3 its full functionality. ...

12. Twitter users hunt down Seattle Nazi and knock him out
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... to find the Nazi. Less than ninety minutes later he was located and knocked out. #AntiFascistAlertNazi shit head seen on D line headed to downtown #SeattleSubmitter said they were harassing a black man ...

13. Study shows mainstream press condemns Nazis and anti-racist activists at comparable rates
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... San Jose Mercury News and Washington Post") and found "virtually equal amounts of condemnation of fascists and anti-fascist protesters." (more…) Read all  ...

14. Niantic's next AR game after ‘Pokémon Go’ may use audio cues
(English/engadget)

Niantic is keen to prove that it's no one-trick pony. The company that brought augmented reality mobile gaming to the masses with Pokémon Go is dropping some interesting tidbits about its ...

15. Xbox One X, preordini il 21 settembre?
(Italiano/webnews)

Un volantino della catena Walmart suggerisce che le prenotazioni della console Xbox One X potrebbero iniziare il prossimo 21 settembre. Read all  ...

16. Surround Sound With Drive-In Movie Speakers
(English/instructables)

My wife and I were attending a local "Art & Music Night Out" on the town square of a small Texas town when I noticed in an antique store window a vertical pole with two drive-in movie theater ...

17. Lemon Grass Sweetened Tea From Scratch
(English/instructables)

... the garden and harvesting the quantity to be used. If left for a few days, the lemon grass blades e... By: EnjeckC Continue Reading » Read all  ...

18. DRM now a formal Web recommendation after protest vote fails
(English/TheRegister)

W3C lays out the case for anti-piracy, anti-copying defenses Anti-piracy and anti-copying protections are now formally part of the World Wide Web after an effort to vote down content controls at the WWW's ...

19. Not one single human left on the island of Barbuda after Hurricane Irma
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... evacuated to nearby Antigua, and now live in shelters or with relatives. The only living creatures left on Barbuda are pets and livestock, which the non-profit group World Animal Protection are trying ...

20. Trump’s space death ray, Hillary Clinton’s liberation, and alien mummies, in this week’s tabs
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... Julia Roberts’ divorce turned nasty? It hasn’t, since there is no divorce. The ‘Enquirer’ claims that the actress's’ husband Danny Moder is “furious” about Roberts’ “romantic reconnection” with her ‘Pretty ...

21. Stampanti HP, un aggiornamento blocca(va) le cartucce non originali
(Italiano/GadgetBlog)

Non è la prima volta che HP fa parlare di sé per un problema di questo tipo ma bisogna dire che le stampanti dell'azienda sono comunque di ottima qualità e i prezzi peraltro non sono neanche... Read all ...

22. Sources: Google has offered to auction off shopping ad spaces to rivals, to comply with EU's antitrust order; Google would set price cap for its own bids (Natalia Drozdiak/Wall Street Journal)
(English/Techmeme)

Natalia Drozdiak / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Google has offered to auction off shopping ad spaces to rivals, to comply with EU's antitrust order; Google would set price cap for its own bids  ...

23. Man grabs live rattlesnake at his kid's party and tries to pose with it but it bites him in the face
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... 'We gotta go now,' because I knew what was going to happen," Pratt said. He was taken immediately to a local hospital, which doctors said saved his life. He also has received doses of antivenom. "If ...

24. Grab your popcorn: The first annual Privacy Shield review is go
(English/TheRegister)

Trump administration’s views on privacy to come under scrutiny Transatlantic data-transfer agreement Privacy Shield is facing its first major political hurdle as the inaugural joint review kicks off this ...