Last minute geek

1. Su Scientific Reports un importante contributo agli studi sull'alta quota
(Italiano/CNR)

11/01/2018 Una nuova ricerca di Ibfm-Cnr, Università di Milano, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo di Milano ed Agenzia Spaziale Europea (ESA) – pubblicata su Scientific Reports, rivista del gruppo ...

2. ArcheoLab Italia Montenegro
(Italiano/CNR)

... di studi sul Mediterraneo antico (Isma-Cnr) e l’Istituto storico del Montenegro (HIM). Il Laboratorio (ArcheoLab Italia Montenegro), dal titolo 'Archaeological survey in the Doclea valley (Podgorica, ...

3. Twitter, torna la Timeline con gli ultimi tweet
(Italiano/webnews)

Twitter lancia un modo per passare da una timeline di tweet più rilevanti per un utente a una timeline degli ultimi tweet: ecco come funziona. The post Twitter, torna la Timeline con gli ultimi tweet ...

4. Apple's iOS 12 is out today
(English/engadget)

If you've been waiting with breathless anticipation for Apple to drop the latest version of iOS, your time is now. The company just released iOS 12, though like any iOS update, Apple's servers ...

5. Auto elettriche: Volkswagen presenta Electric For All
(Italiano/Ecoblog)

Quello che vedete in foto è lo scheletro di un'auto elettrica costruita con la nuova piattaforma MEB di Volkswagen. Nei prossimi anni 10 milioni di macchine elettriche VW, di 27 modelli e varianti,... ...

6. NVIDIA's new flagship video card is delayed by a week
(English/engadget)

Many people have been waiting in eager anticipation for NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, the video card that promises to be the fastest GeForce card ever. Now, it appears that those clamoring to buy ...

7. Read Christine Blasey Ford's letter accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... substantial. The pile toppled, and the two scrapped with each other. After a few attempts to get away, I was able to take this opportune moment to get up and run across to a hallway bathroom. I locked ...

8. Mashable Italia 2018, appuntamenti da non perdere
(Italiano/webnews)

Manca ormai poco al Mashable Social Media Day Italia 2018 + DiDAYS: tanti gli appuntamenti da non perdere, con relatori di grande successo. The post Mashable Italia 2018, appuntamenti da non perdere appeared ...

9. Facebook assume per tutelare i diritti umani
(Italiano/webnews)

Facebook assume per garantire la tutela dei diritti umani e della pace e guidare le indagini su coloro i quali li violano alimentando, online, atrocità. The post Facebook assume per tutelare i diritti ...

10. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey è in fase Gold
(Italiano/webnews)

Ubisoft annuncia che Assassin's Creed Odyssey è pronto per il debutto nei negozi, mentre Microsoft rende nota la quantità di spazio che richiederà. The post Assassin’s Creed Odyssey è in fase Gold ...

11. Weekend Tunes: Lady Rouge – I'll Be Seeing You
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

This was not a good week. I visited Montreal as it was kissed by the ass end of a major Atlantic storm system and attended my first industry-related function where, because of my diet, I was unable ...

12. Review: This case for my Surface Go is wicked heavy but wicked good
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... the Metropolis at all. I decided that when I'm at home or headed to a coffee shop, I'd leave the case in a drawer. The risk of damaging my tablet versus the substantial weight that it adds doesn't feel ...

13. An "obsessive," "anti-imperialist" Turing Complete computer language with only one command
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emn-UF4ArWk Daniel writes, "An obsessive programmer, frustrated with not only the inefficiencies of mainstream OSes like Windows, but what he sees as their 'imperialistic ...

14. Virgin to use eco-friendly jet fuel on commercial flight this October
(English/engadget)

Virgin Atlantic is about conduct a real-world test of its greener jet fuel. The airline plans to use LanzaTech's sustainable fuel for the first time in a commercial flight this October, with a Boeing ...

15. Netflix gratis, qualche trucco utile per godersi film e serie tv senza pagare
(Italiano/geekissimo)

Sono in pochi a saperlo, eppure tanti farebbero i salti mortali per scoprire una notizia del genere. Chi ama le serie tv, sa benissimo come Netflix stia diventando quasi una sorta di dipendenza. E se ci ...

16. Emails show Berkeley police celebrated 'retweets' & 'engagements' from protester mugshots cops posted on social media
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Internal emails show that the Berkeley, California Police Department (BPD) talked of building a “counter-narrative” on social media against anti-fascist protesters as BPD tweeted out their names and ...

17. Review: Wasteland 2 for Nintendo Switch
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... seven days a week, that keeps me from wanting to sit in front of my laptop during my downtime. However, in the weeks since I was given a review copy of it for the Nintendo Switch, I've been enjoying ...

18. Russia's growing anti-Putin vanguard is young and fearless
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the political opposition who showed up in Russia's streets was old and grey: people who had lived through the Soviet era and then watched as their state industries ...

19. Catamarano Silent 55 al Cannes Yachting Festival 2018: crociere ecologiche
(Italiano/Ecoblog)

Il catamarano da crociera Silent 55 ha fatto il suo debutto mondiale al Cannes Yachting Festival 2018, confermando l'attenzione dei cantieri per le tematiche green. Questo gioiello nautico... Read all ...

20. Researchers say Facebook’s anti-fake news efforts might be working
(English/engadget)

Since the 2016 US presidential election, social network sites have acknowledged the issue of fake news as well as their roles in spreading it. Companies like Facebook and Twitter have made efforts to address ...

21. Mozilla's Firefox & Apple's Safari browsers add anti-Facebook and Google privacy protections
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Care about your data privacy? Here's a good reason to stop using the Google Chrome browser, and use Firefox or Safari instead on your desktop, laptop, and mobile devices. (more…) Read all

22. Walgreens' and Sprint's partnership expands to Chicago and Dallas
(English/engadget)

If your options for a new phone are limited by your budget, transportation options or not wanting to sign a contract, an expanded partnership between Sprint and Walgreens could help you out. The pair recently ...

23. Les Moonves' wife Julie Chen borrows the Camille Cosby playbook
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... Illeana Douglas (one of Moonves' victims), Roseanna Arquette, and Laura Benanti said he would no longer book any of his clients on The Talk. Tonight, Julie Chen signed off Big Brother as Julie Chen Moonves, ...

24. The 'Assassin's Creed: Odyssey' season pass will take you to Atlantis
(English/engadget)

Of course Assassin's Creed: Odyssey will have a season pass. The first add-on pack will drop sometime in December, according to a post on the UbiBlog, with "two major new story arcs told across ...

25. Now online: The entire first episode of 'Late Night With Conan O’Brien'
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... show will be made available. In the meantime, take a look at the audition that landed Conan the Late Night spot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YM5Ftb2lTc Read all  ...