In Saudi Arabia the air-conditioning district
In an area of 60 square kilometres, the Al Khobar air conditioning district will offer living, commercial and work areas in a naturally cooler climate.
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Operation sympathy, Facebook Cafés open
It's not enough to speed up privacy adjustments. It's Facebook Café time! The first of the Facebook Cafeterias will open in London on August 28th.
Facebook listens and transcribes our conversations
Facebook employees interviewed under the guarantee of anonymity confirmed that they did not know where these conversations were recorded or how.
Facebook finances thought-writing devices
At Menlo Park they say they are ready to present by December a functional and wearable prototype of a device for writing with thoughts
Google quietly invested in cold fusion
The cold fusion experiments had been classified to avoid expectations and repercussions on the image of the Mountain View company. Here's how it went.
Libra, cryptocurrency of a private state towards global domination
The entry into the financial industry of Libra, Facebook's cryptocurrency, is a threat to democracy and world citizens, such as fake news and manipulation
The consequences of Splinternet
The Internet is becoming a patchwork of different webs for each nation. It is a reality, and it will characterize the coming years, whether we like it or not. A very sad circumstance to suffer limits in the only place in the world that virtually had none.
Tell me what voice you have and the AI will tell you who you are
An incredible system based on artificial intelligence describes (already quite well) a person's physical appearance based solely on their voice.
Computers, 2017 begins with viruses and attacks
New year, but old life for computers: 2017 began in the wake of recent months, with a strong incidence of viruses and attacks by computer pirates. But part of the responsibility lies with the users themselves, who often overlook the importance of a secure password. What happens when the laziness of computer users is combined with the "ability" of cyber pirates, capable of creating ever new and more numerous threats? As can be imagined, the final result is the increase in… Read more
To go to the USA you will need our social profiles
Fellow travellers, a passport, visa or a clean criminal record will not be enough. From now on, in fact, those who want to travel to the United States will also have to be analyzed via their glittering social profiles. The US Customs and Border Protection (the agency that controls the American borders) has committed itself to developing a new control system. All those who wish to enter the United States will be asked for information on their online activities. A mechanism to evaluate a rate from one's own utterances... Read more
Telegram expands and launches many new features
The famous instant messaging app #Telegram, which has always been a rival of WhatsApp, is growing and always adding new features within it. Telegram, founded in 2013, today also launches Instant View, the equivalent of Facebook's Instant Articles, and Telegraph, a platform for the rapid (and also anonymous) publication of articles on the web. A sort of anonymous blog open to everyone. Telegram's strong points have been many over the years: completely free, great respect for privacy, some features... Read more
Here is the smart window that needs no curtains
The curtains, what a stress! You have to wash them, iron them, hang them, remove them, clean them, open them, close them... but isn't there a simpler and more intelligent method for darkening windows in 2016? This is what Harvard researchers must have thought, as they are designing a "smart" window to do without curtains altogether. The producers of solar awnings will be unhappy, but housewives and those who generally take care of home maintenance will be much happier. The new generation window, in fact,… Read more
Jobs of the near future: 26 jobs of tomorrow
In the days that mark the fall of the Berlusconi government and the Italian economic crisis (remember? we predicted it on the old site) I am as disheartened as all of you. The moment is difficult: we can only get out of it if all levels of our country change by looking to the future more than to the past. Some jobs will still survive in the future, let's be clear: but there is a whole series of jobs that don't exist today and which could be useful in the near future. Let's go with common sense: 60%... Read more
