It is certain that all humankind originated in Africa. It is also certain that our most recent genes are the result of interbreeding between the three versions of the original …
Delicate tasks
As for its looks, the german designed and IBM programmed CIMON-2 (the smiley plastic balloon on the left) does not claim any prizes. Though, it has a rich emotional (and …
The epidemic
While sinophobia (with the “argument” of covid-19…) continues, albeit somewhat numb (hardly anything can be attributed to the chinese state, other than the easy and arbitrary accusation that they are …
Education at the threshold of the 4th industrial revolution
The education system as we know it is only about 200 years old. Before that, formal education was mostly reserved for the elite. But as industrialization changed the way we …
Invisible writing
In the age of generalized surveillance of digital communications, there are always romantics (possibly representing themeselves as “experts”) who believe and propagate that the privacy of communications can be technically …
The smart surveillance weapons of the fourth world war
September 19, 2019: An attack by American drones in the Afghan province of Nangarhar resulted in the mass murder of 30 farm workers and the injury of another 40, while …
Emergency button
It has (or it say it has) 50 million users/customers worldwide. Perhaps they are not many. The online matchmaking app Tinder, and its owner, deserves to celebrate this accomplishment, establishing …
smart contracts: when bureaucracy becomes intelligent
Those who have visited the tax office for some procedural work, surely did not return with pleasant memories. With interesting stories and hair-raising details perhaps, but certainly not with an …
Your help!…
The aliens have finally come to our planet – but they fell into the case. If some newsfeed doesn’t announce them…then… In begging, forcibly…
Digital yuan
Blockchain technology, which was created to allow the global movement of digital currencies by bypassing the control of central banks, has led to the creation of “cryptocurrencies” suitable only for …
the internet and the death of criticism
Our planet is a sphere, or rather a flattened sphere, slightly compressed at the poles and a bit wider at its equator; anyway, real planets have their curves. But our …
Cold Fusion
For some, it represents the ultimate energy solution: a cheap energy source without environmental implications. The final (and, above all, practical) form of such a nuclear process does not appear …