At the beginning of last December, the Australian parliament passed a law requiring telecommunications companies to provide the security apparatus (police, intelligence services, etc.) with access to encrypted information; in …
Minibrains
A favorite theme of science fiction (the entire The Matrix franchise is based on it) as well as discussions among “philosophers of mind”: what would happen if a brain could …
Step on it!
All right, we’ve grasped the plan: the future belongs to flying cars that will shatter every norm of urban planning, sever all ties with the glorious asphalt boulevards and urgently …
Homo Sapiens in the age of insignificance…
Human: a subspecies of Homo sapiens. It belongs to the genus Homo, of the family Hominidae, of the superfamily Hominoidea, in the order Primates. It is related to apes (especially …
The digitization of begging
What prospect does a beggar have in a society that makes extensive use of digital communication media? It is a question you would never ask yourself; yet it crossed the …
Dragonfly
In Greek, this harmless (but impressive) insect is called a dragonfly. In English, it’s called a dragonfly. This name was given by Google engineers to a search engine (on Android) …
Social irresponsibility
Her name is Fan Bingbing. She is one of the biggest stars of Chinese entertainment, an actress and singer. A state investigation found evidence of tax evasion against her (of …
Automatic justice
The fact that big data management applications (what will look and be called “artificial intelligence”) will replace high-prestige intellectual work has not only been announced, but has already begun. Robotic …
Cage (safety)
In 2016, the well-known Amazon patented what is shown in the photo: a narrow cage on wheels, controlled from inside, equipped with a robotic arm. Amazon has not yet implemented …
Career guidance
At the same time that video games (certainly the most “successful” ones) are being accused of causing addiction and dependence, they are slowly entering the noble galaxy of Olympic sports! …
More drugs?
Has there been a video game in recent years that wasn’t addictive? We doubt it. The current global hit seems to be Fortnite – and it’s considered as addictive as …
Deep fakes
If you have been alarmed (or angered) by how easily “fake news” spreads through social media networks, hold on to your seat. Technological advances in managing moving images, combined with …