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  • 404, Robotaxis, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#29)

    OnE wEeK uNtIl HoLiDaYs. LET’S GO! Trump or gangbang? Funny story of the week. It seems that an old YouTube competitor was storing many videos for different media outlets. This is fine, except when the service dies and the domain is sold to a porn website. After that, you start having porn videos instead of … Leer más

  • Billion dollar dreams, Stadia’s fall? and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#28)

    Fully vaccinated (finally!) and one week closer to holidays. Let’s do this! A new screen, the worst possible name ever, an ethernet port for the dock (wow, 2021 guys), and the same broken joycons. I was not expecting 4k 120fps as some crazy people on the internet, but maybe their own videogames without frame drops? … Leer más

  • Publish or go home, ramen coins, driving is hard, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#27)

    Another week, another batch of nice reads. Three more until summer holidays! Let’s start. Life finds a way As every month, astonishing bundle of science-related images, with amazing stories behind. Sea snot, stars and sleeping elephants — June’s best science images, on nature Publish or die Really happy to see that people are catching up … Leer más

  • Cheap cyberpunk, reading with Alexa, LEGO microscopes, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#26)

    One less week until summer holydays. Let’s go! You can film all you want I’ve had this conversation many times with some friends: what is your favourite science-fiction genre? Some of them usually say: cyberpunk. And every time, I told them the same: that should not count, we already live in that scenario. Exhibit : … Leer más

  • It’s Prime day & hospitals selling datasets: The weekly recap (2021#25)

    Must. Keep. Going. Summer. Holidays. Are. Coming. It’s Prime Day! Go give Bezos some more money. After all, he seems like a cool billionaire. First, let’s destroy all the bookshops. Then, make everyone sell at my stores, and steal their designs to sell them cheaper. Slaves? that sounds good too, it will improve our margins. … Leer más

  • The good and the bad NFTs, hype trains, and more : The weekly recap (2021#24)

    Conference week, which means not a lot of time to read cool stuff outside of work. However, sunshine arrived to Paris, curfew is disappearing, and summer holidays are getting closer and closer, so I will call it a win. Let’s start with the links: So long and thanks for all the fish You know we … Leer más

  • Empty offices, bazooka trickshots, taxes, and more: The weekly recap (2021#23)

    So much cool stuff happening, and so little time… Stop fangirling rich people Rememeber this: big companies just want money, they are not your friends. They are guided ONLY by money, not by moral, ethics, or anything else you can think about. The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid … Leer más

  • The weekly recap (2021#22)

    Summer arrived to Paris (it only rained for two days this week). Busy schedules, but things are going nice (crossing fingers!). Let’s start with the few links I want to share this time: Yeah, it is super nice to receive packages the day after you buy them. This is not causing people to die working … Leer más

  • The weekly recap (2021#21)

    Another week, another batch of nice reads. Let’s start. Being smart doesn’t make you a good person In case you did not know, you can be both a PhD and a piece of shit. Exhibits A and B, both from this week. 21st century and we still have to deal with this… at least it … Leer más

  • The weekly recap (2021#20)

    Really packed week, though the topics will feel quite familiar: There is no place like your smartphone Quite a nice read that makes you think about how society has changed in so little time. And while it might seem a stupid thing at first glance, I found myself reflected on some of the feelings that … Leer más

  • The weekly recap (2021#19)

    Busy week, but somehow I managed to find some cool stuff to share. Let’s start: Apple vs Epic, the trial that keeps on giving I am getting low on popcorn reserves. Lots of documents and insights on how both companies operate. I particularly enjoyed seeing how much money Epic paid for its exclusives (I am … Leer más

  • The weekly recap (2021#18)

    Hectic week… sometimes unexpected tasks jeopardize you schedule. Coming back to normal now I hope. Anyway, really interesting stuff has been happening for the past few days. Let’s delve into it: Apple vs the world: episode Recently Apple changed the way its users are noticed about how some apps track their information. This perturbation … Leer más

  • The weekly recap (2021#17)

    This week I’ve seen a lot of stuff in different fields: biology, material science, computer science, tech, art… let’s take a look: Dig it! Really interesting read on an experiment that has been in development since 1879. The big question here is: how long can seeds last before not being able to germinate? The answer … Leer más

  • Liquid walls: the science behind The Wall from Game of Thrones

    Last week I noticed that HBO is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the airing of Game of Thrones. As a big fan of the books, I paused a bit to think and realized that I never wrote anything on the science that we can see in either the books or the tv show, so … Leer más

  • The weekly recap (2021#16)

    Quite a busy week, but fortunately I still managed to have some time to enjoy really cool stuff. Lift off! Just make a small pause and think about this: a couple days ago humanity did its first flight on a different planet. And we did not even were there. Let it sink. I have always … Leer más

  • Godzilla vs Kong: some of the science behind

    Recently I saw Godzilla vs Kong. I was expecting a lot of action between those two, and the movie delivered (in fact, there was not much else to see there). While is was a nice action movie to turn your brain off, there were some things that I really liked in the way they portrayed … Leer más