Etiqueta: China
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China protests, Robot Police, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#48)
December is here, and with it the year is coming to an end (that was fast!). This week, a few links on the way China is handling Covid and its people protesting; the US going pedal to the metal into cyberpunk, and a cool demonstration of Neural Radiance Fields. Let’s start: 1984 For the past…
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Twitter trembles, lab coats, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#45)
Quick update this week, as I am on my way back to Spain for a short visit where I plan to eat as many of the dishes I miss as possible. Let’s start! Extreme close-ups and the depths of the Indian Ocean Those are just a couple of the incredible stories behind Nature’s best science…
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The third term, a «free» bird, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#43)
This week we have some links on the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk, a cool story about the people at Microsoft who stood for accessibility, the future of China under the command of Xi, and a nice review on three books on the topic of animal senses and the lessons they can teach us.…
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The real trombone champ, Google’s special treatment, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#39)
Lots of funny stories this week. Trombone Champ is blowing it, Jack Dorsey is a maniac, AI keeps spreading over all the aspects of our life, Google manages to be evil again, and people are finally starting to take action against the nonsensical fashion industry. Let’s start: The real trombone champ That was quick! People…
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Hearing with light, saying hello to coal (again), and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#29)
Lots of interesting stuff to share. A farewell to one of the most clever game studios out there, the latest advances in optoelectronics, another take on how humans will end up exterminating ourselves, and how scientists plan to improve weather forecast with the help of turtles are just a few of the links this week.…
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China being hacked, green energy?, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#27)
Hardly finding some time to read these days, and almost even harder to write a post… I am in need of holidays. Let’s start: The biggest hack ever? The numbers here are astonishing. Almost one thousand million people’s data being hacked is no joke, and to make things worse, it seems that it was not…
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AI therapy, the new tech giants, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#52)
Bye bye 2021, crossing fingers for a better 2022. This week I had the chance to catch up with my reading list (I had a feed of news that was more than 2 months old, lol), so there might be a few old links in here… MIT tech review pictures of the year Last week…
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Tsunami’s magnetic fields, AI dungeons, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#51)
Already back home, resting with the family. Not going to lie: while I enjoy writing this a lot, do not expect very extended takes on some of the news for a couple weeks, as my brain is officially on holidays. Let’s start: Detecting a Tsunami by using magnetism Classic news that I read and say…