Etiqueta: Crypto
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Ig Nobels, cockatoos at war, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#37)
Lots and lots of interesting things this week. We keep watching AI’s evolve, more and more people start realising tech gurus tend to lie a lot, an interesting fight between humans and birds? Ethereum is reducing energy consumption 99.9%, the IG Nobels, and another reason for going green that might finally convince deniers. Let’s start:…
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The death of Google Search?, scientists saying goodbye to academia, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#25)
This week I want to share a few links regarding the way internet is changing, how good old-fashioned money can be superior to the latest crypto-coin, a bit of environmental science, and the hurdles of academia. Let’s get to it: The end of an era This was a very nice read that made me think…
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A drop in the ocean, crypto colonialism, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#16)
Slow week (holidays), but still managed to read some cool stuff. Let’s start: 1-hour delivery! To your door! At no additional cost! Not much to say, honestly. Apparently, getting to 55$ billion in sales by using cheap labour and stealing from sellers it is not enough to make a profit for Amazon. Having tax havens…
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The Sandman influence, Crypto champions, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#10)
Spring is almost here, and my allergies are making a good proof of that. Still focused mainly on the conflict in Ukraine, but with a few good articles on different topics. Let’s get to it. It’s the mystery that endures. Not the explanation The Sandman is truly a masterpiece. It is not only a good…
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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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A rotten Apple, FPGAs, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#49)
One less week to end the year and, as always, it seems that these last weeks before holidays get more and more packed. So much stuff to do and so little time… anyway, on the brief periods of calm, I’ve been reading a lot of cool stuff. Let’s start: Rotten Apple? A couple of weeks…
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The great CEO exodus, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#48)
Already in December! The year almost finished without really noticing. Holidays are getting closer and closer (crossing fingers for the new Covid variant…). Lots of cool stuff this week: more crypto nonsense, interesting moves on Twitter, math curiosities and an impressive example of facial animation. Let’s start. Goodbye and thanks for all the fish This…
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Crypto nonsense, x-ray time-lapses, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#47)
Pretty busy week (this post was not published at its common time, in fact), but some cool links to share. Christmas is coming! Hats hats hats vs NFTs and crypto Companies love money, and videogames industry is particularly greedy. They were one of the first industries to switch to digital (probably we are in the…