Science and Technology

We tend to forget it, sometimes on purpose, but in football, in competitions – and in sport in general – chance occupies a central place. And now that the imminent World Cup will take over –for four weeks– global attention, it becomes attractive to review ideas and dismantle prejudices about the role of probabilities, speculations, chance, favorites and the weight of cabals. And math doesn't just play on the court: it also allows us to calculate how many packs of figurines we have to buy to fill the album. To think about these issues, two experts in statistics and mathematics…

Elon Musk said the premium version of Twitter, called Blue, will cost $8 per month and make a check mark for user accounts that pay subscription. Musk, who acquired the social network for $44 billion last week, said that these Blue users also get priority in Twitter replies, mentions and searchesand half as many ads. Musk bought Twitter after months of back and forth. Musk called Twitter Inc.'s current verification system, which applies a verification mark to users and brands that may be at risk of being impersonated, a "gentlemen and peasants" system. "Power to the people!" he tweeted him,…

Google continues to celebrate its 15th anniversary by presenting Argentina on the map through its technology. For this reason, we present new features in Google Maps to help people move easily and continue discovering the natural and cultural wealth of Argentina, from north to south and from east to west. The announcements were: the incorporation of more than 150 tourist providers in Google Maps, in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Nation and the introduction of more than 80 new stays in Street View Argentina. Also, the company introduced an extension and functionality update that allows…

“Never before has the world changed so quickly and with such a huge impact.”. He stated so joan cwaikspecialist in technology and society, at the same time that he stressed that this "is not so much in all those external things, but rather in ourselves as humansas a species”. Cwaik, a member of the Assembly of the Future of the Profile Groupspoke these words at the event of declaration of interest of his last book in the Buenos Aires Legislature, called "The Human Dilemma: From Homo Sapiens to Homo Tech(Ed. Galerna, 2021). Various industry representatives attended the event, which was…

xiaomithe Chinese company dedicated to the development of electronic equipment, has just created the prototype Xiaomi 12S ultra concept, a smartphone that can be used with interchangeable lenses, just like cameras. Thanks to its design, which includes a special mount where lenses can be added, the device becomes a professional tool for taking photos, giving the possibility of working on all the variables of professional photography (blur, depth, etc). As Xiaomi explained, the lenses are integrated with the camera application when they are placed on the smartphone. This arrangement allows the capture of format 10-bit RAWand has software features like…

This week, for the first time, United Nations autonomous vehicle whose management software is being fully developed in argentina, by local engineers and researchers, exhibited his current driving skills in public: he covered half a dozen circuits with curves, ditches and obstacles, in a closed area. All this carrying passengers and a driver who, at no time during the test, touched the steering wheel or the pedals. The only "command" given by a human was an "enter", generated from the keyboard of the control computer, located in the rear seat. This step is just the beginning. The developers hope to…

Driven by the International Environmental Federation (FAI), is to give visibility to the risks and demonstrate that you can be connected to the networks "in a healthy way through cables and fiber optics," said Carlos López Sancho. Today, November 7, the FAI consolidated this day as the world no wifi dayto disseminate in our society the risks to be connected through wireless system. “The objective of this initiative is to give visibility to the risks and demonstrate that it is possible to be connected to the network of networks in a healthy way through cables and fiber optics, which eliminate…

The CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., Mark Zuckerberg said the company will cut more than 11,000 jobs in the first major round of layoffs in the social media giant's history. The reductions, equivalent to about 13% of the workforce, was announced Wednesday in a statement. The company will also extend its hiring freeze through the first quarter. “I want to take responsibility for these decisions and how we got here.Zuckerberg said in the statement. "I know this is difficult for everyone, and I am especially sorry for those affected." The company said that while reductions will occur across the business,…

It is known that 2022 has not been the best year for technology firms, many of the qualities have seen the need to start cutting their payrolls with numbers that sound assigned, such as the elimination of 18,000 jobs. The case that at the local level, specialists in the area explain that these strong waves of layoffs from global technology companies could be an "opportunity" for grassroots firms in the region, in a global scenario generally characterized by a decline in the economic and in particular due to a constant demand for qualified human resources. Even in this way, the…