For centuries theliteracy has been an unstoppable global achievement, going from 12% of the adult population in 1820 to82% in 2000. However, the advent of the smartphones in the mid-2000s it reversed course, fragmenting our attention. Today in Italy the crisis is evident: for Eurostat, only the 35% of citizens between 16 and 65 years old read at least one ...
Today, Thursday 11 June 2026, the first football World Cup in history kicks off with 48 teams, hosted by three different countries: the United States, Mexico and Canada. On paper it is the “biggest, most beautiful and inclusive” World Cup ever, to use the words of the president of the FIFA Gianni Infantino. In practice, however, a new variable risks ...
Image generated with AI for illustrative purposes only. ChatGPT could soon change face. After revolutionizing the way millions of people interact with‘artificial intelligencethe chatbot from OpenAI is preparing for a transformation that goes far beyond a simple graphic update or the introduction of new features. The intent, according to what emerges from an investigation by Financial Times which collects the ...
Generated with AI The great experts in the sector indicate France, Spain and Brazil as the national teams to beat at the 2026 World Cup. But what happens if it’s not commentators or fans who predict the winner, but rather women artificial intelligences? We posed the same question to eight of the best-known AI systems — Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, ...
It may have happened to you when you go for amountain hiketo meet other walkers and receive a greeting – which, out of good manners, you will certainly have reciprocated. It is awidespread custom which has different cultural and social meanings and functions that we might not expect, but which prove important in cases of emergency. In fact, it is ...
Passport is coming to Android smartphones. By the end of this summer, the European digital ecosystem will welcome an important innovation: the debut of the ID Pass on Google Wallet, also in Italy. This is a feature designed to securely integrate the passport inside the Android devicesofficially presented during the summit Money 20/20 Europe. The objective of this initiative is ...
Wojtek the bear, born in 1942 near Hamadan, Persiais an ursid famous for having “fought” during the Second World War. Less than a year after his birth he came into contact with the Polish soldiers ofAnders Armya unit formed in the Soviet Union and later attached to the British Army. The soldiers “adopted” the bear, who in 1944, after having ...
As soon as you wake up, there are those who immediately reach for their toothbrush and those who don’t even want to hear about it before having coffee. But who is right? Should you brush your teeth as soon as you wake up and before breakfast or after consuming the first meal of the day? Science tells us that there ...
Animation of Siri AI in the iPhone’s Dynamic Island. Credit: Apple. Apple’s new assistant, renamed Siri AIis not a simple update of the old Cupertino voice assistant, but a completely “revised and corrected” system, built on the Apple Intelligence platform, capable of understanding the user’s personal context, reading what appears on the screen and drawing on the Web in real ...
Antoni Gaudí y Cornet, via Wikipedia Commons. Walking to Barcelonacapital of the Spanish region of Catalonia, features a series of extraordinary palaces and constructions from unique, colorful and organic style (architectural approach based on man-nature harmony). These works all bear the name of Antoni Gaudí and Cornetknown simply as Antoni Gaudí. The architect, born on 25 June 1852 and died ...