For almost a decade, Google has accustomed users to discover new updates of Android – the operating system developed by Mountain View for mobile devices, the first commercial version of which was released in 2008 – through names of sweets. Versions like “Cupcake”, “Lollipop”, “Oreo” and “Pie” were accompanied by colorful icons that made the launch of each release of ...
Remember the classical columns and theirs capitals that at school, during art or technical drawing lessons, we were taught to belong to Doric style, ionic And Corinthian? In reality we should speak more correctly of “orders“, that is, architectural elements composed of several parts: there is a vertical support part, i.e. the column actual (composed of base, shaft and capital) ...
The invention of jeans fabric, also called denim, it dates back to the 1400swhen in Chieri, in Piedmont, a resistant blue fabric was produced, which was then exported through port of Genoa. A similar fabric was made in Nîmes, France. Denim pants were invented in United States in the nineteenth centuryat the time of the California Gold Rush, and for ...
The scams in the world of online trading and cryptocurrencies have become an increasingly widespread problem, affecting a huge number of Web users every year. People who fall into traps spread online by cyber criminals they often make “missteps” due to naivety and lack of attention when browsing online. Defending yourself from these deceptions is absolutely possible, provided you be ...
Credits: cafuego, CC BY–SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The “comet of the century” C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) it is continuing to put on a show in the sunset sky after its close pass with the Earth on October 12, but its brightness is decreasing and the next few days will be the last days to be able to observe it in our ...
Credit: Wrote, via Wikimedia Commons The surströmming (translated as “sour herring”) is a typical dish of Swedish cuisine and has been defined the smelliest food in the world! Mistakenly called “rotten fish”, it really isn’t rotten nor putrefied: is obtained from fermentation anaerobic (i.e. without oxygen) of a herring caught in the Baltic Sea, a method developed from the need ...
On the island of Baliin Indonesia, known for its rice fields created among the reliefs of volcanic origin, the so-called Subak (Balinese for “rice field irrigation system”) is not simply a traditional method for irrigating fields and the name of agricultural landscape that derives from it (UNESCO heritage since 6 July 2012) but also a unique production model that combines ...
Two different generations of iPhone showing 9:41 on the lock screen. Credit: Apple. Every time you see an advertisement iPhone or, more generally, of a product made by Apple, pay attention: the clock on the display signals 9:41. The reason why i Apple products in advertisements always show 9:41 has its roots in the first presentation of the iPhone by ...
The September 26, 2024 thehurricane Helena hit the city hard Spruce Pinein the North Carolinain USAinterrupting the extractive activities of what is the most important reserve of ultra-pure quartz in the world. This is a crucial resource for the production of the crucibles used in the semiconductor chip production process, which are the basis for the functioning of the main ...
Rendering of the Google data center powered by the nuclear mini-reactor. Credit: Google. Alphabetthe holding company of which it is part Googlehas taken a decisive step towards managing the spiraling demand for energy linked to artificial intelligence, signing an innovative agreement with Kairos Power to power their data centers through nuclear modular mini-reactors or SMR (Small Modular Reactors). Installation of ...