Ecology

On WhatsApp you can now put the "Answering machine" function also for iPhone: how it works

On WhatsApp you can now put the “Answering machine” function also for iPhone: how it works

The version of WhatsApp for iPhone could soon include some interesting news regarding Calls section. With the latest updates for iOS (identified by version 25.35.74), the messaging application is deploying a new interface that centralizes every voice and video interactionoptimizing user reaction times. The heart of this innovation lies in the advanced management of unanswered calls: if the recipient does ...

The 10 richest people in Italy in 2025: the updated ranking of the "Scrooges"

The 10 richest people in Italy in 2025: the updated ranking of the “Scrooges”

Image generated with AI. Have you ever wondered what they are the richest people in Italy? According to the ranking drawn up by Ener2Crowdthe Italian ESG investment platform, the lead is still in the hands of Giovanni Ferrero, which last year was inserted by Forbes ranked 41st on the list of the world’s “Scrooges” – a journalistic term used to ...

Why the Belo Monte dam divides Brazil: the repercussions on indigenous peoples and local fauna

Why the Belo Monte dam divides Brazil: the repercussions on indigenous peoples and local fauna

By Vice–Presidência da República from Brasilia, Brasil – 09/09/2021 Visit to Usina Hidrelétrica Belo Monte, CC BY 2.0 There Belo Monte dam in Brazillocated along the Xingu River (one of the major tributaries of the Amazon), is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever carried out in the country. Built between 2011 and 2016, it has a capacity of ...

In 2024 the top 100 arms manufacturers earned 679 billion dollars: data from the SIPRI report

In 2024 the top 100 arms manufacturers earned 679 billion dollars: data from the SIPRI report

There war in Ukraine and the conflict in the Gaza Strip they pushed the arms business at a global level: as reported in the latest SIPRI report (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute), the first in 2024 100 weapons manufacturers have invoiced in the world 679 billion dollars (around 582 billion euros at the current exchange rate), with revenues in growth ...

Why professional swimmers wear two caps

Why professional swimmers wear two caps

Credit: Isiwal/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY–SA 4.0, CC BY–SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons During swimming competitions you often see athletes take off their caps and discover a second one underneath. In a sport where victory is played out on hundredths of a second, every tiny advantage counts. There double headphones serves to guarantee maximum hydrodynamics possible, eliminating folds that would create resistance, ...

NFC and encryption: the real reason why contactless is more secure

NFC and encryption: the real reason why contactless is more secure

Have you ever wondered what happens when we bring the card closer to the POS? Almost certainly yes, and you may also have wondered if it is really safe and why sometimes we are asked for the PIN and other times not. In this video we explain how contactless payments workor those which – as the word itself tells us ...

High flight prices at Christmas 2025, +900% compared to normal fares: the most affected routes

High flight prices at Christmas 2025, +900% compared to normal fares: the most affected routes

Buy i flights today for the Christmas period costs consumers up to 900% more than usual. This is what Codacons communicated in recent days in a press release. The association also announces that it has submitted a report to the Antitrust, the Ministry of Transport and Enac regarding the excessive and worrying increase in prices, which sees figures approaching 200 ...