The Coronavirus disease, also called the COVID-19, has been spreading rapidly across the world and affecting a large number of countries with more thousand confirmed cases worldwide. The Coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, and a hypothetical vaccine has been awaited for the next year. One of the few positive aspects due to the[…]
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Copper’s antimicrobial properties can kill Coronavirus
In China, it was called “qi,” the symbol for health. In Egypt it was called “ankh,” the symbol for eternal life. For the Phoenicians, the reference was synonymous with Aphrodite—the goddess of love and beauty. These ancient civilizations were referring to copper, a material that cultures across the globe have recognized as vital to our health for more than 5,o00[…]
Read moreThe future is the autonomous and sustainable solar-powered websites
We see a future of renewable energy, of machines that do not pollute, of electric cars and many other beautiful things, but what will happen to our beloved websites? The best idea is to create structures that allow having self-hosted, solar-powered, off-grid websites. It’s a great and beautiful idea, but can it be truly sustainable and achievable? In September 2018,[…]
Read moreComputer Virology. Scientific papers about computer viruses
Computer viruses are types of a computer program that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting their own code. When this replication succeeds, the affected systems are then said to be infected with a computer virus. Computer viruses currently cause billions of dollars’ worth of economic damage each year, due to causing system failure, wasting computer[…]
Read moreUber knows your phone and this is bad
The taxi app of Uber captures a huge amount of data on all its users and uses that information to direct its business strategy. Uber knows when the battery on your phone is running low – and that you are more likely to pay higher “surge” prices for a car as a result… Uber knows whether a user is on[…]
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