The article wrote by the economist and teacher Kenneth Rogoff suggests a society with almost no cash (catalan), although he admits that at the moment it won’t be sustainable. The cash facilitates the underground economy, among other things because it is anonymous. The fact of modifying our society and transform it into one that won’t use cash would reduce the black market, or at least … Continue reading A world without cash?
Apple will have to pay to Ireland the fine that the European Commission has imposed: 13.000 million euros. This equals the total of taxes that the company has avoided during the last years. The investigations have shown that Apple produces the majority of their benefits outside the United States. How is this possible? Well that’s just due to the tax avoidance. The Irish corporation tax … Continue reading What about the taxes?
Close your eyes. Now imagine an 11-year-old kid. He is heading to the hospital where his grandmother is hospitalized. He is very excited, he is willing to see her, and it’s notable in his spirit. But when the kid goes into the room where her grandma is, she doesn’t recognize him. The kid hugs her, but she doesn’t know what to do. Her grandson is … Continue reading Hope for the Alzheimer patients
Bitcoin is a consensus network that enables a new payment system and a completely digital currency. It is the first decentralized peer-to-peer payment network that is powered by its users with no central authority or middlemen. From a user perspective, bitcoin is pretty much like cash for the Internet. Could it be bitcoin the future currency? In a society where internet is one of the … Continue reading Bitcoin’s $65 million robbery
France has been this summer the center of the polemic about the burkini ban. In 15 French towns, this kind of swimsuit has been banned, because, according to what they say, this calms the citizens after the terrorist attacks. The burkini is a type of swimsuit for (Muslim) women that covers the whole body except the face, the hands and the feet, while being light … Continue reading The ‘burkini ban’ polemic
On August 24, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck central Italy. More than 290 people have died, but the death toll is expected to rise as rescue teams reach remote areas. The earthquake history in Italy is not a joke. In the last 20 years, 18 earthquakes over 4.4 on the Richter scale have hit the country. The Italian peninsula is located on the contact zone … Continue reading Earthquake hits central Italy
Researchers have discovered an earth-like planet. Proxima b (which is the name of the planet) is located in the habitable zone of the Proxima Centauri star. What makes this discovery so special is that this is the nearest planet with possibilities of having water. The planet is only 4.2 light years away from Earth (400 billion kilometers). It’s not only the closest terrestrial planet found, … Continue reading Proxima b, an earth-like planet
Recently there have been a series of shooting in the United States, shooting that have something in common: all the victims are African-American. The first one was at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (one of the oldest black churches). On June 17, a white man who had attended to the Bible study at the church, opened fire on the group of people who were … Continue reading ‘Black lives matter’
Robel Kiros Habte, 24 years old, Ethiopian swimmer. He competed in the men’s 100 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. He was ranked 59th out of 59 competitors in the preliminary heats. Robel declared that he had chosen this sport because he wanted to do something different for his country: “All the Ethiopians wake up and run, they don’t swim”. Alexa Moreno, … Continue reading ‘Bullying’ in the Olympic Games
Instagram is social media, an app and a web that is used to share pictures and videos with the people who follow you. The original idea was to be able to share squared pictures, to tribute the old Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid cameras. The app has more than 500 million users, so it’s one of the most popular apps of the moment. Snapchat is an … Continue reading Instagram vs Snapchat stories
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