This is Champion Island Games, the new Google ‘doodle’ that will make you participate in the Olympic Games. Lucky, the protagonist of the virtual adventure, will have to go through various competitions to get all 22 trophies. Immersed fully in the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games , which officially opened last Friday, Google has launched Champion Island Games , a new ‘doodle’ that allows you to experience the games more intensely. The video game, with a retro aesthetic with a 16-bit resolution , is reminiscent of the design of the games of the old consoles. The creators of the ‘doodle’ have…
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100% green energy and savings between 10% and 20% of the electricity bill thanks to the intensive use of technology and data. That is what Holaluz raises , a proposal that includes the installation and management of the panels so that, enjoying savings on the invoice from the first day, the installation is self-financing without the client having to put a euro out of their pocket. To know everything you need about solar panels, you can watch the Holaluz webinar where many of these questions are answered. These are some of the most prominent: Why install solar panels at home?In…
A novel way to generate coherent light in the ultraviolet spectral zone, which indicates the possibility of developing powerful desktop X-ray sources, has been produced from research led by the University of Strathclyde, in Scotland. It is the first mini particle accelerator to operate a laser. The technology uses light sources based on electron beams, also known as fourth generation light sources. This approach uses a free electron laser (FEL) , which by actuating an inverter converts the energy of the electron beam into X-rays. A DANCE OF FREE ELECTRONSThe free electron laser shares the optical properties of conventional lasers,…
The American technology giant Google has informed its more than 130,000 employees around the world on Wednesday that they have the obligation to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 to return to the offices in October. In a corporate blog post, Google CEO Sundar Pichai explained that the implementation of this requirement “will vary according to local conditions and regulations” and that it will not be imposed in a given region until vaccines are “widely available” in it. Pichai has also delayed the mandatory return date to the offices, which was set for September , and now it is October 18,…
Italy is experiencing a tragic week of fires . In just 48 hours, the Sicilian region has suffered more than 160 fires on its territory ; about 124 originated in forest areas and 38 more in urban areas. At least 150 people have had to be evacuated, while 5,500 firefighters and rural agents worked in the extinction work. The largest outbreak detected to date has calcined more than 800 hectares of Mediterranean forest and vegetation in just one day. STRUCTURAL PROBLEMSWhy are there more fires in Spain now?Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has declared the state of national mobilization of…
Toshiba has launched the new Canvio range of portable hard drives, with which it offers two storage solutions designed to accompany our laptop with all our data. Not long ago we were talking about another portable solution, Sandisk Portable SSD , and we were struck by how light and fast it was; But at the same time, a portable SSD is not the ideal solution for everyone, especially if you need a lot of storage space. Although SSDs and HDDs are closer than ever to each other, the truth is that there are still important differences in the capacity /…
Nokia has renewed its range of smartphones, among which are new very cheap models for emerging markets, “rugged” mobiles, and the return of a legendary mobile that many of our readers will have used. In its day, Nokia dominated the mobile phone market, with rugged devices that were capable of withstanding both the day-to-day life of a teenager and the needs of a professional. But the arrival of smartphones changed priorities, with new devices with large touch screens that were more easily broken. Now, Nokia wants to be relevant again, with three new devices announced today, each for a different…
Spotify has announced the creation of a new section in the app for iOS and Android that will notify us at the exact moment when new content from our favorite creators is published. Keeping up to date can be difficult, especially when following hundreds of artists and podcast creators; And most people who use Spotify resign themselves to relying on the algorithm to show them new songs in playlists. The new button that will appear at the top of the app, in the shape of a bell, aims to solve this. It is a notification system, which will be activated…
Responding to demand and reducing a negative environmental impact is a conundrum for the courier industry. In terms of demand – UK firms have responded with van leasing and sending out more drivers. In terms of reducing the impact on the environment, electric vehicles are often given as the answer, but can electric fleets ready to keep up with current demands? On the up Even before the pandemic, shipping levels were increasing year on year. According to the Pitney Bowes 2019 Parcel Shipping Index, global parcel shipping surpassed a staggering 100 billion in volume for the first time that year.…
From now on, archived WhatsApp chats will not move with assets, just because they have received a new message, nor will they generate notifications. It is an important step to stop suffering the inconvenience of a chat in which we no longer want to participate. This novelty had already been rumored for some time, when WhatsApp first experimented with the possibility of keeping conversations archived. Until now, if we archive a chat and after a while it receives a message from one of the participating users again, the app automatically moves the chat to the main list of chats ,…