The reason Google employees don't let their kids watch YouTube
One of the ancient ideals of the internet was that free access to information, as well as the democratization of the dissemination of knowledge, would make us a better society. In 2019, such claims have failed due to the rise of harmful conversations with network trolls as well as the misuse of content platforms by ...
The perfect city through the centuries: 26 maps showing the evolution of Barcelona
Barcelona is a kind of Holy Grail for fans of urbanism. since the modern version of the Spanish city has a planning where the pedestrian is a priority in its tourist areas, thus breaking the hateful world trend in which public spaces are practically centered around the car. Another enviable aspect is ...
What we need to understand about Libra, Facebook's cryptocurrency
One of Facebook's efforts to increase its profits, following the privacy scandals that the Cambridge Analytica disclosure unleashed, has been to be an intermediary for payments and money exchanges. Although the co-founder of PayPal (Peter Thiel) is on the board of directors of Facebook, it is not exactly a platform of ...
Meet the lawsuit of a startup against Google for breaking its slogan of 'Don't be Evil'
Google, the star company of the parent Alphabet that shares a name with the search engine that turns out to be its star product, a few years ago was guided by the following motto: don't be evil. I mean, don't be evil. That was before the times of the constant need for profit to justify its value to investors. Today we have ...
How do I keep my cell phone priced for resale?
Or rather, tricks to resell my mobile The life of a cell phone today is very different from that of the same category but 10 years ago. Even than 5 years ago. In 2010 it was lunatic to think that more than 20 thousand pesos would be paid for a device, to be tied to installments ...
Playing via streaming is already the future of video games
Home connection speeds, at least in the first world, are normalizing the easiest way to consume content: streaming it. Streaming, then. If 10 years ago it seemed difficult to watch a 720p movie without lag as if it were 'play' - a video from the hard disk, today (and ...