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Explainer: This is HarmonyOS, Huawei's competition for Android and Google
The saga of Huawei, Google and the future of the Chinese company with Android has taken a new turn with the following news: HarmonyOS will be the official name of the operating system (derived from pure Android, without Google apps) that will take center stage in all Huawei's gadgets for the next three years. The …
Electric scooters do pollute ... a lot: MIT
It turns out that e-scooters are not as good for the environment as previously thought, due to their nature of being shared (via apps like Lime, Bird and Jump) and the replacement they give by having a car or by asking for a Uber at the slightest provocation. In the MIT Technology Review we read ...
MkLeo is the Mexican who triumphed at EVO 2019 (and Smash Bros.)
Before the world went crazy for Fortnite, the most popular version of competition between gamers was in competitive fighting games (think Smash Bros. Melee or Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact) and its greatest exponents participated within EVO. MkLeo is a Mexican who is making history within EVO ...
You can now Instagram posts from PC and in Facebook Creator Studio, we tell you how
One of the holy grails for community managers has been to be able to program on Instagram, a social network that had remained (until now) apart from giving official tools such as those that Facebook has to control the time in which content is published. Some attribute it to the early nature of Instagram: the…
Consume more or less meat?
What are the consequences of eating only vegetables? Mariana Isabel Valdés Moreno, head of the Nutriology career at the Faculty of Higher Studies, Zaragoza campus of the UNAM, explained that this food is essential in the diet because it has nutritional characteristics such as iron, in addition to providing fat. According to the interviewee, ...
What does it mean that Ninja leaves Twitch for Mixer?
Ninja is the most famous streamer in the world and has left Twitch to broadcast exclusively on Mixer, a Microsoft platform that is a distant second in terms of specialized live video game platforms. In fact, we could consider that Mixer is an even more abysmal third place because YouTube also has content ...
The Mexicans who created bioplastic from potato peel
In Mexico, of the 100 million tons of potato produced annually, only 33 percent is recycled. In addition, according to the National Institute of Recyclers (INARE), in 2012, only 67 million 810 thousand 700 tons of waste were recycled. Therefore, contamination due to disposable products has been ...
Why are the scooter and bike-sharing companies leaving CDMX?
The last mile transportation revolution, coupled with the rise in non-motorized mobility, has sparked initiatives that until a few years ago would have been eccentricities. For example, the proliferation of bicycle services and electric scooters without anchor in the purest Silicon Valley style: without permission, quickly and seeing the regulation as ...
Facebook tries to make the human brain its new data source
In 2017, Facebook announced that it wanted to create a headband that would allow people to type at a speed of 100 words per minute using only their thoughts. Now, just over two years later, the social media giant reveals that it has funded extensive university research with human volunteers that ...
Explainer: What is machine learning?
(Via UNAM Global) Many developers have not had much exposure to machine learning yet, and because of that, most of them get confused and think they are crazy robots. First, let's clear up some of the confusion around machine learning. Then we will delve into science and math (yes, there will be math) behind ...
Addendas? Here we explain that tax term
When it comes to billing insurance you have come across a peculiar word: addenda. It turns out that it is something very simple, and also necessary for some invoices. Here we explain it to you An Addenda is a complement of information that can be attached to a Digital Tax Receipt by Internet (CFDI) optionally to include ...
Meet the UNAM engineer who teaches mathematics on YouTube
Marisol Maldonado Olmos is 24 years old, she is a Mechatronics engineer from the Faculty of Engineering (FI) of UNAM, and creator of the YouTube channel Steps for Engineering, an educational project with multimedia content for students in the Physics-Mathematics area. His videos present basic science tutorials such as algebra, linear algebra, differential calculus, integral calculus; In addition, they address engineering issues such as ...
For this reason, the Trump administration fears Libra, Facebook's cryptocurrency
A few weeks ago, we explained on Webirix that Facebook was trying to enter the world of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain through Libra: an association of technology giants that was trying to eat the lunch of Bitcoin, Litecoin and other alternative currencies. As much as Facebook tries to show that it has no control over Libra, but ...
The asteroid that will pass near the earth in October does NOT represent any danger
There is no danger from any asteroid, and the asteroid to which they refer, which is an asteroid that was discovered in 2007, because it is an asteroid that passed in 2007, more or less close to the earth, said José Franco, senior researcher of the Institute of Astronomy of the UNAM. In an interview for Radio ...
The Mexican children who took silver in the International Mathematical Olympiad in the United Kingdom
Mexico won a silver medal, three bronze and two honorable mentions at the 60th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held at the University of Bath, United Kingdom. The awards will be held next Sunday, July 21. The team, whose plane tickets were financed by ...
5 curiosities about the moon that you should know
Although at some point it seemed impossible to reach the Moon, today it is the only celestial body where the human being has made a manned descent. To commemorate half a century of this feat, today we tell you through Julieta Fierro Gossman and Alejandro Farah Simón, researchers at the Institute of Astronomy of ...
The Internet is the main medium where young people search for information on sexual health
In most cases, they are misinformed, said Nélida Padilla, an academic at the FES Iztacala.In matters of sexual and reproductive health, the Internet is flooded with data and quick tips that young people consult as the first source of information to clear their doubts, without take into account that many of these contents lack ...
What do we need for a world without styrofoam?
Zapopan, Jalisco. March 4, 2019 (Ciencia MX) .- With the aim of developing new and more ecological materials, the Polybion company seeks to enter into the manufacture of alternatives to Styrofoam packaging, with products made from industrial waste that degrades in Little time. This initiative was raised for two years, ...
Let's understand the world's first quantum drone, which has already taken off in China
The quantum satellite is a cornerstone towards the practical quantum lattice of free space and overcomes the loss of photons at great distances. The objective of the 'quantum satellites' is to experiment with quantum communication, based on changes in the state of subatomic particles such as photons, which in practice could have two major ...
These are 5 apps that revolutionize human resources
5 platforms that revolutionize Human Resources The work of the Human Resources (HR) area is essential for the development of a company, since it is responsible for managing workers as well as executing operations that add value to employees. Recruitment, integration, training, among others, are areas in charge of ...
Tips to protect children's safety on the internet
Today there are many risks on the Internet and more for minors (children and adolescents) among them are videos that are not suitable for minors, people who pretend to be others for whose purposes they are suitable for children. To prevent our children or relatives from falling into these dangers is ...
UNAM students developed an electric bicycle for public loan
The prototype was created by Julio César Arce, a CIDI student at the Faculty of Architecture • Its dimensions are in accordance with functional and ergonomic aspects of the Mexican population • At the Engineering Institute they already produce 30 units of a first batch. UNAM conceived the ideal transport for ...
Mexican students create bioplastic with banana peels that degrades in 30 days
What began as a school science project to request research grants for future studies, resulted for three high school students from the Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla (UPAEP) the opportunity to represent their country in an international contest. Aranza Meza Dorantes, Israel Hernández and Edmundo Balderas Castro created plastic ...
The keys to understanding the success of Netflix
Netflix began fiscal 2011 with almost 24 million subscribers, making Netflix the audiovisual content platform with the most clients in the US Now, the number of subscribers from outside the US already exceeds those at the national level , reflecting the success of the international expansion of the company. ...