Who invented denim fabric? The true story of blue jeans

denim jeans
The invention of jeans fabric, also called denim, it dates back to the 1400swhen in Chieri, in Piedmont, a resistant ...

Google used to call Android versions after sweets: that’s why it no longer does so since 2019

nomi android dolci
For almost a decade, Google has accustomed users to discover new updates of Android – the operating system developed by ...

In Bali, field irrigation is a religious practice: what is Subak, a UNESCO heritage site

subak sistema irrigazione bali indonesia
On the island of Baliin Indonesia, known for its rice fields created among the reliefs of volcanic origin, the so-called ...

iPhones always show 9:41 in advertisements: do you know why?

iPhone che segnano le 9:41
Two different generations of iPhone showing 9:41 on the lock screen. Credit: Apple. Every time you see an advertisement iPhone ...

sharp declines in North America and Europe

sharp declines in North America and Europe
Trend reversal in payments sector: Despite remarkable global growth in recent years, payments revenues will halve by 2028. The compound ...

Poste Italiane: share placement “temporarily interrupted”

Poste Italiane: share placement "temporarily interrupted"
It’s official: the share placement of Poste Italiane has suffered a setback or in the words of the company one ...

positive reaction to FED rate cut, but uncertainty persists

Now it's Powell's turn
Last quarter full of events, culminating in the surprise cut in interest rates Federal Reserve (Fed) by 50 basis points ...

Google plans to power its AI data centers with modular mini-nuclear reactors

Render data center di Google
Rendering of the Google data center powered by the nuclear mini-reactor. Credit: Google. Alphabetthe holding company of which it is ...

Why do Arabs write from right to left?

arabo perche si scrive da destra a sinistra
There Arabic writing is accomplished from right to left For religious, historical, cultural motivations but also for practical reasons. According ...

What was the first computer in history? It depends on what we mean by “computer”

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The ENIAC computer. Credit: TexasDex at English Wikipedia., CC BY–SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Whether you are reading this article ...