2015

Samsung CEO Boo-Keun Yoon at CES 2015

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In Las Vegas, at CES 2015, among the many new technologies, you can see a remarkable promotion of the so-called Internet of Things. Representatives of some of the most important technology companies made statements concerning the possibility to connect to the Internet your household appliances and other devices. According to their indications, home automation is no longer a niche for fans but will be in all homes.

The new picture of the Pillars of Creation captured by the Hubble Space Telescope compared to the 1995 one (Photo NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)/J. Hester, P. Scowen (Arizona State U.))

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In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope allowed to obtain an image of columns of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula. These structures were dubbed the “Pillars of Creation” and the image became one of the most iconic not only among the ones taken by Hubble but among space photographs in general. Now astronomers returned to that region to take a new photograph that, thanks to the updated instrument, is in high definition so it provides details never before seen in visible and infrared light.

We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy by David Marusek (Italian edition)

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The novella “We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy” by David Marusek was published for the first time in 1995.

Sam Harger is an artist who started a difficult relationship with Eleanor Starke, a very important woman whose power is growing. Despite some problems, their relationship becomes stable and after some time the couple receives an extraordinary news: they received a license to have a child. At the end of the 21st century, having a child is a huge privilege, yet for Sam and Eleanor is a new problem.

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Eric Frank Russell was born on January 6, 1905 near Sandhurst, Berkshire, England. He wasn’t a prolific writer but the success of his stories in the American magazines helped the growth of British science fiction. His most famous novels are “Sinister Barrier” and “The Great Explosion”.

A "white screen of death" turns your blog pages to white. The image doesn't show the problem in a literal way.

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A few days ago I updated a plugin I use for my WordPress blog but the operation had an unwelcome consequence: a totally white screen. The refresh didn’t change the result and after a few tries I saw that all the pages gave that result, both in the control panel and in the blog. After a moment of panic I did a Google search because I didn’t know the problem and I solved it in a few minutes thanks to the solution found on an official WordPress support page. However, after thinking about the problem, I wondered how many bloggers would be able to solve it so quickly.