Camila Rojas, Author at No cure Magazine

30 May

Jimmy Aggrey was a victim of the Chelsea racism scandal – now he wants to talk

Camila RojasInversiones y negocios

e was the tallest player. Even at the age of 16, Jimmy Aggrey stood well over six feet. The big lads went at the back. Line up and smile for the camera, please. Chelsea liked him. They thought he had a good chance of making it. For such a tall kid, Aggrey had quick, skilful feet. His future was bright at a time, in 1995, when Chelsea were re-establishing themselves among the most glamorous football clubs in England. “When I joined Chelsea, Glenn Hoddle was the first-team manager,” says Aggrey. “Ruud Gullit arrived later. The place was full of superstars:…

30 May

Textbooks were wrong about how language works

Camila RojasSalud

Think for a minute about the little bumps on your tongue. You probably saw a diagram of those taste bud arrangements once in a biology textbook: sweet sensors at the tip, salty on both sides, sour on the back, bitter on the back. But the idea that specific tastes are confined to certain areas of the tongue is a myth that "persists in the collective consciousness despite decades of research debunking it," according to an article published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine. The concept that taste is limited to the mouth is also wrong. The old…

30 May

Teamsters fight to unionize Amazon and FedEx delivery workers

Camila RojasInversiones y negocios

Ervin said the minimum wage for his workers under Amazon's contract was $19.75. “If you ask people to make this a career, you should have better working conditions and pay your drivers more,” said Ervin, a 26-year Air Force veteran. Amazon did not directly respond to this criticism. The company noted that its contractors, which it calls delivery service partners, have created 279,000 driver jobs over the past five years. “Helping DSPs create a good overall work experience is important to us, which is why we have invested more than $8 billion in cutting-edge technologies, safety features, pricing, programs and…

30 May

Charles Barkley Reflects on the Future of ‘Inside the NBA’

Camila RojasInversiones y negocios

“You should do it out there,” Smith said, suggesting the interview take place outside the elevator. Barkley turned to me, "Don't worry about him." “He should clear that up through Turner,” Smith said. “He should do it right.” Why was it so important for him to speak out, I asked Barkley, even if others around him didn't want him to? He nodded at the impact the uncertainty has on the staff members who work on the show. And not just the most well-known characters on the air: Barkley, Smith, Shaquille O'Neal and host Ernie Johnson. “It's people's lives,” Barkley said.…

30 May

What to know about the open versus closed software debate

Camila RojasCiencia y Tecnología

What are some examples of open source software? Some of the most popular software systems are open source, such as Linux, the operating system on which Google's Android mobile system was built. Among the best-known open source products is Firefox, the free downloadable Web browser created by the Mozilla Foundation. So, what is the open and closed debate and how does it relate to artificial intelligence? Tech companies like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic have spent billions of dollars creating “closed,” or proprietary, AI systems. People who don't work for these companies can't see or tinker with the underlying source code,…