2020 File: The Rise of Zoom
A niche business tool becomes a global lifeline, turning „Zoom” into a verb and making „You’re on mute” the phrase of the year. Part of… Read More »2020 File: The Rise of Zoom
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2020 Digest: Literature
A Promised Land by Barack Obama sells nearly 890,000 copies on its first day in the US and Canada. Part of the 61 Fun Facts:… Read More »2020 Digest: Literature
2020 Report: The Launch of GPT-3
OpenAI releases GPT-3, a model with 175 billion parameters. It is so powerful that it can write code, compose poetry, and draft legal documents. This… Read More »2020 Report: The Launch of GPT-3
2020 Legacy: The „Great Reset” of E-commerce
As retail moves entirely online, companies like Shopify and Amazon deploy hyper-aggressive AI to predict supply chain disruptions and manage the logistics of a world… Read More »2020 Legacy: The „Great Reset” of E-commerce
2020 Chronicle: The Arrival of „Murder Hornets”
Just when the year couldn’t get weirder, giant Asian hornets are spotted in Washington state, sparking a brief summer of panic. Part of the 61… Read More »2020 Chronicle: The Arrival of „Murder Hornets”
2020 File: Culture
„Dalgona Coffee” (whipped coffee) becomes the first major DIY food trend of the quarantine era. Part of the 61 Fun Facts: The 2020 Year of… Read More »2020 File: Culture
2020 Report: AlphaFold 2 „Solves” Biology
DeepMind’s AlphaFold 2 achieves a historic breakthrough at the CASP14 competition. It predicts the 3D structure of proteins with near-perfect accuracy, effectively solving a 50-year-old… Read More »2020 Report: AlphaFold 2 „Solves” Biology
2020 Archive: 2020 The Year of Essential AI
This year proved that AI was no longer a luxury. Whether it was folding proteins to save lives or filtering out the chaos of a… Read More »2020 Archive: 2020 The Year of Essential AI
2020 Classic: The SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch
In May, SpaceX becomes the first private company to send NASA astronauts into orbit, launching from US soil for the first time since 2011. Part… Read More »2020 Classic: The SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch
2020 File: Science
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully touches an asteroid (Bennu) to collect a sample. Part of the 61 Fun Facts: The 2020 Year of the Lockdown &… Read More »2020 File: Science