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In the first 3 months of last year, thanks largely to the pandemic, the video-sharing platform TikTok was downloaded 350 million times across the globe. But who are the Italian influencers gaining fame through the channel? Here, we’re looking at three Italian channels that have reached TikTok superstardom thanks in part to lockdown. With a natural...

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The list of Italians who hold here in Italy institutional positions of collaboration with the United States is not very long. We have interviewed almost all of them over the years, and today we host one of them, who is also a close personal friend of mine. Andrea Gumina is the President of Amerigo - Intercultural Exchange Program Alumni Association...

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This summer Italy will open its first overseas National Centre for Innovation and Culture in the United States, as an experimental model that can be replicated in other countries. Promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation following a proposal by the Embassy of Italy in Washington, in collaboration with the Consulate...

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A humanoid robot called Abel is being developed to help recognize and react to human emotions. Researchers from Pisa University in Italy hope that one day Abel will be able to become a home help for people with autism and Alzheimer’s. Abel has the appearance of a 12 year old boy. Its age, facial features and physical build were chosen to improve th...

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“As I see it, things will not be exactly the way they were before, even though our human tendency is to go back and do the same things we’ve always done. We’ve learned some important lessons, like the more or less smart use of IT enabling us to work from home, something that would hardly have been possible 20 years ago. After the emergency, this wi...

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Italian luxury automobile manufacturer Lamborghini said they are going electric. The company said they would launch its first hybrid series production car in 2023, and by the end of 2024, each of the models will be offered a plug-in hybrid vehicle. "Performance and the authentic Lamborghini driving experience will remain the focus of the company’s...

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He has raised $188 million, Series F round, and his startup has become Silicon Valley's new unicorn. The second one created by Italians in less than three months. Sysdig has been valued at $1.19 billion. His name is Loris Degioanni, a degree from the Polytechnic of Turin, he started 15 years ago from Vinadio, in the province of Cuneo, and today his...

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Google launched Woolaroo, an open-source photo-translation platform powered by machine learning and image recognition, to help preserve Calabrian Greek and nine either endangered languages, including Louisiana Creole, Maori and Yiddish. “Google Arts & Culture realized that with some creative technology and partnering with language organisations, we...

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The Director of the Coccia Institute is delighted to announce the 2021 Coccia-Inserra Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Italian (K-12). Recognizing the importance of acknowledging and motivating excellence in the teaching of Italian, the Coccia family and Lawrence Inserra, Jr., have established this significant award. Our donor...

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universally known as the world capital of cinema, Los Angeles is actually at the forefront of innovation and research in the aeronautics, aerospace and biomedical fields, too. In recent years, the Southern Californian city has, in fact, been able to merge digital innovation and marketing, giving life to a new technological hub, better known as “Sil...

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