Month: September 2021
Failed Environmentalism in the United States
United States environmentalism has been shaped by the affluent and professional elites, often more concerned with promoting a romanticized vision of sublime nature than protecting the people and places most at risk from environmental degradation and after several decades of research, advocacy and organizing, environmental and climate justice have become priorities among even the most
Gilat Telecom 4G Network to
AS Millions remain unconnected to the internet in Africa, and cannot access crucial services such as telemedicine, remote work, and remote learning, Rosenheck noted, so Gilat works with local parties that are responsible for country-wide distribution. Gilat Telecom is an Israeli company aiming to bring some of that connectivity around the world with its satellite,
Elephantiasis Fight
Lymphatic filariasis is one of the world’s leading causes of permanent and long-term disability. It damages the human lymphatic system, leading to disfiguring swelling of limbs, breasts and genitals. Despite a decade of World Health Organisation led drug administration to halt its spread, the disease is endemic in 72 countries, puts about 1.4 billion at
Facebook and Its 2 Billion WhatsApp Users Privacy Protection
WhatsApp’s increasingly aggressive business plan is focused on charging companies for an array of services letting users make payments via WhatsApp and managing customer service chats that offer convenience but fewer privacy protections. The result is a confusing two-tiered privacy system within the same app where the protections of end-to-end encryption are further eroded when
Who can view your WhatsApp ‘Last Seen’ status
WhatsApp is working on a new privacy feature that will allow users to have greater control over who can and cannot see their “last Seen” Status. It is is now testing the ability to give all of a user’s contacts access to their “Last Seen” status while also preventing some specific contacts from seeing it
hiring software rejecting qualified candidates
Over-reliance on software in the hiring world seems to have created a vicious cycle. Digital technology was supposed to make it easier for companies to find suitable job candidates, but instead it’s contributed to a surfeit of applicants. Companies have responded to this deluge by deploying brutally rigid filters in their automated filtering software. This
Top Gun expansion delayed release
Microsoft originally announced the Top Gun expansion at E3 earlier this year, alongside the launch of Microsoft Flight Simulator for the Xbox Series X / S. The teaser trailer for the expansion includes a look at some of the jets coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator, and even an aircraft carrier that players may be able
first country to adopt Bitcoin
Bitcoin is an official currency of El Salvador alongside the US dollar, after the Central American country became the first to adopt the cryptocurrency as legal tender. Supporters argue the move will make it cheaper and easier for migrants to send money home to El Salvador, which is important given such remittances account for over
TikTok and YouTube in US
TikTok viewership on Android phones reportedly overtakes YouTube in US average watch time. TikTok’s users now spend more time each month watching content than YouTube users, according to a report from app analytics firm App Annie. However, YouTube is still ahead in time spent overall, no doubt because of its two billion users compared to
HIV/AIDS Vaccine
Vaccines have unquestionably been society’s most potent weapon against viral diseases of medical importance. When the new disease AIDS burst onto the scene in the early 1980s and the virus that caused it was discovered in 1983-84, it was only natural to think that the research community would be able to develop a vaccine for