Month: November 2021
Syrian Civil War
Rootclaim is a collective of specialists that use probability modelling and crowdsourced evidence to mathematically analyse competing hypotheses to reach conclusions that can better represent the best available understanding of complex politicized situations. A major area of research for Rootclaim has been the contested 2013 Syrian chemical weapons attack in Ghouta, the deadliest chemical attack
Tsunamis damages
Tsunamis are unfortunately incredible destructive forces, and it is hard to even predict the wave height from the measurements we can make with modern seismograph technology. The difficulty in predicting the occurrence, the scale and the level of destruction of a tsunami leaves escape as the only real credible option when mitigating the damages to
Regulating billionaires
BlackRock is one of the largest global investment management firms and one of the United States’ largest corporations by revenue. The problem is that the company is one of the largest investor’s in deforestation and fossil fuels, being the world largest investor in coal plant developers for example, while BlackRock’s investment strategy has been criticised
Ben and Jerry on Palestine territory
On July 19th 2021 famous ice cream brand Ben and Jerry’s vowed to end sales of their ice cream in illegally occupied Palestine territories, with these plans coming into effect following the end of their license agreement with an Israeli distributor next year. The company was founded by two Jewish men, Ben Cohen and Jerry
‘phthalates’ in Fast Food
Phthalates are chemical additives that act as a flexibility enhancer in plastics and are common compounds found in a wide range of plastic products, such as cosmetics, paints, children’s toys, packaging, medical devices, glue, and PVC, as well as many many more. A recent study found that phthalates have been found in 81% of American
GSMArena: WhatsApp Might Hide Last Seen for some Individuals
The beta version of WhatsApp for Android now has an option to hide your “last seen” status from specific people.T he feature has been in active development for a few months, but now it’s finally live for a subset of those who are part of the beta programme. The new feature is speculated to grant
Protection Against Dangerous TikTok Challenges
There has been widespread concern about the proliferation, across various platforms, of potentially harmful online challenges. In response to its findings, TikTok said technology that “alerts our safety teams to sudden increases in violating content linked to hashtags” would be expanded “to also capture potentially dangerous behaviour”. TikTok is trying to strengthen the detection and
Amazon to Stop Accepting United Kingdom Visa Cards
The online retailer said costs should be going down over time due to advances in technology, “but instead they continue to stay high or even rise”. Amazon will stop accepting Visa credit cards in the UK from 19 January, the online retail giant has told customers. Amazon says Visa’s fees are excessive, and an obstacle
HUAWEI Secured Mobile Cloud
Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) has made it easy for your device to back up and restore your data and phone settings. All of this done through HUAWEI Mobile Cloud. The only thing you need to do from your side to unlock the world of the cloud in your hand is to register for a free
Major Internet Services Hit by Vast Outage
Spotify, Snapchat, Discord and other significant parts of the internet appear to have briefly stopped working. The issue is likely related to a problem in the underlying infrastructure of the sites, given the outage on various services began at the same time. The issues then appeared to resolve themselves as soon as they arrived, with