Month: November 2021
New Google Photos Upgrades for iPhone
Google Photos is known for its impressive machine-learning-based capabilities, but some of the best have remained locked away from iOS users. Until now. Back in October last year, Google rolled out some big updates to Google Photos, including a new photo editor and powerful machine-learning-based filters such as Portrait Light and manual HDR controls. These
dementia diagnosis
dementia non-diagnosis may be about to change. During the covid-19 pandemic many people have delayed consulting their doctors about non-urgent conditions, and as lockdowns ease, they may begin to ask for professional guidance . In addition, diagnostic techniques, hitherto unreliable, time-consuming and costly, are becoming available, and for some forms of dementia hopes are emerging
Green finance abuses
The hope that emerging markets, which belch out much of the world’s greenhouse gases, would announce ambitious proposals is being dashed. The plans of China, India and Brazil all underwhelm. There is no sign this will be the cop that kills coal, as Britain, the host, wanted. World leaders have still not agreed to stop
Russian anti-satellite missile test
On November 15th, at around seven in the morning Greenwich Mean Time, the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) was warned that there was some debris coming their way and that they ought to get into the two spacecraft that are currently moored there. That way, if anything went wrong, the four Americans, one
China’s weight in commodity markets
Few crises highlight China’s weight in commodity markets as clearly as the global energy crunch. Though analysts attribute the shortages to many different causes, all mention China. Its post-covid economic recovery coupled with a hot summer produced a surge in demand for power. Supplies of its two main sources of electricity, coal and hydropower, were
Puerto Rico
The island of Puerto Rico is in a strange political position being a territory of the United States but not a state, and whether the island is a colony or a commonwealth territory remains a controversial issue. In November 2020 Puerto Rico held their sixth referendum on the status of the island, the first to
Kyle Rittenhouse trial
The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse is expected to come to a close soon as final statements are due to be made today, Rittenhouse shot numerous protesters killing two during the protest of the police shooting of Jacob Black in August 2020, Rittenhouse claims to have acted in self defence. There have been a number of
Lessons learntfrom COVID-19 and the flu pandemic of 1918
Despite being colloquially referred to as the Spanish Flu there is limited evidence surrounding the origin of the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic. But this pandemic is has become one of the major points of comparison to COVID-19 due to the rapid spread, and being a novel form of a viral infection that had effected the
Jeff Bezos : Living in Space and Visiting Earth
The Amazon and Blue Origin founder predicted that the floating cylindrical space habitats will be able to hold a million people and will have “rivers and forests and wildlife”. Mr Bezo, who flew to the edge of space on a Blue Origin rocket earlier this year, made his comments at the Ignatius Forum in Washington
Bitcoin Price Surge
Of the top 10 leading cryptocurrencies by market cap, only dogecoin suffered losses over the last 24 hours, but only dipped by less than 1 per cent. Bitcoin’s price appears to have been boosted by the roll out of the long-awaited Taproot update, which improves both the privacy and security of BTC, while the rejection