Month: December 2021
Underinvestment Effect on World Energy
Underinvestment is a significant contributor to global energy shortages, what we are actually now seeing is a failure of investment in both renewables and in “dirty” fossil-fuel-driven energy. In a time when so many countries are trying to transition to renewable forms of energy it is clear that such a transition to different energy sources
Visa launches crypto advisory service
VISA Inc, the world’s largest payment processor, launched a global crypto advisory service for its banking clients and merchants on Wednesday, as the adoption of digital currencies gains steam. The move is aimed at financial institutions eager to attract or retain customers with crypto offerings, retailers looking to delve into non-fungible tokens (NFTs) or central
recordings of Twitter Spaces
Twitter has enabled a recording feature for Spaces. “This Space has ended” will no longer mean missing out on conversations and events on Twitter. Spaces broadcasts will now include a link to a recording, rather than a note that the Spaces broadcast has ended. The social media company used Twitter Spaces account to announce the
WhatsApp to enable messages to disappear
WhatsApp has rolled out its new privacy feature which will allow users to choose to have messages disappear for all new chats by default. The newly introduced feature will also give users the option to have their messages disappear after a particular period of time. “When you enable Disappearing Messages, you can set messages to
2021 App Store Award winners
Apple has announced its annual App Store best of 2021 winners, recognising 15 apps and games of the year across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and the Apple TV. This year the company was looking for apps and games that helped users tap into “personal passions, discover creative outlets, connect with new people and experiences.”
YouTube for premium subscribers on all videos
YouTube has reportedly started rolling out a ‘listening controlsʼ feature for Android and iOS users who are YouTube Premium subscribers. Listening controls replace everything underneath the video window with a sparse sheet. Using the listening controls, YouTube app users can also save new songs to a playlist if they prefer. The feature is now available
Omicron Variant Responses
The World Health Organisation declared on November 26th that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was “of concern and countries responded differently to that; Japan, Morocco and Israel banned all foreigners. Australia delayed its planned reopening. The Netherlands and Denmark demanded that all travellers from southern African countries isolate themselves for several days, then produce
cryptocurrencies prices fall again
The price of bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, fell by almost 20% at the weekend, from around $57,000 on December 3rd to $45,000 the next day (it has since partially recovered, to around $49,000). Other popular coins, including Ethereum, shed a similar proportion of their value. The market capitalisation of all crypto assets fell
Unbiased Data Requirement to make Smart Decisions
Data quality continues to be a real concern. For example, many times, social media reflects and reinforces existing biases. Even after more than 18 months of dealing with Covid-19, widespread and misinformed rumors still take hold which dwarfed the news cycles of the scientific follow-up studies about the efficacy rates for the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech
Zoom’s Hybrid Workplace Vision
The video collaboration platform has become nothing short of ubiquitous over the last two years, as much of the world has come to rely on it for work, school, social life, doctor’s appointments, and everything in between. The company admittedly was not ready for prime time when it rocketed from its relatively unknown status to