Month: April 2022
Finland and Sweden Joining NATo
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, which is aimed at discrediting the Ukrainian military and preventing the country from taking Nato to Russian borders, has prompted the Nordics to consider joining the alliance. Kremlin has warned Finland and Sweden against joining the alliance, saying Moscow would have to “rebalance the situation” with its own
pay with your hand using implanted microchip
Walletmor’s chip, which weighs less than a gram and is little bigger than a grain of rice, is comprised of a tiny microchip and an antenna encased in a biopolymer – a naturally sourced material, similar to plastic. The technology Walletmor uses is near-field communication or NFC, the contactless payment system in smartphones. Other payment
Putin Facebook super fans
Over the past month, researchers counted 16,500 posts, receiving more than 3.6 million interactions. The overall aim of the groups seems to be to promote Mr Putin as a hero standing up to the West, with overwhelming international support. The images often show the Russian leader “walking confidently, holding puppies, staring longingly into the camera,
Elon Musk not willing to join Twitter board
Elon Musk has decided not to join the board of Twitter. Mr Musk’s appointment was due to become effective on Saturday after revealing last week that he had bought a 9.2% stake in the social media platform. The Tesla boss remains Twitter’s largest shareholder and the firm will remain open to his input, he added.
Self-driving cars
Driverless car glitches have inevitably cropped up as the technology develops – including the experience of people living in a quiet San Francisco street, who were deluged with an influx of self-driving vehicles. Other car giants, including Elon Musk’s electronic car company Tesla, are working on their own driverless technology. E.g. San Francisco police officers
Brain Health Tracking Charts
Reference charts are an important tool in modern primary medicine, covering many aspects of a person’s healthy development. There is, however, a big gap in their coverage: the human brain. If a doctor wants to know how well a child is growing, she can turn to clinically validated charts that lay out precisely how that child compares
Reducing Miscarriage Traumas by using technology
A study is looking into whether women who experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress after a miscarriage can be helped by using VR headsets.Tens of thousands of women who experience miscarriage are potentially developing symptoms of post-traumatic stress each year. How do you think the VR handset van help?
Elon Twitter Staff Questions- Answers
Twitter employees will have the opportunity to hear from Elon Musk about his vision for the platform in a staff question-and-answer session.There has been speculation over what changes Musk would like to see made to the social network.Many Twitter employees have felt disgruntled by the announcement earlier this week that the entrepreneur had become the
unsolicited photos in Instagram DM
abuse in private messages is ignored by Instagram, despite being reported to moderators. Instagram DMs are regularly being used to send image-based sexual abuse.These include cyberflashing, where an abuser sends another person an image of their genitals without consent, or unsolicited photos known as “dick pics”. what is your experience with Instagram DM porns?
Honestly on Social media
Social media commentators are reporting a shift in behaviour away from the highly polished, aesthetically-pleasing world that Instagram used to serve up, in exchange for a “simple, back to basics” reality that is bringing people more authentic and more relatable role models.people aged from 18 to 25, has been credited with the rise in popularity