Month: May 2022
Sudan- Ethiopia Border dispute
Sudan and ethiopia are embroiled in a confrontation over al-Fashaga, a fertile area of farmland that both countries claim as their own. Although the dispute dates back to 1902, it has been rekindled due to Ethiopia’s civil war and tensions over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam, which threatens to give Ethiopia control over the region’s
Avoiding lockdown in China
On social media, complaints swirl about the heavy-handedness of Shanghai’s lockdown, which involves mass testing and containing all new outbreaks within quarantine sites. Though painful, it is crudely effective. During the Omicron outbreak, Shanghai has recorded fewer than 600 deaths, roughly one per thousand infections. China claims that if restrictions had not been applied, the
Gun Ownership regulation in the US
On May 24th an 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, entered Robb Elementary School and carried out the largest school shooting since Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012. At least 21 are dead, including 19 children. The gunman reportedly bought two assault rifles on his 18th birthday and is believed to have used a handgun,
The Spread of Monkey pox
Since a case of monkeypox was reported on May 7th, more than 100 infections have been found across the world. The disease, which is usually confined to Africa, is present in at least 14 countries in Europe and five elsewhere .The symptoms of infection are similar to those of smallpox: fever, exhaustion and pustules that
Global Food Crisis
The impact of Russia’s invasion extends well beyond Ukraine’s borders to threaten global food supplies. With its ports blocked by Russian forces, Europe’s breadbasket is struggling to export the grain on which hundreds of millions of people worldwide rely. The world’s dependency on the agricultural resources of Ukraine and Russia has contributed to high cost
Google Street View’s “time travel” feature
Google Street View’s “time travel” feature is being added to smartphones for the first time, allowing users to look back at historical photos of locations on their mobile for the first time. Street View is the tech giant’s 360-degree photo-based map of the world with images captured from cameras mounted onto vehicles and even backpacks
Didi US Delisting
Didi’s US delisting is also a sign of the impact of the new personal data laws in China, as Beijing aims to keep information on individuals’ locations and movements from falling into what it sees as the wrong hands. Last year, China introduced two new pieces of security and privacy legislation – the Data Security
Use of Hydrogen Gas in German
Hydrogen can store vast amounts of energy, replace natural gas in industrial processes, and power fuel cells in trucks, trains, ships or planes that emit nothing but vapour of drinkable water. Green hydrogen is produced by using electricity from renewable power to split water into hydrogen and oxygen molecules using an electrolyser. But those machines
artificial intelligence (AI) in marketing
Marketers expect the use of AI or machine learning for prediction and measurement (which would support better decisions) to triple in the next three years. But putting it all together is rare. Even among digital marketing leaders, only 17% are using AI across the function. companies working on AI in three dimensions at once (enhanced
Training Employees Using VR
VR-based training modules overlay someone’s existing reality with digital information or objects that reflect the actual experience. After identifying targeted processes for training and expected results, the Immerse team builds and iterates 3D models and interactivity for replication with uncanny detail. Augmented and virtual reality are emerging for employee learning. Immersive technologies like augmented and