Month: July 2022
climate change caused by human activities
Greenhouse gases which trap the Sun’s heat are the crucial link between temperature rise and human activities. The most important is carbon dioxide (CO2), because of its abundance in the atmosphere. The average temperature at the Earth’s surface has risen about 1.1C since 1850. Furthermore, each of the last four decades has been warmer than
Russian cyber spying
Microsoft says “strategic espionage” by state-backed Russian hackers has targeted government agencies, think tanks, businesses and aid groups in 42 countries supporting Ukraine. hacking has been successful 29% of the time and that data was stolen in at least one-quarter of the successful network intrusions. Moscow’s military hackers have been cautious not to unleash destructive
upskirting content on Meta
Facebook’s adult exploitation policies do not allow secretly taken images of a real person’s body parts to be posted to the platform, including photos or videos that mock, sexualise or expose the person depicted. Facebook owner Meta said it has removed a large number of groups and accounts which were sharing upskirting content .Social media
Rising heat wave in Japan
Over the weekend, the temperature in central Tokyo rose above 35C, while the city of Isesaki, northwest of the capital, saw a record 40.2C. That was the highest temperature ever recorded in June for Japan. June marks the start of summer in Japan, with temperatures typically staying below 30C during the month. Japan’s government has
Israel shot down Hezbollah drones
Tensions have mounted between Israel and Lebanon over ownership of the Karish gas field. Authorities in Israel say they have shot down three Hezbollah drones heading towards one of its gas rigs in a disputed area of the Mediterranean. Last week, the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, threatened to use force to prevent Israel from operating
Intsgram videso into reels
Instagram is testing turning every video on its platform into a ‘Reel’, the short-form video imitation of TikTok’s format. With it comes features such as other people using the original audio from the video to create their own Reel, or ‘remixing’ the Reel, similar to TikTok’s own ‘Duet’ feature. TikTok-esque videos have been popular on
Bitcoin come back
The cryptocurrency is already down more than 70 per cent from the all-time high it experienced last November and is currently trading at around $20,000 on Wednesday. The price of bitcoin could experience one more major crash before it sees a significant recovery, according to new analysis. Bitcoin’s downward price trend over the last seven
Elon Musk stops tweeting
It is now more than a week since the Tesla and SpaceX boss posted on the platform that he is trying to buy. Mr Musk’s last tweet came on 21 June. That was a reply to a post about the fight between SpaceX and FCC over the former’s space internet programme, Starlink. Mr Musk is
Fake humans being interviewed for jobs
Scammers are using deepfakes and other technology to create false applicants that can undertake job interviews, The fake people are made by stealing the personal information of other people and then creating fake but convincing applicants that can go to job interviews as them. If successful, criminals can then use the job position to access
New Google chat app
Google has made yet more signifcant, confusing changes to its array of chat apps. The company will be shutting down Google Hangouts once its primary chat app – and instead moving people to the app it calls Google Chat. The latest changes are an attempt to clear up Google’s confusing array of chat apps, as