Month: October 2022
NASA satellites monitors Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
The Ethiopian government has not granted journalists access to Tigray since June 2021. With most communications cut off in the region, it’s hard to report on the extent of the conflict and humanitarian crisis. New images taken from space at night starkly show how the conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has left a population
The prime minister UK not to ttend COP27 summit
The summit in Egypt is expected to focus on three main areas – reducing emissions, helping countries prepare for and deal with climate change, and securing technical support for developing countries for these activities. The annual UN climate summits are designed to help governments agree steps to limit global temperature rises. Opposition parties and environmental
change to Twitter moderation policy
After building a stake in Twitter at the start of the year, Mr Musk made his $44bn offer in April, a price tag that looked too high almost as soon as it was agreed. He said he was buying it because he wanted “civilisation to have a common digital town square”, and pledged to clean
Return of Trump on Twitter
Mr Trump and Mr Musk are both brilliant users of Twitter. But they are also hard to predict. Donald Trump was fiercely critical of Twitter when he was banned, supposedly for life. After the Capitol Hill riots Twitter said the permanent suspension was “due to the risk of further incitement of violence” and for Mr
crash dummy for women
The technology is used to estimate the effectiveness of seatbelts and safety features in new vehicle designs. Since the 1970s, crash test dummies – mechanical surrogates of the human body have been used to determine car safety. Until now the most commonly used dummy has been based on the average male build and weight. The
Twitter under Elon Musk
Mr Musk addressed potential advertisers in an uncharacteristically humble message posted on the site on Thursday. In it, he spoke of buying Twitter because he wanted to “try to help humanity”, and said he wanted “civilisation to have a digital town square”. In the past he has spoken bombastically about wanting to lighten moderation, so
Russia deploys more drones to Ukraine
Ukraine says around 400 drones have already been used by Russia, from a total order of roughly 2,000 weapons. President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has launched more than 30 drone attacks on Ukraine in just two days. He added that in total, Moscow had also carried out some 4,500 missile strikes and over 8,000 air
Using lasers to write inside diamonds
There are already systems for tracking a diamond, from when it first emerges from a mine as a rough diamond, through the cutting and polishing phase and on to the retailer. The technology for producing lab-grown diamonds is improving all the time, and they are a fast-growing section of the market. But natural diamonds are
Investors lost Faith on Facebook
A year ago, Mark Zuckerberg declared virtual reality the next frontier to drive Facebook’s growth. The company, which also owns WhatsApp, is struggling as companies cut advertising budgets in the face of economic uncertainty, changes to Apple’s privacy settings hurt its targeted ads, and competition from rivals such as TikTok heats up. Investor confidence plunged
China is the biggest threat to US
China and Russia are becoming closer, despite “diverging interests and historical mistrust.” Russian President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, recognized Taiwan as a part of China during the Valdai Discussion Club event in Moscow and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday reaffirmed support for Moscow in a call with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, state broadcaster