Month: November 2022
The blue-tick confusion
The Twitter Blue subscription service allowed users to pay £6.99 ($7.99) per month for a blue tick. People on and off the platform have been raising concerns about the direction Twitter is going in under its new billionaire leader. Some users are reporting that the sign-up option for Twitter Blue subscription has disappeared a day
Worrying Ebola cases in Uganda
The particular strain of Ebola that is spreading across Uganda is caused by the Sudan virus, which has a mortality rate of between 41-100%. Before the current outbreak of Ebola, Sudan virus was last detected in Uganda in 2012 according to the world health organization . With no vaccine or treatment available for a strain
American diesel reserve
Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that inventories of diesel, jet fuel, and heating oil had reached their lowest levels since 2008, it is believed that the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February of 2021 pushed American diesel reserves to all-time lows. After the invasion, Russian oil imports stopped entirely and the reduction of 700,000 barrels
Chinese robots controlled by the mind
The ability to control a robot with the mind is increasingly gaining ground in the world of technology. In recent years, Chinese have made incredible advances in science and technology. Such is the case with the artificial sun the country developed that can create unlimited energy and this has made chine to lead the way
FTX cryptocurrency firm files for bankruptcy
Earlier this week, customers rushed to withdraw their funds as rumours swirled that FTX and other firms headed by Mr Bankman-Fried were on shaky financial ground. Embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX has filed for bankruptcy in the US, seeking court protection as it looks for a way to return money to users with goal of beginning
Advertising in space
Researchers from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and the Institute of Physics and Technology at Mosca wrote, “As unrealistic as it may seem, we show that space advertising based on 50 or more small satellites flying in formation could be economically feasible. ccording to the estimate made by Russian researchers, making an ad consisting
private jets in COP27
Flights produce greenhouse gases – mainly carbon dioxide (CO2) – from burning fuel. These contribute to global warming. Emissions per kilometre travelled are significantly worse than any other form of transport. There has been criticism on social media of delegates arriving at the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Data from
Medibank hacking
In September, Australia’s second-largest telecommunications firm Optus was also targeted for extortion, after the personal data of about 10 million customers was stolen in what the company called a cyber-attack. The data of 9.7 million Medibank customers was stolen last month the latest in a string of major data breaches in Australian companies in recent
Remote work for Twitter employs
Mr Musk has been on the record as having a dim view of remote work, writing on the site he now owns earlier this year that “all the Covid stay-at-home stuff has tricked people into thinking that you don’t actually need to work hard. Elon Musk has told Twitter staff that remote working will end
rise in fossil fuel industry delegates at COP27
The data shows that this year, there are more fossil fuel lobbyists than total delegates from the ten countries most impacted by climate change, including Pakistan, Bangladesh and Mozambique. Campaign group Global Witness found more than 600 people at the talks in Egypt are linked to fossil fuels. The number of delegates with links to