Month: May 2024
Facebook turns off news in Canada
The Online News Act last June promised “fairness in the Canadian digital-news marketplace”. The idea, inspired by a similar law in Australia, was to force Google and Meta, the kings of search and social media, to pay news outlets when their articles appear in search results and social feeds. Publishers and broadcasters have long complained
Gaza Strip pier project completed
Heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants on the outskirts of Rafah has displaced some 600,000 people, a quarter of Gaza’s population, U.N. officials say. Another 100,000 civilians have fled parts of northern Gaza now that the Israeli military has restarted combat operations there.The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza
HPV Vaccination
HPV is a sexually transmitted infection and is responsible for almost all cases of cervical cancer – the fourth most common cause of cancer in women worldwide. Many women will be infected with HPV over the course of their lifetime without any ill-effect, Some types of HPV are high-risk because they are linked to the
Social Platforms addiction
As with most social networks, users of Meta platforms must be 13 or over, but as Ofcom revealed in a recent report many much younger children use accounts, sometimes with the knowledge of their parents. The Instagrm and Facebook addictions has been under investigation by the European Union commission over whether they are so addictive
China’s Nio unveils new EV model to compete with Tesla
Like other EV makers, Tesla has been struggling with falling sales in the face of intense competition from Chinese brands. Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio has unveiled the first car from its new lower-priced brand Onvo, in a direct challenge to Tesla’s best-selling car. It comes in the same week that US President Joe
Threat to Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6
One of the top foldables from the current bunch is the OnePlus Open. It’s regularly regarded as one of the best folding phones and is a model we’d recommend if you want a premium folding phone experience. But it looks like there might not be a successor in 2024.Foldables have shaken up the smartphone market
Egypt and Israel in growing diplomatic row
The Rafah crossing between Egypt and southern Gaza has been a vital route for aid to the coastal territory, where a humanitarian crisis has deepened and some people are at risk of famine. Israel and Egypt are embroiled in a growing diplomatic row over the Rafah border crossing after Israel’s takeover of the Gaza side
US AI cooperation with China
Since AI is a global topic that has a significant impact on the future development of humanity, dialogue between the two countries is not only meaningful in preventing potential conflicts in this field but also in promoting cooperation. The first meeting of the intergovernmental dialogue on AI was held based on the consensus reached at
Recreating herpesvirus
Traces of the herpesvirus were found in the DNA of two sets of Neanderthal remains – and now scientists want to recreate those ancient pathogen. Some experts have theorised that Neanderthals went extinct due to viruses. Now, traces of the herpesvirus which is responsible for cold sores, along with the sexually transmitted papillomavirus and the
Commemorating the 1995 Genocide in Bosnia
During that conflict, more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys were executed by Bosnian Serb troops in Srebrenica, an eastern Bosnian enclave. The victims’ remains were dumped in mass graves and later reburied to hide evidence of atrocities. Hungary will vote against a United Nations resolution commemorating the 1995 genocide of Bosnian Muslims at