Month: December 2025
Instagram to show reals on home screen
Ever since YouTube Shorts came to smart TVs back in 2022, it was inevitable we’d see more short-form video come to our home’s biggest screens. Instagram for TV is up next, and it’s available in an early testing across the US. Announced by head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, the platform is designed for to play
Transition to Clean
Globally solar has become more affordable and accessible paving the way for many around the world to adopt it. In 2024, 91% of new renewable power projects commissioned were more cost-effective than any new fossil fuel alternatives.This year brought about a number of blows for the climate fight. In 2025, the United States, one of
The influenza virus
Influenza is never far away. Its seasonality means it see-saws between Northern and Southern hemispheres on an annual basis, causing illness and death among not just humans but also poultry, cattle and birds and mammals in the wild.Influenza is a single-stranded RNA virus of the family Orthomyxovirus. Although the virus is most commonly referred to
Donald Trump’s threats to topple Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro
President Donald Trump’s threats to topple Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro prove the U.S. has learned nothing from nearly 25 years of misadventures in the Middle East, where our win-loss record makes it painfully clear that regime change unleashes more problems than it solves.The Trump Administration has been ramping up the pressure on Maduro. The U.S. began
Pornhub Premium Members data stolen
Pornhub is the latest company to confirm its customers are involved in a data breach through third-party service Mixpanel. The security incident from Nov. 8 saw data stolen from other companies, including OpenAI. The pornography website confirmed on Dec. 12 it had been impacted, although it hasn’t worked with Mixpanel since 2021. It said, “The
Google’s Chromebook Successor Is Coming
Ever since the failed launch of the Pixel Slate back in 2018, which was Google’s first attempt at integrating ChromeOS and Android, onlookers have been wondering what the future of these platforms would be. Reports about a new desktop operating system have been mucking around for years, something that blends ChromeOS with Android.Google has officially
PayPal applies to form its own bank
PayPal was created in 2000 after a payments company co-founded by Elon Musk merged with software company Confinity, whose founders included Trump supporter and tech mogul Peter Thiel. The company has since become a global household name that enables millions of transactions daily. PayPal has submitted applications to authorities in Utah and to the Federal
European leaders sign treaty establishing Ukraine war damages body
Zelenskyy and Schoof also get asked about the prospect of Ukraine joining the European Union. Schoof stresses the Dutch “are fully supportive” of membership for the EU. Zelenskyy says he sees the EU accession process as part of a broader discussion on Ukraine’s security guarantees, in the context of economic security. Zelenskyy and Schoof get
Strength of USA Economy
Data on the state of the job market in October and November is set to be released at 8:30 a.m. ET today, along with retail sales numbers for October. Almost all economic reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau have been delayed due to the historically long federal shutdown, which hamstrung
iRobot files for bankruptcy protection
IRobot, which became well known for its robotic vacuums, has struggled of late, dealing with increased competition, layoffs and a declining stock price. In 2022 Amazon announced that it had agreed to buy iRobot for about $1.7 billion, but that deal was called off last year. Amazon blamed “undue and disproportionate regulatory hurdles” after the