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Stray publisher raises money for actual cat charities
The publisher of new hit video game Stray has partnered with several charities to raise money for real life homeless cats. I’m not crying, you are. If you’ve somehow avoided the constant promos and viral videos of pets acting up at television screens, Stray is finally out on PlayStation and PC. Published by Annapurna, the game puts the player in the furry pads of a cat as it traverses a dystopian...
Climate action tracker shows where we are on net zero targets
With so many contributing factors, keeping track of exactly where we are on climate change mitigation is difficult. Thankfully, this new tracker provides accessible infographics on every industry and progress updates on their green objectives. Researching how different industries are doing with their 2050 targets can be an arduous task. Take it from someone who knows all too well. Worse than this is attempting to glean any real clarity on the...
NASA’s JWST telescope delivers deep infrared images of Universe
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the most detailed and vivid images of the early Universe to date. Within these snapshots, thousands of distant galaxies are visible. Feast your eyes on the deepest infrared images of the universe to date. I’ve got a headache. These mind-blowing snaps arrive courtesy of NASA and its powerful James Webb Space Telescope. Unsurprisingly, the results are transfixing millions across social media. Firstly, the $10bn...
TikTok launches slew of safety features including For You filtering
TikTok is rolling out a slew of new safety features, including ‘maturity’ ratings on videos for young users, an algorithm that prevents bulk viewing of problematic content, and the ability to filter in the For You page using words or hashtags. Tuning your algorithm on TikTok can require a ton of sifting through some pretty sketchy content. Certainly if you were late to the game, like I was. Despite its impressive...
India begins enforcing federal ban on single-use plastic
As part of a federal crackdown on single-use plastic, India has outlawed the production and distribution of 19 wasteful items including plastic cups, straws, and cigarette carton film. Staunch on enforcing these rules, New Delhi will shortly be announcing further measures. In our global bid to get a stranglehold on plastic waste, we’ve just registered a pretty big win. India, home to nearly 1.4bn people, has enforced a slew of federal...
Are space-built supermaterials a secret weapon against climate change?
‘Earth is a terrible place to make things,’ according to aerospace engineer Andrew Bacon. Here’s how low gravity provides the unique conditions to build high-performance materials which may arm us against climate change. Finding ways of building sustainable technologies in a sustainable way is a requirement which perpetually limits our fight against climate change. Here’s one ingenious (albeit strange) solution to this problem. In our endeavours to replace fossil fuels with...
Report: Gen Z are becoming default ‘tech support’ in their offices
A recent survey on office habits found that Gen Z employees spend on average eight hours a week providing unofficial tech support. The ‘Digital Natives’ are said to be becoming increasingly frustrated at having to pick up the slack. Technology struggles are a universal problem in offices across the globe, but the responsibility of troubleshooting them falls heavily on one particular demographic – if new data is to be believed. A...
Apps and advertisers are officially coming for our lock screens
It’s only a matter of time until our lock screens become the next hottest real estate in tech. Advertisers are upping the ante with rollout in the coming months, according to reports. Have you ever sat peacefully with your phone locked beside you wishing it would, of its old accord, grab your attention with a fast-food offer, or a shortcut to a nifty app for filling out tax returns? Despite my...
Amsterdam airport becomes first to cap flight total for the climate
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport is the third-largest in Europe, and yet it will become the world’s first to cap the number of flights permitted every year. Touted as a response to the climate crisis, will this prompt wider industry change? Still preoccupied with the whole EPA debacle? Here’s a tidbit of positive news for you. While the aviation industry currently makes up 2.1% of all human-induced carbon emissions, a recent milestone...
Cryptocurrency scams on course for record numbers in 2022
In a year that has been anything but stable for crypto, more than $1bn has been scammed from digital traders. This puts 2022 on course for a worrying record, according to the FTC. Enthusiasts are finding it harder by the day to defend the integrity of decentralised financial platforms. The blockchain dream seemed a little too good to be true in its infancy, and its lack of stability is now grabbing...
