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UK industry group calls for carbon assessments before all new builds
In a bid to address the construction industry’s growing carbon footprint, a group of UK architects, developers, and contractors have called for compulsory emission assessments before all future builds. Though most of us are now savvier to the inner workings of industries and how they affect climate change, thousands walk past the construction sites of high-rise offices and new build apartments every day without so much as a second glance. Infuriating...
Greenland finally ends 50-year bid to drill for oil
Greenland has finally ended its 50-year ambition to become an oil producing territory. In the name of climate change, all exploration licences have been suspended indefinitely. If you were to list the clearest indicators of humanity’s damage to the planet, the constantly melting ice of Greenland would easily make top three. Perishing at a rate faster than any time in the past 12,000 years, we’re faced with the very real...
Netflix eyes game development to expand its community
Netflix is expanding its service to feature video games and has on-boarded EA and Facebook executives to head up game development. Will this strengthen the belief that subscriptions are the future of the industry? Between binging an endless library of films, tacky reality shows, satirical cartoons, and high-brow TV dramas, it’s safe to say most of us with Netflix subscriptions are already getting our money’s worth. With over 200 million subscribers from...
Health AI ‘iAge’ predicts when our immune systems will fail
Health AI is now reportedly capable of predicting the year each of our immune systems will inevitably falter, and whether or not people are likely to develop cardiovascular problems later in life. Remember those old school apocalyptic websites that used to show live countdowns to our random death dates, usually between two grinning skull gifs? Well, what if we had something like that for real? Far less sinister in nature, investigators...
COP26 summit: LIVE coverage
World leaders and official delegates have arrived in Glasgow for COP26. Convening on all things climate change, will we see finally see genuine action in what’s billed as a vital decade for the planet? Keep hitting that refresh button for live updates. (06:00pm) That's it for Thred's official coverage of the conference, but there will be more to discuss in the weekend roundup. Whether or not the summit has been...
UN outlines Paris-style plan to drastically cut extinction rates
Today, human activity has brought extinction rates 100 times above natural baselines. Ahead of the Kunming Biodiversity Conference in October, the UN is drafting up a Paris-style plan to finally address the issue in a big way. Faced with the prospect of Earth’s sixth mass extinction and losses of over 500 land species, the UN is finally drafting together a dedicated list of global biodiversity goals for 2030. Much like the...
UK carbon capture project unites biggest energy firms
Some of the world’s biggest energy companies have come together to develop a huge carbon capture facility in Teesside, north England. Is this finally a genuine shift in attitudes towards climate change? BP and Shell, two names seldom associated with sustainability (to put it kindly), are part of a newly formed cohort of energy giants working on widescale carbon capture projects. Climate advisers have stated that finding ways to pull existing...
Gen Z are applying to jobs through ‘TikTok Resumes’
In its latest effort to connect brands and creators, TikTok is piloting a new job recruitment feature called ‘TikTok Resumes.’ Applications are about to get a whole lot more creative. If you’ve been looking for a way to get creative within job applications – beyond turning your skills into arbitrary percentages and pie charts on your CV – TikTok may hold the answers for you. On a relentless rise over the...
Experts warn against advertisers trying to hijack our dreams
In a recent ad campaign, beer company Coors attempted to infiltrate unconscious minds with ‘refreshing dreams’ of its beverages. A cohort of dream doctors is now calling for an end to the practice before it takes off. Soon, a once relaxing nap may not be enough to escape the infamous Go Compare opera man, or Muller’s nauseating ‘rice, rice, baby.’ Anyone who watches the Super Bowl knows that spectators don’t require...
YouTube’s ‘recommendations’ still pushing harmful videos
YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is reportedly guilty of sharing videos featuring misinformation, violence, hate speech, and other content in violation of its own policies. With more than 2 billion monthly visitors, and a billion hours of content viewed every day, YouTube remains the undisputed mecca of long form video content in 2021. Outside of binging our favourite channels on loop, many of us lurch from video to video via the platform’s recommended...
