Latest Stories from Jamie
Snack: The Gen Z dating platform using vertical video
Snack, billed as the perfect dating app for Gen Z, is merging young people’s love of low-pressure platforms and vertical video. Think Hinge meets TikTok. If you’ve ever been deemed too ‘thirsty’ in the TikTok comment section, Snack may soon become the natural platform to migrate to. You’d imagine if Gen Z were to put out an ad for their ideal dating app, it would look a little something like, ‘Wanted:...
Biodegradable chewing gum could save our sidewalks
Chewing gum, the sticky bane of sidewalks and park benches across the globe, now has biodegradable ingredients to rival stubborn oil-based synthetics. Turns out the asymmetrical spots we see every day squished into our sideways, public monuments, and benches, may actually outlive us if failed to be scraped away and discarded. Everyone enjoys the 20 or so minty bites of a piece of chewing gum, before it turns into a tasteless...
Floating Wall-E buoys are saving seabirds from bycatch death
Ornithological scientists have in essence created open sea scarecrows to deter seabirds from ending up in fishing nets. I know how it sounds, but data shows they’re proving surprisingly effective. Remember Pixar’s adorable waste collecting hero Wall-E? Well seabirds are utterly terrified of it, apparently. In response to alarming ornithological figures revealing that more than 720,000 sea birds continue to die from getting caught in gillnets annually, a leading bycatch...
Solar Mountain to bring renewable energy to Burning Man
NUDES, a collaborative design office in Mumbai comprised of architects, designers, and builders, has unveiled plans for an ambitious solar installation to bring renewable energy to off-grid communities in the Nevada desert. After going digital in 2020, Burning Man festival could be set to return a more eco-conscious event than ever before thanks to a renewable energy installation in the Nevada desert. Anyone who follows Burning Man will know that organisers...
Sony announces Discord integration for PlayStation
Sony has announced plans to integrate its PlayStation Network with Discord early next year. Could this deal be a gamechanger in bringing the console giant more in-line with the values of young people? If Microsoft acquiring Bethesda was the biggest gaming coup of 2021, Sony has just secured a deal to arguably take the title for 2022 already. This week, Sony has announced plans to team up with popular chat...
Reflective ultra-white paint could help to cool the planet
Academic researchers have reportedly produced the brightest ever white paint, capable of reflecting 98% of sunlight and radiating infrared heat into space. Could this be key to tackling the climate crisis? My fellow Thred enthusiasts, we’re quite possibly looking at a game changing all-natural air conditioner, and it comes straight from a tin. Academic researchers have reportedly developed a white paint so bright it could prevent us from emitting between...
Historic ‘Ingenuity’ flight on Mars could change planetary exploration
This week, NASA’s Mars helicopter ‘Ingenuity’ performed the first ever flight on another world. Could this historic demonstration mark the start of a whole new mode of planetary travel? Is there a prouder moment than seeing your child break out of their bicycle stabilisers and roam free? Many an employee at NASA experienced that feeling for the first time on Monday (April 19th), as Ingenuity nailed its debut flight test. Engineers...
Earth Day 2021 goes digital with ‘Restore our Earth’ theme
Starting today (April 20th) and carrying through to the 22nd, Earth Day is planning some big online events for the estimated 10 million changemakers set to tune in. Has it really been a year already? The three days of climate action currently underway for Earth Day 2021 would suggest so, and we definitely need another kick up the backside. This Thursday (April 20th) will mark the 51st Earth Day since its...
NASA leverages gamers to save the world’s coral reefs
As rising temperatures continue to bleach delicate coral ecosystems, NASA scientists are turning to gamers to help map out the ocean floor. If you’re willing to put your candy crushing obsession aside for a bit, NASA is offering gamers the opportunity to partake in a mission of global importance. Despite covering less than a percent of the ocean floor, coral reefs are home to more than a quarter of all marine...
Investigation claims Facebook rife with political manipulation
A former employee at Facebook alleges that the social media giant prioritises PR in the west. In other countries with less influence, policy abuses and political deception on the platform are reportedly being ignored.
Facebook is reportedly allowing world leaders and influential figures to go against company policy and post politically deceiving content, so long as it doesn’t affect relations in the west.
This week, an investigation carried out by
