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How Microsoft’s new underwater servers will help create a greener internet
Microsoft has been running an experiment to see if underwater servers could bring faster and more energy efficient internet to the coast, and it’s proved to be a resounding success. In 2018 Microsoft had the idea of sinking an entire data centre to the bottom of the Scottish sea to see if a submerged setting could provide a more reliable and energy-efficient future for its servers. Concluding a two-year experiment,...
Social Activism: six steps to get you started
When Gandhi said ‘be the change you wish to see in the world’ this is what he was talking about. Welcome to Social Change 101. Social change is a concept that is a little tricky to grasp for some, but it’s something that has always had prevalence in society. Put simply, social change is what happens with likeminded people get together in order to alter social institutions, social behaviours, or...
Venus may hold the key to discovering extra-terrestrial life
NASA is set to investigate a recent discovery showing possible signs of microbial life in the clouds of Venus. Researchers have discovered the presence of a rare and toxic gas called phosphine floating around the atmosphere of Venus. Known to biologists as one of the strongest indicators – or ‘biosignatures’ – of microbial life, this breakthrough suggests we may have found the first signs of life beyond Earth… and not...
Oracle wins bidding war for TikTok’s US operations
A month of uncertainty surrounding TikTok’s future in the US has reportedly ended, with tech consortium Oracle winning the race to head up all Western operations. Trump has made no secret of his disdain for TikTok since ByteDance’s acquisition of Musical.ly in 2017, but a deal has been reportedly been struck to ensure the platform maintains its major presence in the US for years to come. Right when it appeared TikTok...
Highlighting food systems is crucial in the fight against climate change
A new report reveals that climate action on food systems can deliver 20 percent of the overall global emission reduction needed by 2050. Policy makers have failed to highlight national food systems as a key area in the fight to keep global temperatures from rising 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, a new report from the United Nations, World Wildlife Fund, and Climate Focus has revealed. For context, the agriculture, forestry, and...
The AI smart glasses with anti-distraction alarms
AI smart glasses are every procrastinators dream – who needs willpower or organisational skills when you’ve got the latest gadgets? As part of a generational cohort habitually known as digital natives, it seems unfair that we have to focus on work orientated tasks for sustained periods of time… unfortunately, that’s the world our elders have laid out for us. Technology is labelled the chief culprit for our fleeting attention spans...
Biotech start-up floods the black market with fake rhino horns
Biotech start-up Pembient is aiming to undercut illicit rhino poaching by flooding the black market with fake horns. Rhino horns are one of the most valuable commodities on the black market fetching in around $3,000 per pound, down from $60,000 just a few years ago. Believed to hold curative properties for traditional Eastern medicine and used for the selling of trinkets and carvings across East Asia, these horns are sought...
Cosmic signals from a black hole collision 7bn years old reach Earth
Seven billion years ago two massive black holes collided, and signs of the cataclysmic event have just reached Earth. Astronomers claim to have detected gravitational shockwaves emanating from chaotic merger of two black holes some seven billion years ago. The signal which provided ‘the biggest bang since the Big Bang’ rattled laser detectors in the US and Italy, telling the story of two black holes colliding and forming a previously unknown...
TikTok enlists Teespring to oversee new merch feature
TikTok creators will soon be able to sell original merchandise within the app. Having always had the potential to become an eCommerce powerhouse, TikTok is finally rolling out integration for in-app merch purchases this September. Teaming up with custom apparel platform Teespring, TikTok users across the globe will now be able to advertise and sell personal merch within their profiles much like Instagram and YouTube. No doubt buzzing off the cash...
Musk’s Neuralink lamented as ‘mediocre neuroscience’
Elon Musk finally unveiled his mysterious brain computer interface ‘Neuralink’ to the world on Friday, but the demo failed to deliver on bold claims. In July of 2019, serial entrepreneur and inventor Elon Musk stepped on stage in San Francisco and unveiled his blueprint for Neuralink, an ambitious brain computer implant that would allow users to control devices hands free through thought processes alone… or as the man himself put...
