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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...
Musk backs dating project to bring Tesla owners together
Tesla owners looking for love may not be riding solo for much longer Tesla-philes rejoice, equally self-righteous singles are waiting in the wings for your courtship. You can’t spell love with EV, after all. Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has reportedly given the green light to Tesla senior Ajitpal Grewal to begin work on Tesla Dating, a new smartphone app that will bring singles together through their mutual adoration of the electric...
Amazon gets FAA approval to launch delivery drones
After seven years of waiting, Amazon has finally received FAA approval to take to the skies with its fleet of Prime Delivery drones. Is it a bird… is it a plane? No, it’s that salad spinner mum ordered from Amazon Prime. This week, Amazon has finally been granted approval by the US Federal Aviation Administration to begin trials for its fleet of commercial drones in the States. After seven years of...
Digital subscription services continue to soar post lockdown
Britain has become a nation of super-subscribers with an average of seven services per household, according to new stats. Most people, besides maybe pensioners living out their retirement in aging rural towns, will know that online subscriptions are the present and almost certainly the future of home entertainment. Pre-Covid, Western viewing and listening pleasures were divvied up almost exclusively between ubiquitous hubs like Netflix, Amazon TV, Apple TV, and Spotify. And...
The ‘Karen’ meme set to become a horror movie
From phone screens to the big screen. Is there a more terrifying villain in modern times than Karen? One of 2020’s real life boogeymen, ‘Karen’ has become a pseudonym for the privileged, pedantic (and often bob donning) busybody that preaches anti progressive views online and generally just litters comment sections with cringe inducing complaints. When offline, the archetypal Karen can be found roaming restaurants and stores with a chip on her...
Driverless taxis use UV lighting to kill Covid-19 pathogens
What’s cooler than a self-driving cab? Answer: a self-driving cab that kills Covid pathogens with UV light. In wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a self-driving start-up called Voyage is kitting out autonomous minivans with ultraviolet lighting to sterilise cab interiors between rides. The new UV lighting system is an adaption of stock technology used in ambulances to neutralise virus pathogens, fungus, and bacteria between deployments and is set to be installed...
Billie Eilish celebrates Gen Z and digital activism in new campaign
Fronted by Billie Eilish, the uplifting #WhatWeDoNext ad campaign refutes preconceptions that Gen Z are out of touch thanks to modern devices and social media. Renowned as digital natives, Gen Z are no strangers to getting flak from their elders for being glued to their phone screens and ‘wasting time’. But today, on UN International Youth Day, an ad campaign by Saatchi & Saatchi has dropped with the intention of...
