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Sea sensors to change the world in 2020?
Researchers are looking to deploy 50,000 ocean sensors to track ships, storms, wildlife, and weather in 2020. With Musk’s 60 Starlink satellites already filling the sky, oceanographers are now looking to build an interconnected network of sea sensors spanning an area larger than Texas. As we sit here today it’s feasible to suggest that we probably know less about the high seas than we do the moon, but tech tycoon John...
PlayStation 5 controller finally revealed
We’ve yet to get a proper look at the PlayStation 5, but the new controller suggests we’re likely to see a drastic design change from last gen consoles. With the Xbox Series X's official unveiling happening back in December 2019, Sony were expected to follow suit shortly after. However, here we sit four months later with nought to go on but unconfirmed devkit mock-ups of the PlayStation 5. Today, we’re excited to say we’ve finally...
Mobile-only streaming platform Quibi launches in lockdown
After sinking $1.8 billion into star power and content production, Quibi execs have decided to launch the mobile-centric service in lockdown. Businesses all across the globe are trying to keep their heads above water in this time of global crisis, but a select few are flourishing under the circumstances. With a large sum of the world forced to stay inside and entertain ourselves for an indefinite period of time, we’re looking for...
WhatsApp combat the spread of COVID-19 misinformation
WhatsApp is looking to stem the ‘dissemination of fake news’ by imposing limits on forwarded messages. WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging platforms in the world, with upwards of 1.5 billion recorded users across its chat and video call features. A large part of the appeal comes from WhatsApp’s privacy. Unlike Twitter, WhatsApp is an encrypted hub for people to speak freely without the social media megaphone opening comments...
YouTube to rival TikTok with short-bite feature ‘Shorts’?
YouTube is looking to ride the coattails of TikTok’s recent success by launching its own video-bite feature in 2020.
It’s fair to say YouTube is getting a little greedy taking names in 2020. Despite sitting atop the podium of biggest video platforms (and second in the most visited site), pipping Twitch to exclusive rights over all Activision Esports events, and boasting an astronomical turnaround of
Is the Coronavirus decreasing global air pollution?
It’s hard to find a silver lining to a global pandemic, but this just might be one. If you weren’t concerned by the spread of COVID-19 earlier this month, you sure are now. Having escalated from an epidemic to a pandemic seemingly overnight, the coronavirus now has government officials scrambling worldwide to contain the virus and to protect their respective citizens and economies. But while COVID-19 represents one of the greatest threats to...
The unstoppable rise of video calling apps in COVID-19 lockdown
Video calling platforms have gone from professional obligation to recreational pastime during the Covid-19 lockdown. Trying to muster positives in a time of global crisis is like searching for a needle in a haystack. Businesses are going belly up every day that the lockdown persists, with most global stock markets down more than 20% of their highs. However, there is one particular line of business that has seen...
Instagram is bringing ‘Selfie Stickers’ to Stories
If your Instagram stories weren’t zhushy enough already, the social meccas are now testing a feature dubbed Selfie Stickers. With social media platforms reporting peaks in user engagement throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, now seems the perfect time to introduce and test new features. Instagram are doing just that. Over 500 million users were already viewing and uploading Instagram Stories every day before the virus. Now with studies showing an increase in...
Our guide to Earth Day online
It may be a tall order to celebrate and honour the beauty of the planet from our bedrooms, but it’s Earth Day and we’re going to do it. Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a day us Earthlings usually spend showing support for environmental protection initiatives and demonstrating on behalf of Climate Change reform. However, just like our plans for summer 2020, the day’s events have been scuppered by the...
COVID-19 to derail next gen console launches?
With Nintendo’s Switch production grinding to a halt in Japan due to global concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, could the upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X be pushed back too? As if you even needed telling, Sony and Microsoft are again readying their revolutionary machines to usher in the next generation of console gaming, with both the PS5 and Xbox Series X slated for launch before the holiday season rolls...
