Fact checkers label YouTube a βmajor conduitβ for misinformation
Organisations involved in fact-checking have come together to demand YouTube finally address its misinformation problem. YouTube has a little something for everyone, whether youβre looking for an amusing review of a takeaway chain or a comprehensive history lesson on the Mayans. The only issue with allowing almost anything to end up...
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TikTok ousts Google as most popular domain of the year
Thanks to Gen Z and Millennial uptake of video sharing via TikTok, the platform finally knocked Google off the top spot for most popular domain of the year. It finally happened, people. The almighty reign of the worldβs most popular search engine is over - at least for now,...
Uber and Arrival unveil new ride-sharing electric car
Electric car brand Arrival has collaborated with Uber to create a new, low-carbon vehicle designed with ride-sharing in mind. Letβs face it, whether youβre for or against ride-sharing services such as Uber and Bolt, they are undoubtably here to stay. Popular in cities, ride-sharing services can be a more environmentally...
Seaweed film could be the future of single use plastic packaging
London-based company Notpla was granted $13 million to boost sustainable packaging using seaweed. It hopes to replace hard-to-recycle plastic films used for food and clothing wrapping. The magical plant that holds together sushi rolls, adds flavour to our ramen bowls, and grows abundantly in the ocean has become an unlikely,...
Twitter bans βPolitics For Allβ account without specifying why
The integrity of Twitter as a democratic platform is again under scrutiny. This time, after permanently banning a political news aggregator account for a strange and minor offence. Another day, another censorship storm involving Twitter. The topical social media giant is under scrutiny after removing a popular political news aggregator account...
Twitter plans to ban photos and videos taken of strangers in public
The social media platform says it will ban unsolicited videos in public settings. Unwitting strangers cannot give consent, creating a problematic grey area for social media content. Sceptics, however, are already asking a lot of questions. Weβve all seen them. The photos or videos of people in public doing strange...
NASA hires theologians to prepare humanity for extra-terrestrial life
A priest and other religious experts have been called on to determine how different religions around the world would react to contact with aliens. As favourable as it is to live in blissful ignorance and choose to disregard the fact that weβre tiny creatures on a rock floating through space, at one point or another Iβm sure youβve been hit by the mind-blowing reality that thereβs a vast amount...
Climate tech start-ups raise a record $32bn in 2021
Opinions may vary on how significant the role of tech should be in solving the climate crisis, but that isnβt stopping overall investment growing within the sector every year. A decade ago, tech entrepreneurs searched for ways to emulate the likes of Zuckerberg and Bezos, filling market gaps with what they hoped would become profitable endeavours. However, amidst our growing climate crisis, the landscape is drastically changing and start-ups are now...
Scientists discover perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo
Believed to be between 66 and 72 million years old, the fossil was found in southern China and offers new insight into the very first stages of animal life on Earth. On Tuesday, scientists announced the discovery of the most complete dinosaur embryo ever found, tucked into a position that's strikingly similar to todayβs unhatched chickens. Found in the Late Cretaceous rocks of Ganzhou in southern China, the fossil β which...
NASA launches its first asteroid-deflecting spaceship
Named DART, the spacecraft has no other purpose but to slam into and redirect an asteroid 6.8 million miles out in space. Itβs the first planetary defence mission of its kind. Considering that we exist on a floating rock in the endless, chaotic abyss of the universe, NASAβs plan to practice deterring an asteroid from hitting our planet is warranted. Though DARTβs target isnβt a threat to Earth at present, there...
