Why space junk is the real enemy of the US Space Force

Why space junk is the real enemy of the US Space Force

President Biden affirms his support for an official military presence in outer space, which means a greater risk of space debris. Spy satellites might be the least of his worries. In the final days of his presidency in 2019, Donald Trump officially launched Space Force, the USA’s first new military...

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Snack: The Gen Z dating platform using vertical video

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...

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Archaeologists unearth ‘lost golden city’ in Egypt

Archaeologists unearth ‘lost golden city’ in Egypt

The second most important discovery since the tomb of Tutankhamun almost a century ago, the 3,400-year-old royal city contains stunningly preserved remains. Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed what is believed to be the largest city of the Egyptian empire and one of the most important finds in decades. The settlement, dubbed a...

Investigation claims Facebook rife with political manipulation

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

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Facebook app ‘Sparked’ to bring kindness to dating

Facebook app ‘Sparked’ to bring kindness to dating

In a ruthless age of dating, where potential suitors are mercilessly swiped by and matches routinely ghosted, Facebook is promoting a kind approach to speed-dating with its new app ‘Sparked.’ Getting into dating these days is easier than ever, thanks to a multitude of free apps such as Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge. However, this level of convenience and boundless choice has brought with it a wave of unsavoury dating behaviours that...

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3D printing could be the future of education

3D printing could be the future of education

Combining architecture and technology is a great hope for expanding educational access in deprived areas, and there’s no better example than 3D printed housing. A quarter of a billion children do not have access to education worldwide. Thinking Huts is at the forefront of combatting this huge injustice - and is using the once fictional method of 3D printing to do so. Maggie Grout started Thinking Huts when she was...

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Facebook unveils its Clubhouse competitor ‘Hotline’ with beta test

Facebook unveils its Clubhouse competitor ‘Hotline’ with beta test

Hot on the heels of Clubhouse and wanting to gain a slice of the burgeoning audio chat market, Facebook is finally showing its hand with ‘Hotline’ beta tests. Well... that didn’t take long, did it? Clubhouse’s meteoric rise over the last year has cemented ephemeral audio chat as the hottest new USP in social media’s ever-fleeting wheelhouse, thus putting a gigantic target on the app’s back. Keen to usurp the newcomer platform,...

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