βReset Earthβ game encourages Gen Z to protect the ozone layer
The United Nations is launching an animated film and interactive game that aims to teach Gen Z how to protect and appreciate the ozone layer. Whoβd have thought the UN would be dropping a mobile game in 2021? βReset Earthβ is a new game and interactive web series...
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Wattpadβs takeover spells big opportunities for aspiring writers
Wattpad - the user-generated publishing app providing big-time opportunities to aspiring writers - is set for a huge year, with a purported $600 million buyout almost doubling its community in size. Itβs safe to say seniors at Wattpad arenβt exactly lacking in ambition. In 2020, the self-publishing company outlined its desire...
New electric car batteries can charge in five-minutes
Israeli company StoreDot has unveiled the first factory produced, five-minute charging battery, which could make electric cars a more viable option for buyers in the near future. Electric cars have taken a while to truly take off with consumers. While big names like Tesla have made them trendy for wealthy...
TikTok to support its Black creators with new incubator program
In lieu of broader efforts to ensure greater diversity and representation on the platform, TikTok has launched its Black Creators program for 2021. With the Black Lives Matter movement reaching a fever pitch of momentum in 2020, the biggest social media platforms are finally understanding the importance of providing all...
Facebookβs ‘smart glasses’ bring us closer to wearable AR in 2021
2021 is set to become a breakthrough year for the rollout of smart glasses and Facebook is at the front of the queue with its own wearable tech, though itβs not without a significant catch. Frankly speaking, the future of wearable gadgets and real-world integration with augmented reality is easily...
Parler servers shut down in wake of US Capitol riot
Originally peddled as a social media network for unbridled free speech, Parler has been taken offline by hosts Amazon following the Capitol riots in the US. Parler, the Twitter clone known for peddling unbridled free speech with dangerously loose content moderation tools β depending on which side of the fence...
Start-ups are racing to build the worldβs first flying taxis
The flying cars of science fiction could soon become part of our everyday reality, and savvy start-ups are looking to build city infrastructures now. The recent Blade Runner sequel depicted a futuristic Los Angeles in the year 2049, where acid rain fell from skies crowded with flying cars called βskimmersβ that zip along aerial highways. Disappointing as the movie was, its Hollywood writers may have been onto something in terms...
Japan developing wooden satellites to reduce space junk
Kyoto University has teamed up with Sumitomo Forestry to create the first satellites made entirely of wood. Itβs hoped that theyβll reduce the levels of space junk in our atmosphere. If you thought human littering and wastage was a problem confined to just our planet, you may want to look into the ever-pressing issue of space junk. More satellites are being launched into our atmosphere every year. Tiny alumina particles are...
Too Good To Go is leading the tech revolution against surplus food waste
Too Good To Go is the rapidly growing social impact start-up leading a revolution against surplus food waste across Europe and the US. Whether or not youβre partaking in Veganuary, thereβs no question that diving into 2021 people are more conscious than ever before in terms of what weβre eating, and limiting carbon footprints will no doubt be one of the popular New Yearβs resolutions this year. Now able to arm...
Illicit apps promoting Covid-19 parties are finally being pulled
Brought to light by a reporter on Twitter, a controversial phone app that connected cooped up socialites at nearby βpandemic partiesβ has finally been pulled. An app that promoted and claimed to host illegal parties during lockdown has this week been ousted from iOS, and efforts have been elevated to upend plans of this nefarious variety altogether. Vybe Together, whose slogan happened to be βGet your party on, Get your rebel...