Our society produces a lot of waste. Every year, the world generates over 2 billion tons of waste, with at least 33 percent not managed in an environmentally safe manner. According to the World Bank, this number is expected to grow by […]
Early last year, we wrote about tech companies moving out of California to Austin, Texas due to the state’s lockdown rules and poor handling of the stay-at-home order. Then in April 2020 during an earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the company […]
OZY Media is a Silicon Valley-based premium media and entertainment startup founded in 2013 by former MSNBC news anchor, journalist, and businessman Carlos Watson. Ozy provides a digital magazine and daily newsletter. Ozy produces podcasts, television series, and events. At its […]
With at least 81 countries racing to develop own their Central Bank Digital Currencies, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced today it will launch its digital currency eNaira in a couple of days from now. The news was first reported […]
On Monday, Taiwan said that China sent a record-smashing 52 PLA jets to breach its southwest defense zone. For two consecutive days, China has violated Taiwan’s airspace by flying military jets into Taiwan’s air defense zone unannounced. Last Friday, China […]
The smart TV market is heating up, with Comcast now wants to take over European living rooms as it currently does in the United States. Today, Comcast unveiled a broadband-powered TV to let U.K. users access TV without a satellite […]
German automotive industry supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG announced today it will invest in UK-based autonomous vehicle software startup Oxbotica to jointly develop driving systems for pod-like shuttles which will be able to transport people and goods, according to Reuters, citing reports […]
Twitter on Wednesday announced it has agreed to sell its MoPub mobile advertising network to mobile ad startup AppLovin for $1.05 billion in cash. Twitter purchased MoPub in September 2013 for a reported $350 million. In a statement, Twitter said it […]
When Google CEO Sundar Pichai visited Lagos, Nigeria for the first time in 2017, he announced the company’s plans to train 10 million Africans in digital skills over the next 5 years. He also announced Google’s Launchpad accelerator for African startups. […]
When it comes to studying, your entire success depends on your conscious intellectual activity, which is also often referred to as cognitive ability. Students of all ages rely on their cognitive ability a lot while being at school, college or […]
In January 2020, we wrote about Tesla after the world’s largest electric vehicle maker faced a lawsuit alleging racism for the use of the ‘N-word’ at Elon Musk’s California factory. It all started in November 2008 when over two dozen […]
In 2021, there will be an estimated 1.9 million new cancer cases diagnosed and 608,570 cancer deaths in the United States, according to data from the American Cancer Society. As such, early cancer detection and screening is critical in reversing […]
Yesterday, we wrote about Facebook whistleblower after the former Facebook employee unmasked herself as the source behind damaging leaks about the social media giant. Frances Haugen, 37, came forward on America’s top-rated news show 60 Minutes Sunday night. The former Facebook data […]
• Thruway Authority Announces Pilot Program Utilizing Drones to Assist with Highway Bridge Inspections • Partnership with Syracuse-based NUAIR will Improve Effectiveness of These Critical Safety Inspections • Pilot Program Will Be at No Cost to the Thruway Authority • […]
It now appears everyone on Facebook is back to life after the DNS issues were resolved after six hours of the worldwide outage that threw billions of Facebook users into darkness. According to DNS Checker, there’s a sign of life coming […]
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp have been down for over four hours. The outage continues to this afternoon after Facebook went down at around 11 AM Eastern Standard Time. In a tweet, Internet researchers Brian Krebs confirmed the outages were due to domain […]
Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, and Facebook Messenger, are have been down for several hours due to domain name system (DNS) issues. Internet researchers Brian Krebs confirmed the DNS issue in a tweet saying: “To be more precise (and Geek Factor 5) the BGP […]
Consumer-directed benefits are pre-tax benefit plans designed to give American workers more control over their earned income and save money on everyday out-of-pocket expenses. The consumer-directed benefits are offered by 95% of American companies and used by 95 million American employees, […]
A former Facebook employee has unmasked herself as the source behind damaging leaks about the social media giant. Frances Haugen, 37, came forward on America’s top-rated news show 60 Minutes Sunday night. The former Facebook data scientist also alleged that Facebook allowed […]
Over the past two decades, at least $3 trillion has been invested in renewable energy sources including solar, winds, hydropower, and battery storage. A 2019 report from UN Environment Programme (UNEP) found that investments in renewable energy were set to […]