“Apple is set to expand ads to new areas of your iPhone and iPad in search of its next big revenue driver,” reports Bloomberg. The Verge writes that Apple “could eventually bring ads to more of the apps that come pre-installed on your iPhone and other Apple devices, including Maps, Read more…
The German news magazine Der Spiegel spoke to a 54-year-old who had always been in favor of the company’s plan to phase out nuclear power by the end of 2022. Until now — with fears about Russia curtailing supplies of natural gas. And he’s not the only one: A poll Read more…
Australia’s public broadcaster interviewed a virologist who “played a key role in mapping the evolution of COVID-19” (and was also “the first person to release the sequence of SARS-CoV-2 to the world.”) But interestingly, this Australian virologist also visited the Wuhan market in 2014, “and recognised the risk of virus Read more…
A major breakthrough in nuclear fusion has been confirmed a year after it was achieved at a laboratory in California. Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) recorded the first case of ignition on August 8, 2021, the results of which have now been published in three Read more…
Alphabet’s “urban innovation” arm Sidewalk Labs planned to build a model “smart city” along a 12-acre patch of Toronto waterfront known as Quayside. But they abandoned the project in 2020, points out MIT’s Technology Review, “at the tail end of years of public controversy over its $900 million vision for Read more…
Earlier this week, Samsung unveiled their new Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 — two of the most refined and polished foldable smartphones on the market. However, what Samsung hasn’t done (or any other phone manufacturer for that matter) “is make the case for why you’d actually want a Read more…
Physical labour is exhausting. A long run or a hard day’s sweat depletes the body’s energy stores, resulting in a sense of fatigue. Mental labour can also be exhausting. Even resisting that last glistening chocolate-chip cookie after a long day at a consuming desk job is difficult. Cognitive control, the Read more…