Despite many national governments apparently recognising the urgency of the climate situation at the COP26 summit, new estimates from Climate Action Tracker suggest that the 2030 pledges made will still result in a global mean temperature increase of 2…
When Netflix finally announced its push into gaming last week, it didn’t come as a surprise to those following the company closely. Having long viewed gaming as a major competitor in the battle for their users’ time – sleep is another one according to …
Facebook trying to reinvent itself as the Metaverse can be seen as a rebranding effort after one too many scandals but the development also ties in with another crucial problem – one the social media network has been accused of keeping from its shareho…
A miniscule percentage of humans on Earth have not been affected in some way by the Covid-19 pandemic. The ways in which people’s lives have been altered are as diverse as the severity of the effects themselves. For some, there have even been positives…
According to website CoinGecko, the market cap of cryptocurrencies exceeded $3 trillion as of November 9, 2021. Bitcoin – by far the biggest cryptocurrency – makes up more than a third of that, while the next biggest coin, Ethereum, accounts for around…
It’s a question being asked with increasing frequency. Is the prime minister of the United Kingdom incompetent? For a majority of the public, the answer is clear – yes, he is. According to a survey series by YouGov, 57 percent said that Boris Johnson i…
Perhaps the most interesting piece of information to come out of PayPal’s relatively uneventful earnings report on Monday was the fact that the company has partnered up with Amazon to make Venmo a payment option for U.S. Amazon customers starting next …
Chinese international tourists had been the world’s biggest tourism spenders for a while before the pandemic and their relative absence in international travel – caused by strict quarantine procedures upon return to China – has been tearing a large hol…
The U.S. opened its borders today after a long wait for vaccinated travelers from dozens of countries. The opening included the U.S. land borders long shut for non-essential travel. Wait times are expected, which is no wonder when keeping in mind the a…
More than one and a half years after the United States closed its borders to international travelers from large parts of the world, the country is easing pandemic-related travel restrictions on Monday, opening up to fully vaccinated travelers from doze…