The 2021 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders, was released this week. The report states that “journalism, the main vaccine against disinformation, is completely or partly blocked in 73% of the 180 countries ranked by the or…
Among the products Apple is rumored to unveil at its spring event on Tuesday, a new iPad Pro currently looks like the safest bet. Having refreshed both, the entry-level iPad and the iPad Air to great success in the fall of 2020, an upgrade to the high-…
There had been rumblings of it for a while, but yesterday the bombshell finally dropped. An initial twelve football clubs announced that they have signed up for a ‘European Super League’ – a mid-week competition essentially designed to replace the Cham…
The scandal around government influence on smartphone maker Huawei has created doubt around Chinese companies in international collaborations and ultimately led to several countries banning and restricting the company from participating in 5G network u…
Scientists inititally estimated that 60 to 70 percent of a population would have to acquire resistance to Covid-19 in order for herd immunity to take effect, a threshold that has been revised upwards since the start of the year with 80 to 85 percent qu…
The world of football, or soccer for our American readers, was rocked by an earthquake on Sunday, as twelve of the largest European clubs announced the formation of a breakaway league, that would effectively upend the current structure of the world’s m…
In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided its first public data about breakthrough Covid-19 cases to CNN last week and it shows that vaccines have been highly effective at reducing infections, hospitalizations and de…
While the growth of COVID-19 infections is slowing down in some European countries, others are experiencing an increase in case numbers as they head into their third wave of infections. Between the fall’s second wave and the 2021’s third wave, the traj…
After creeping up slightly for two consecutive weeks, initial jobless claims registered their largest drop since August, falling to a new pandemic-low amid a growing sense of optimism. As states are gradually easing restrictions in the face of falling …
The Boston Consulting Group has just unveiled its annual ranking of the 50 most innovative companies in the world. Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the importance of innovation excellence in turbulent times. While the US tech giants …