How the digitalisation of everything is making us more lonely
Feb 08, 2018 14:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Technology
The UK government recently appointed its first minister of loneliness. The move came in response to increasing concern of a loneliness epidemic sweeping Western society. Psychologists define loneliness as a subjective,...
Falcon Heavy: amazing launch – but what about the environmental impact?
Feb 08, 2018 14:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
SpaceX has now launched the most powerful spacecraft since the Apollo era the Falcon Heavy rocket setting the bar for future space launches. The most important thing about this reusable spacecraft is that it can carry a...
Amazon's new headquarters: here's what it will take to be the winning city
Feb 08, 2018 13:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Cities across the US are locked in fierce competition to host Amazons second headquarters known as HQ2. This is a big race: a shortlist of 20 cities seems to think this particular corporate investment can go a long way to...
Police mugshots: millions of citizens' faces are now digitised and searchable – but the tech is poor
Feb 08, 2018 13:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The steady march of technological progress has finally shone its light into the dingy world of the mugshot the commonplace name given to the photograph of a police suspect. The mugshot represents one of the earliest...
Snap Share Prices Skyrocket Following App Redesign
Feb 08, 2018 08:35 am UTC| Technology
After an excellent IPO, Snap Inc., the owner of Snapchat has been struggling to prove that it can grow its users as investors expected. Thanks to a recent redesign of the app, the company was finally able to make some...
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Test Launch Was A Resounding Success With A Few Hiccups
Feb 08, 2018 08:33 am UTC| Technology
By and large, the launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket by SpaceX, the most powerful rocket to ever take off was a huge success. There were a few minor hiccups, however, including the fact that the core failed to land on the...
Reddit Bans AI-Powered Porn, Classifying It As ‘Involuntary Pornography’
Feb 08, 2018 08:33 am UTC| Technology
Reddit has always been a strange community where users of every age, gender, and point of view could find other like-minded individuals to indulge in their interests. This applies to porn, as well, with numerous...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects