Mon 24 August 2026: Over a quarter of Gen Z users interact with artificial intelligence (AI) as if communicating with a friend, utilizing the technology for emotional support and personal matters, according to a recent global study on Tuesday. A recent global survey conducted by Kaspersky with 7,200 participants showed that Generation Z uses AI […]
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Mon 24August 2026: Authorities are bracing for elevated threats of drought, floods, severe heat, and wildfires, as a swiftly intensifying El Niño heightens the chance of an unprecedented climate event later this year. Sri Lanka has organized water deliveries for nearly 72,000 residents in seven districts while confronting a drought tied to this year’s intense […]
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Sun 23 August 2026: If given the chance to gain thousands of admirers for your work, would you take it? The artists who my colleagues and I interviewed as part of our research on content creators did – and many went on to question whether it was worth it. Mark, an illustrator with millions of followers, revealed […]
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Sat 22 August 2026: Australian wildlife authorities are vaccinating thousands of little penguins against H5 bird flu in a major effort to protect the species. The campaign, which began Monday, targets up to 5,000 little penguins on Victoria’s Phillip Island and at St Kilda in Melbourne. The birds will receive two doses of the vaccine, […]
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Sat 22 August 2026: The people who built the device in our pockets won’t even let their kids use it. There are now multiple lines of evidence showing that social media is causing harm at an industrial scale. Peter Teal, who co-founded PayPal and then the surveillance data firm Palunteer, reportedly allows his children 90 […]
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Sat 22 August 2026: Who is Ahmad Hassoun, the ‘barrel bomb mufti’ close to the inner circle of the al-Assad regime? The verdict in the criminal case against Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, a top Muslim religious figure during former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, is set to be announced in Damascus on Monday. Prosecutors have called […]
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Sat 22 August 2026: Every electric vehicle, smartphone and laptop battery begins with one essential ingredient: lithium. The critical mineral sits at the centre of the global transition to cleaner energy. Lithium powers rechargeable batteries. Securing its supply is, therefore, an economic and geopolitical priority. The International Energy Agency expects global lithium demand to increase as electric vehicle production […]
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Sat 22 August 2026: Over Labor Day weekend, two expectant parents didn’t get the viral hit they had hoped for. During a gender reveal party in Southern California, a “smoke-generating pyrotechnic device” was supposed to simply reveal a color – pink for a girl, blue for a boy – before a crowd of onlookers. Instead, […]
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Fri 21 August 2026: Did you know that the Prophet Mohammed was a caravan trader? He helped arrange convoys of thousands of camels carrying valuable goods across the Arabian desert. And he put his commercial nous to good use. Not only did he found one of the world’s great religions, but also a model of […]
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Fri 21 August 2026: Each time you apply sunscreen to your face, you may inhale somewhere between 10 to 30 milligrams of ethanol, the type of alcohol used in alcoholic drinks. While the ethanol in sunscreen may not give you a buzz, it could make you think about what other chemicals you might be exposed to […]
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