Thu 14 November 2024: A team of physicists from the University of Münster has created the world’s smallest QR code, earning them a place in the Guinness Book of Records. The QR code measures 5.38 square micrometres, which, according to the university, is approximately 20 times smaller than the previous world record held by a research group from […]
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Thu 14 November 2024: Micro-blogging site says it now has more than 15 million users, up from nine million in September. Social media platform Bluesky has gained more than one million new users since the US presidential election, benefitting from an exodus of people unhappy with the direction of X under billionaire owner Elon Musk. […]
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Thu 14 November 2024: The British news outlet quits X citing ‘disturbing content’ on the platform, including racism and conspiracy theories. British news outlet The Guardian has announced it will no longer post content on X due to the “disturbing content” on the “toxic media platform”, including racism and conspiracy theories. The Guardian wrote on […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: In the ambitious pursuit to tackle the harms from false content on social media and news websites, data scientists are getting creative. While still in their training wheels, the large language models (LLMs) used to create chatbots like ChatGPT are being recruited to spot fake news. With better detection, AI fake news checking systems may be able […]
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Tue 12 November 2024: The price of Bitcoin reached almost $90,000 level on Tuesday, hitting historical high levels. During the last 24-hour period, the price of the largest cryptocurrency saw a low of $80,800 and a high of $89,900. It was at $70,000 level a week ago, and gained around 30% in the seven-day period […]
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December 2023 – Dakar, Senegal launched sub-Saharan Africa’s first all-electric bus rapid transit network of 23 bus stations. Mon 11 November 2024: In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions cause poor health, developmental stunting, and even death. Vehicle emissions also contribute to global warming. Electric vehicles could help solve these problems but they’ve been […]
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Sat 09 November 2024: The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said that cyberattacks targeting hospitals are not merely security breaches, but “issues of life and death.” “Let’s be clear at the outset that ransomware and other cyberattacks on hospitals and other health facilities are not just issues of security and confidentiality, they can be issues […]
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Fri 08 November 2024: Bitcoin hit another record high on Friday amid continued optimism about the election of Donald Trump and a potentially more crypto-friendly Congress. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap moved as high as $77,300 Friday afternoon, just days after creating other price milestones. The gains come as the stock market has also hit […]
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Thu 07 November 2024: Legislation to prevent children accessing social media will be introduced by Australia’s parliament later this year and will take effect 12 months after ratification. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced plans to legislate for a ban on social media for children under 16 years of age, an initiative his government says is […]
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Wed 06 November 2024: NASA has identified nine regions for astronauts to land on the Moon as part of the Artemis III mission, marking the first lunar landing in 50 years. Preparations for NASA’s return to the Moon are accelerating with the Artemis III mission. The selected landing sites are located near the Moon‘s south pole, where the […]
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