Tue 13 February 2024: World Radio Day is celebrated each year on the 13th of February. Since the first radio waves, It’s been more than a century of powerful impact upon news, drama, music, and sports. World Radio Day was instituted following a proclamation in 2011 by the member states of UNESCO. This was later […]
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Tue 13 February 2024: Payments from crypto-related ransom attacks have nearly doubled to a record $1 billion in 2023, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has said. Scammers targeting institutions such as hospitals, schools and government offices for ransom pocketed $1.1 billion last year, compared with $567 million in 2022. However, losses stemming from other crypto-related crimes […]
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Mon 12 February 2024: The price of bitcoin rocketed beyond $50,000 today, as investors continue to pile into new spot ETFs which received approval last month. It marks a significant turnaround for the cryptocurrency which fell to a low of $16,000 in the wake of the collapse of FTX in 2022. In 2023, it languished between $20,000 […]
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Mon 12 February 2024: The official TikTok account for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign was launched on Sunday night. This account is notable because most U.S. government-issued devices are now blocked from accessing TikTok. The “@bidenhq” TikTok account made its debut on Sunday amid Super Bowl 58 in the United States and Lunar New Year […]
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Mon 12 February 2024: With developments in the field of space, technological innovations, and access to information, many space terms have become a part of everyday life. Let’s look at those terms. Space: The boundless and infinite void in which all celestial entities and objects exist. Universe: The astronomical existence where all celestial bodies are located, limitless […]
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Sun 11 February 2024: Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday announced plans to shift one million people to Mars. “We are mapping out a game plan to get a million people to Mars,” Musk wrote in a post on X.com. “Civilisation only passes the single-planet Great Filter when Mars can survive even if Earth supply ships […]
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Sat 10 February 2024: US newspaper The Washington Post says it has seen internal guidance from tech giant Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, that shows a debate is occurring within the company over how to flag user posts containing the word “zionist”. The Washington Post says the move would be to “counter […]
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Fri 09 February 2024: Google released a free artificial intelligence app on Thursday that would allow individuals to write, read and perform a number of other tasks in their life without using their own minds. In a few weeks, Google will put Gemini’s features into its existing search app for iPhones, where Apple would prefer […]
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Thu 08 February 2024: In a successful liftoff early Thursday, SpaceX launched NASA’s nearly $1 billion PACE satellite to monitor the health of the planet, from its oceans to its atmosphere, offering crucial data for understanding and combating climate change, according to the US space agency. Though the mission faced multiple cancelation threats, PACE’s liftoff […]
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Thu 08 February 2024: While conscious use of technology makes our lives easier, unconscious use can lead to addiction. With the numerous innovations that technology brings, everything is at our fingertips with just a single touch. For individuals with gambling addiction, online gambling behavior is also just a click away on online platforms. In the context of the […]
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