The meat-rice hybrid is an alternative protein source that has a much lower carbon footprint than normal beef. Photo: SCMPOST/Yonsei University Fri 16 February 2024: In an innovative development for cultured meat and staple foods, Korean researchers have introduced beef-infused rice. Produced by coating rice grains with animal cells and raising them in laboratory […]
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NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation mission detected southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is much more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech-FILE PHOTO Thu 15 February 2024: Google and the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have partnered to map oil […]
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Wed 14 February 2024: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new ‘favourite contacts filter’ feature, allowing users to prioritise their conversations and offer greater control and efficiency in the messaging experience. The new feature spotted by WABetaInfo mentioned that it will appear with a dedicated chat filter in a future update of WhatsApp Web. […]
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Wed 14 February 2024: European politicians in two key committees have adopted new rules to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) ahead of a historic vote that may pave the way for the world’s first laws on the technology. Two committees in the European Parliament – on civil liberties and consumer protection – overwhelmingly endorsed the provisional […]
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Tue 13 February 2024: The Elon Musk-owned company X has revealed that its Creator Targeting program will soon allow advertisers to place advertisements next to specific content providers on the network. With this change, advertisers will be able to stop their advertising from showing up next to objectionable or controversial material. “Soon, advertisers on X […]
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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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