21Jul/22
20Jul/22
Brits app-sessed: New Builder.ai data reveals over 20 million can’t live without social media apps
The average Brit uses just 10 of the 17 apps on their phone according to new research from Builder.ai. Yet, over a third (35%) claim that they couldn’t live without using social media apps such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. The survey of 2,000 UK adults reveals all about Brits’ app habits, Continue reading
20Jul/22
U.S. House passes bill protecting marriage equality
WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill protecting gay marriage rights, after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade imperiled similar precedents that protected rights to same-sex relations and contraception.
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20Jul/22
OPINION: Meta and hate speech in India
Deborah Brown and Jayshree Bajoria are senior researchers at Human Rights Watch
Last week, Meta, formerly Facebook, released its first human rights report, which included some snippets from the pending Human Rights Impact Assessment on India. But this was not a preview of the full assessment. Rather, Meta told Human Rights Watch that it does not “have plans to publish anything further on the India HRIA,” an abdication of its commitment to transparency and due diligence.
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20Jul/22
One Small Step For Man One Giant Leap for Smartphone Technology
On this day in 1969, OPPO’s partner and world-renowned professional camera brand, Hasselblad was part of a historical moment, capturing man’s first steps on the moon. Continue reading
20Jul/22
Optimism for construction industry growth remains high but its digital transformation success hinges on human-centric implementation, Outlook says
InEight Inc., a global leader in construction project management software, today launches its second annual Global Capital Projects Outlook. The Outlook draws insights from research conducted with 300 of the world’s largest capital project owners and contractor construction professionals across the Americas, Europe and APAC. Continue reading
20Jul/22
Love Island’s Tasha is the show’s first deaf contestant – here’s what you should know about deaf accents
I sat down to watch the first episode of this year’s Love Island with my daughter as I was told that there was a deaf contestant appearing on the show. I don’t usually watch Love Island, but as a deaf person I was intrigued to find out more about how this contestant, Tasha Ghouri, would handle being the only deaf person on the show.
20Jul/22
Depression is probably not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain – new study
Joanna Moncrieff, UCL and Mark Horowitz, UCL
For three decades, people have been deluged with information suggesting that depression is caused by a “chemical imbalance” in the brain – namely an imbalance of a brain chemical called serotonin. However, our latest research review shows that the evidence does not support it.
19Jul/22
Africans turn to crypto as charity funding dwindles
- Fundraising via crypto, NFTs grows amid funding downturn
- Advocates say crypto donations faster, easier to access
- Challenges include internet, power access and gender gap
By Kagondu Njagi
NAIROBI, July 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A sculpture of a giant tap spewing plastic waste greeted delegates at U.N. environment talks in Kenya earlier this year – a reminder of the urgent need for them to agree a global pact to curb plastic pollution.
18Jul/22
OPINION: Why is it so hot? Climate change is here
Bob Ward is policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Heatwaves are growing in frequency and intensity around the world due to climate change.
Scientists have been warning for some time that the rise in global average temperature, as greenhouse gas levels mount in the atmosphere, is causing an increase in the risks of hot weather.
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