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No More Daily Jabs for Diabetics

Biotech Company Fractyl Health is testing a gene therapy which won’t require daily or multiple injections for Type 2 Diabetes. The concept behind this hoped-for breakthrough is to replicate the current treatments Ozempic and Wegovy, but as a once-off jab which will last for years. The aim is to lower blood sugar and weight like […]

What Can TikTok Offer to Societies? Beyond What Meets the Eye

We all know it. By now, it has become one of the leading mainstream platforms, bringing to the social media scene a new feature and a new form of entertainment, reels. It is TikTok, the short-form video entertainment platform that in no time usurped one of the internet’s leading social media kings, Instagram. Used by […]

‘Caretaker’ Cook Pushes Apple Past $3trn

Apple has become the first publicly-traded company to be valued at $3,000,000,000,000. At the close of play on Friday, the share price of the company had risen to $193.97. It had crossed the $3 trillion mark before – twice actually, but was not able to sustain that value by market closure each time. The recent […]

Solving Web3's Integration Puzzle 

In a world where the digital realm seamlessly integrates with our everyday lives data flows effortlessly across platforms and devices, and trust and transparency reign supreme. Sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, right? Well, welcome to the world of Web3. But before we dive headfirst into this futuristic landscape, let me ask you […]

Amazon Web Services Wake-Up Call 

In a temporary setback for Amazon Web Services (AWS), a widespread outage occurred this Tuesday afternoon, affecting a significant number of major websites, including the Boston Globe and New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority. The disruption hindered the ability of news organizations to report on the court appearance of former President Donald Trump in Miami, […]

Sustainability in Progress: Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud

Yesterday it was announced that 22 renewable energy plants will be built in Europe, generating 2.2 gigawatts. This will serve a million households. To achieve the same wattage with legacy power generation would take 1.4 billion tonnes of burning coal. But if you have a picture in your head of a coal mountain when you […]