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Fight The Man: What GameStop's surge says about online mobs

It’s a fable for our times: Small-time investors band together to take down greedy Wall Street hedge funds using the stock of a troubled video-game store. But the revolt of online stock-traders suggests much more. The internet is shifting society’s balance of power in unanticipated ways. And the same tools that empower the little guy […]

Renewable energy surpasses fossil fuels in EU during 2020

Renewables overtook fossil fuels to become the European Union’s main source of electricity for the first time in 2020, according to a joint study done by British and German think tanks Ember and Agora Energiewende respectively, released this week. “Renewables rose to generate 38 percent of Europe’s electricity in 2020 (compared to 34.6 percent in […]

“Long-COVID” imaging tech receives UK approval

As the world is still dealing with the effects of the novel COVID-19 virus, many who have contracted and recovered from the disease are still experiencing ongoing symptoms months later. Described as “Long-COVID,” a large study – which hasn’t been peer reviewed – conducted by Patient Led Research – a group of long COVID patients […]

DT & Samsung’s first 5G trial could spell danger for Huawei

German Deutsche Telekom and South Korean Samsung announced on Wednesday the successful completion of the first 5G Standalone (SA) trial in the city of Pilsen, Czech Republic. The two companies verified the performance of 5G SA Multi-User, Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) technologies, demonstrating three times higher spectrum efficiency compared to LTE, a joint statement said. “Samsung […]

Sercomtel to layoff 50% of its staff

Regional Brazilian telecoms operator Sercomtel announced on Thursday that it will laying off 50 percent of its workforce in an attempt to ensure its continuity in the market, which is heavily burdened by debt. The mass layoff – which will see its current 456 staff members cut by half – is part of the telco’s […]

Debate heats up over how countries tax Big Tech companies

An international debate over how countries tax big U.S. technology companies such as Google, Amazon and Facebook is heating up, presenting a challenge for President Joe Biden’s new administration. A mid-year deadline is on the horizon for talks about a global deal to defuse trade disputes with France and other countries that are imposing go-it-alone […]

The digital disruptions that are changing the world

Disruptions are a welcome break in almost all the industries around the world; however, some disruptions can indeed be catastrophic, but as every coin has two sides, it also brings great opportunities. The digital disruptions brought by the global pandemic has created a difficult situation for a few but there are several institutions that took […]

Apple to crack down on tracking iPhone users in early spring

Apple says it will roll out a new privacy control in the spring to prevent iPhone apps from secretly shadowing people. The delay in its anticipated rollout aims to placate Facebook and other digital services that depend on such data surveillance to help sell ads. Although Apple didn’t provide a specific date, the general timetable […]

Ivermectin – Newest Vaccine Warrior

Just when we thought we are on the losing side of the COVID-19 pandemic, a snowball effect was set in motion when the world first got wind of the what the Internet has dubbed the COVID-19 wonder drug – Ivermectin. While we still await a recognized effective treatment or vaccines for the pandemic, Ivermectin – […]