In 2025, long Covid is the public health crisis no one wants to talk about, taking a wrecking ball to people’s lives, the economy and the health service while those with power pretend there’s nothing to see here
42,000 people died of Covid or Covid related complications – a death toll surpassed only by the two world wars. Yet the country has no worthy memorial to the victims
The United States has been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which identifies countries that the global civil rights watchdog believes are currently experiencing a rapid decline in civic freedoms
Nine is a deceptively simple demo breaking free of the Commodore 64's famous 8 hardware sprite limit. Its creator has made an accessible explanation of the numerous tricks used to make it possible
One Ethereum wallet spent 500 ETH to spread a sinister message through Etherscan. The message, alleging mind control and malicious actions, burned around $1.38M to a dead-end address to spread the allegations about a firm named Kuande Investments
"...our analysis suggests that the corresponding resource-limited production peak will occur soon, between perhaps 2022 to 2025. If then we add tar sands and Orinoco oil, the expected resource-limited total peak occurs around 2030, although there is a major question over whether significantly increased production rates of the latter two classes of oil is possible. Finally, the resource-limited production peak of global ‘all-liquids’ is expected about 2040 or a bit after if the latter liquids are also produced at the maximal rate"
A former safety researcher at OpenAI says he is “pretty terrified” about the pace of development in artificial intelligence, warning the industry is taking a “very risky gamble” on the technology
Stocks, exchange-traded funds, and real estate are some common assets that make up a diverse investment portfolio. Now, it seems investors are adding trading cards to that portfolio
Alex: Developed AI drone swarms for disaster relief at 18. Graduated with top honours from Imperial. His job? Tweaking a single button's ergonomics on home appliances.
These aren't outliers. They're a generation of engineering prodigies whose talents are being squandered.
This isn't just wage disparity. It's misallocation of human capital on a national scale.
Landing a professional job in the U.S. has become so tough that even Harvard Business School says its M.B.A.s can’t solely rely on the university’s name to open doors anymore