Sweet Returns From Nature Protection
Nature protection is becoming attractive financially to entrepreneurs and investors.
Sweet Returns From Nature Protection
How is technology reshaping our future?
How To Reduce Cement Emissions
How To Reduce Cement Emissions
Three technologies could deliver huge reductions in emissions from cement manufacturing by 2030. Cement creates 8% of all emissions.
Is Battery Swapping The Future For EVs In Cities?
Is Battery Swapping The Future For EVs In Cities?
Are very small electric cars with swappable batteries going to be a popular choice for city vehicles in future?
Mobile Broadband Coverage Reaches 95% Of World
Mobile Broadband Coverage Reaches 95% Of World
Warning: if you want some time out from annoying work calls, the excuse ‘I didn’t have any signal’ is increasingly implausible. It’s been announced by the GSMA, the body that unifies the global mobile ecosystem, that 95 per cent of the world’s population now has...
New Shiny Packaging Technology Reduces Waste And Cost
New Shiny Packaging Technology Reduces Waste And Cost
You’re browsing the shelves for a present for that special someone. You are drawn to an expensive looking candle. It smells great. It’s got a rich, dark blue label, with shiny, embossed gold writing and tasteful gold shapes printed all over it. Just the job.Now if...
SPOTLIGHT: Gender Gap Closing In Mobile Web Use
SPOTLIGHT: Gender Gap Closing In Mobile Web Use
Around 112 million women across the world started using mobile phones to access the internet in the last year. But there’s still a gender gap of 234 million compared with use by men.South Asia saw the biggest rise in use by women, according to the GSMA in its...
Are Crypto Salaries Coming?
Are Crypto Salaries Coming?
Sending and receiving payments in cryptocurrencies is commonplace. But people haven’t taken the plunge to get paid their monthly salaries in crypto, until now.A company called NFT Investments claims to be the first in the world to pay the salaries and bonuses of...
The Rise And Rise Of Subscription Living
The Rise And Rise Of Subscription Living
If you subscribe to the notion that property is theft, then the shift to subscription-based living is perfect for you: we’re moving some way to a world where the concept of ownership is being fundamentally redefined.The last few years have seen a dramatic increase...
Crypto Tech Impact Will Dwarf The Currencies
Crypto Tech Impact Will Dwarf The Currencies
There has been a cryptocurrency feeding frenzy this year. As well as the already rich and famous like Elon Musk, millions of ‘normal’ people have piled into the market. With Bitcoin having increased in value by nearly 700 per cent over the past 12 months, some have...
SPOTLIGHT: Electric Car Market Share Accelerating
SPOTLIGHT: Electric Car Market Share Accelerating
The pace of sales of electric cars is accelerating across the world. Last year, around 3.24 million electric cars were sold in comparison with 2.26 million in 2019.Europe pulled ahead in terms of uptake, overtaking China, with nearly 1.4 million battery electric...
Advances In Brain Tech Spur Calls For ‘Neuro-Rights’
Advances In Brain Tech Spur Calls For ‘Neuro-Rights’
A turning point for Rafael Yuste, a neuroscientist at New York's Columbia University, came when his lab discovered it could activate a few neurons in a mouse's visual cortex and make it hallucinate.The mouse had been trained to lick at a water spout every time it...
Europe Needs $355bn For 5G Rollout, Industrial Study Says
Europe Needs $355bn For 5G Rollout, Industrial Study Says
Europe needs to pump €300 billion ($355 billion) into its telecoms infrastructure by 2025 if it wants to roll out super fast 5G across the 27-country bloc to boost economic growth and tap the potential of the technology, a report said on Thursday.The study by...
The Bringers Of Hope: 112 Young Global Leaders Named
The Bringers Of Hope: 112 Young Global Leaders Named
A new list of hope-inspiring people under the age of 40 has been published by The World Economic Forum. The world’s most promising 112 ‘Young Global Leaders’ are involved in activities ranging from advocating for public healthcare to campaigning for inclusivity in...
