Since Snapchat’s launch in 2011, editing your photos with a filter has been a tap away, and these filters have come a long way from the dog ears and tongue first offered to us. Almost all social media platforms have some form of photo function with AR add-ons and image editability. Instagram now has thousands…
Afghan families gather to receive food from an Islamabad-based Christian organization on the outskirts of Chaman, a border town in the Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province, on Aug. 31. The Associated Press Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers struggled to keep the country functioning on Wednesday after the final withdrawal of U.S. forces, with foreign donors alarmed about…
An environmentally passionate entrepreneur believes his Covid lockdown-inspired invention will “help reduce our carbon footprint and improve the way we work and live”. Pith & Stem is a startup dedicated to producing sustainable furniture. They use reclaimed wood, steel and plastic to create bespoke and unique centrepieces. Based in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, the business has flourished…
Photo: Yasin Akgul/AFP (Getty Images)This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.Personal virtue is an eternally seductive goal in progressive movements, and the climate movement is no exception. People pop up all the time to boast…
GEISHA KOWLESSAR-ALONZO Leading UK port operator, Global Energy Group (GEG) has entered into an agreement with Swiss-based integrated energy company Proman to develop a renewable power to methanol plant, utilising local sources of captured carbon dioxide (CO2) to be located at the Nigg Oil Terminal in the Highlands of Scotland. According to a statement the…
Well, that didn’t last long. A mere 10 days after Mike Richards was named as the new host of “Jeopardy!” alongside actor Mayim Bialik, he announced he’s stepping down, according to the Hollywood Reporter. This decision follows an onslaught of pushback and protest after the Ringer reported he’d once hosted an offensive podcast, on which he regularly made sexist,…
Have you ever come back from an international excursion and wondered why American bathroom tech hasn’t caught up with the rest of the world? Or, perhaps you recently watched Deadpool 2 and you can’t stop thinking about that one scene you didn’t know Matt Damon was in (though, if that’s the case, you’d probably already…
Secrets are revealed and lies are exposed in what promises to be a game-changing week for soap’s finest schemers. Todd Grimshaw is left to die in Coronation Street, after Shona Platt accidentally knocks him down, but will he be able to remember anything about the incident? EastEnders’ Ruby Allen continues to struggle with the guilt…
PSG Asset Management says because mining and oil companies have not invested enough in expanding their capacity, demand will likely outstrip supply for longer. PSG Asset Management thinks the current commodity boom will last longer. Because mining and oil companies have not invested enough in expanding their capacity, demand will likely outstrip supply for longer.But…
Author of the article: Doug Schmidt Dr. Qiudi Geng, a research associate at the University of Windsor test local waste water for traces of the COVID-19 virus at the school on Monday, July 26, 2021. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star What began as an innovative tool that analyzed what Windsorites flush down the toilet,…
