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Sierra Leone agrees $55m rainforest sale with China
What’s happening? The government of Sierra Leone has agreed a $55m deal with China that will see the construction of ...
Katie Chan
May 27, 2021
Tinder uses prompt feature to reduce offensive language
What’s happening? Match Group has introduced a tool designed to stop offensive messages on the dating app Tinder. The feature ...
Sara Trett
May 27, 2021
US economy loses billions from lack of broadband access: Deloitte
What’s happening? The US economy could receive a $186bn boost and 875,000 new jobs if access to broadband was expanded, ...
Sara Trett
May 13, 2021
California seeks to prevent Nestle from taking water from forest
What’s happening? Water officials in drought-stricken California have presented a draft cease-and-desist order to Nestle in order to try to ...
Katie Chan
May 13, 2021
Addressing the sustainability impact of growing cyberattacks
What’s happening? A fuel pipeline that supplies the US’s East Coast has shut down following a ransomware attack. The US transport ...
Fred Fullerton
May 13, 2021
Autonomous police units could deepen racial inequality
What’s happening? The New York Police Department (NYPD) has cancelled a contract worth around $94,000 with Boston Dynamics for its robot Digidog after ...
Fred Fullerton
May 7, 2021
AI-assisted machines reward plastic recycling
What’s happening? Sensi has developed an AI-based machine that rewards consumers for recycling items such as plastic bottles and paper cups. The ...
Fred Fullerton
April 29, 2021
How about to clean up city air we use… cars?
What’s happening? Heatherwick Studio has revealed a concept for an electric vehicle (EV) that can "vacuum up" air pollution generated ...
Marc Height
April 29, 2021