The central theme of this year’s World Economic Forum is how history is at a 'turning point', based on the era-defining impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This moment is not just a turning point in history, but also for technology: businesses and society are in the midst of a digital revolution. To underline just how much change
The Clean Development Mechanism was established in the Kyoto Protocol (1997) to help countries achieve their emission reduction targets. The CDM “requires the application of a baseline and monitoring methodology to determine the amount of Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) generated by a mitigation CDM project activity in a host country.” CDM methodologies consist of five
Hydrogen (H2) presents a vital opportunity for decarbonizing the road transportation sector in the United States. Since the United States has the world’s largest economy, its decarbonization is essential for attaining global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction of the magnitude needed to fight climate change. Click below to read a Johns Hopkins University research paper
BUD, a nascent app taking a shot at creating a metaverse for Gen Z to play and interact with each other, has raised another round of funding in three months. The Singapore-based startup has closed $36.8 million in a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital India, not long after it secured a Series A
The number of women in technology and leadership roles has increased. Still, there has been little growth in the representation of women in terms of percentage in jobs like programmers and executives in the world’s top digital companies. These findings emerged from a recent Huawei seminar, ‘Addressing the gender gap’. Read more about the finding
Sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have plunged by more than 54% over the past week as the crypto market dropped sharply. NFT sales volume reached USD 25m, a drop of 54.6% compared to the earlier week, according to data by NonFungible.com. READ MORE FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCE HERE
Everyone says that technology is improving before our eyes, but with the creation of new smart contact lenses that statement may be truer than ever before. These new lenses feature a scleral lens that corrects the user’s vision while also incorporating a tiny microLED display, smart sensors, and batteries. This technology allows wearers to see
Starting in May this year, ABBA will perform as avatars (“ABBAtars”) in front of a real band on their Voyage tour. Using avatars, artists could reach out while overcoming not only virus exposure but also other touring related challenges. With artists performing as avatars, costs could also be reduced, making it economically feasible to perform
Third-party cookies have become synonymous with the sordid deal driving the past decade of digital business: unfettered and untransparent tracking in exchange for free content. Google’s recent announcement that it will delay the death of the third-party cookie until 2023 may have delighted some advertisers and publishers who get extra time to prepare for a
In 2020, after seeing a viral TikTok trend that encouraged women to save videos with fake conversations to use when feeling uncomfortable, high school junior Harish Kolli became inspired to create an app dedicated to keeping women safe by dissuading potential harassers. Recognizing that the videos’ popularity was driven by their preventative and discrete nature,
