Technology

A search engine that uses its advertising revenue to fund the planting of millions of trees has seen a 1,000% surge in users during the Amazon rainforest fires. Ecosia said they had ‘mixed feelings’ about…

More than 50 million people in China are practically quarantined because a deadly new virus has suddenly erupted in Wuhan. The disease is said to have originated in a meat market in Wuhan and spread…

1856-57 “Cloud Study, Light-Dark,” Gustave Le Gray. Two separate negatives (the sky and the sea) are joined at the horizon. This enabled Le Gray to balance two different exposure levels. IMAGE: “FAKING IT: MANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY BEFORE…

Greetings. This is a message to Greta Thunberg, from Anonymous. We understand and sympathize with your concerns about the environment, and agree that the blame lies with many of the world’s most powerful corporations. However, you…

75,000 codices, 85,000 incunabula and more than a million books have gradually been uploaded to the site. The Vatican Apostolic Library, better known simply as “VAT,” was officially established in 1475, although it is actually…

Here are some of the most important inventions of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, from the cotton machine to the camera. 1) Phone The phone is a tool that converts voice and sound signals…

A man living in the state with the highest rate of opioid deaths in America is the first participant of a trial of a technique designed to help beat addiction. He’s had a computer chip…

Use this technique to end the war with your thoughts. Do you ever wonder why it’s so difficult to put down your phone?  The conventional answer is that you’re addicted. You’re hooked on distraction both because of their…

A local firm here made good today on its vow to embed employees with microchips.  Sporting “I Got Chipped” T-shirts, some 40 workers at Three Square Market, a firm that makes cafeteria kiosks aimed at…

Monsanto operated a “fusion center” to monitor and discredit journalists and activists, and targeted a reporter who wrote a critical book on the company, documents reveal. The agrochemical corporation also investigated the singer Neil Young and wrote…