Flying cars and care robots: Toyota’s futuristic city on show at CES Posted February 5, 2025 At the CES 2025 tech convention in Las Vegas, Toyota Chairperson Akio Toyoda revealed the latest developments in Woven City, a futuristic prototype city at the foot of Mount Fuji …
Dancing in the street: Kenyan capital emerges as social media and content creation hub Posted February 4, 2025 In Kenya, where white-collar jobs seem increasingly elusive, young people are turning to content creation and photography to make a living. Le…
Losing your kids to doom scrolling? Greece is building a government app for that Posted February 3, 2025 Greece announced plans to enhance parental oversight of mobile devices in 2025 through a government-operated app, that will help get digital age verification and browsing controls…
Heineken® 0.0 commissions new anthropological study, revealing going alcohol-free can still raise eyebrows–especially among Gen Zers Posted February 2, 2025 People’s drinking habits are changing. New research from Heineken® and University of Oxford Professor Charles Spence shows that despite the acceptability of low and non-alcoholic …
Why Apple TV+ is offering a free weekend of binge-watching Posted February 1, 2025 Apple TV+ was hoping people would make a dent in the Strategic Popcorn Reserve by bingeing its streaming TV and movies for free in what experts are calling a canny
Deputies are stuck using radios with Los Angeles County’s dispatch system out of commission Posted January 31, 2025 The archaic computer dispatch system for the nation’s largest sheriff’s department remained out of commission on January 2 after crashing on New …
FDA limits toxic lead in some baby foods Posted January 30, 2025 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set maximum levels for lead in baby foods like jarred fruits and vegetables, yogurts and dry cereal, part of an effort to cut young kid…
Ireland struggles to manage power for its many data centers Posted January 29, 2025 For years, Ireland has been embracing major U.S. tech giants, building data centers that consume massive amounts of power. But demands on the national grid have t…
Northern Lights bring tourism boost to Finnish Lapland Posted January 28, 2025 Tourists are heading to Finnish Lapland in the hopes of seeing the famous Northern Lights. Driving through the darkness, photographer Joona Forsgren is on a hunt for the aurora…
A million taxpayers are receiving up to $1,400 from the IRS. Who are they and why now? Posted January 27, 2025 Approximately one million taxpayers are automatically receiving special payments of up to $1,400 from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The money is being directly deposited int…