More than half the population of Afghanistan depends on life-saving assistance. Last year, the UN and its humanitarian partners reached 18 million people across the country. Last month, the World Bank transferred $280 million from that fund to UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP) operations. “I...
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The firm determined that three stocks could see meaningful upside. The firm also said that three of the stocks that could be on the radar of potential upside are on the right track for investors to see meaningful change in their view of the stock market. Three stocks could...
NVDA stock rose from a closing price of $130.44 on Dec. 31, 2020, to $291.11 on Dec. 31, which means it rose 123% during 2021, which is a fantastic return. But since Nvidia peaked at $346.47 on Nov. 22, it has fallen to $278.30. This represents a drop of...
Dropbox’s latest beta has added native support for Macs with M1 processors. The service has always worked on Apple’s M1 Macs, but until now it had to use Apple’s Rosetta 2 translation layer. The company was one of the last high-profile holdouts still lacking support for Apple’s ARM-based processors....
In a letter to CEO Susan Wojcicki issued Wednesday, more than 80 fact-checking institutions are calling on YouTube to manage what they say is rampant misinformation on the platform. They say that YouTube is ‘one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide.’ They say that YouTube’s...
Bitcoin mining operations in Kazakhstan have been dealt a heavy blow following an internet shutdown that has left the country’s miners unable to connect to the global network. Bitcoin prices plummeted on Thursday after the internet in Kazakhstan was shut down amid intensifying violence. Last year, the nation became...
In short: by emitting photons of a particular wavelength, it is possible to destroy the viral envelope and disable the virus. Many viruses, like influenza and COVID-19 coronavirus, are deadly. Fortunately, our immune systems can fight off many viruses. Still, others, like Ebola or the COVID-19 coronavirus, can be...
Google is adding the ability to rotate the screen on Wear OS smartwatches 180 degrees. It’s customary to wear your watch on your non-dominant hand — meaning your right wrist for lefties, and left wrist for right-handed people. Southpaws who prefer wearing watches on their right wrist have to...
The Taliban administration that seized control of Afghanistan proposed a joint body on Wednesday of its officials and international representatives to coordinate billions of dollars in planned aid. It was not clear whether the United Nations and foreign governments would back any such agreement as it would constitute a...
UK’s quantum computing ecosystem is gathering momentum, with a clutch of early-stage companies attracting significant investor funding to build the quantum computers of the future. “We’re seeing that quantum ecosystem grow very rapidly,” says Michael Cuthbert, director of the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC), a new facility that is...
