Tag: Technology
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Loading…As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, Itâs Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content
Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as itâs revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed.
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âApp capsâ wonât cure teen social media addiction
If our smartphones have turned us into dopamine junkies, then all of us âusersâ have a favourite drug of choice. For some, itâs doomscrolling through X; for others, itâs the smug competitiveness of Strava; for many, itâs the entertaining escapism of TikTok. For me, itâs the aesthetic allure of Instagram.
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Human History âWill End When Men Become Godsâ
Yuval Noah Harari, an Israeli historian and the internationally best-selling author of Sapiens, has a new book out about the future of humanity, called Homo Deus. He recently sat down with The WorldPost at a Berggruen Institute salon in Los Angeles. In the following interview, he discusses the new authority of âdataismâ and godlike powers of science to redesign humanity and create…
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The Age of Cultural Stagnation
Has tech plunged culture into an era devoid of originality and surprise?
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What Keeps the Lights On
If you think the power system must run itself by now, youâre wrong. Behind every nicely toasted bagel is a vast network of generators, transformers, computers, wires â and, yes, people in backrooms sweating to make sure the juice flows exactly where, and when, it needs to go. What could possibly go wrong?
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Pakistanâs mass transit is failing. BusCaro thinks it has the solution
After the failure of Airlift and Swvl, this startup is stepping in to provide an alternative to Pakistanâs unreliable public transport system.
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King of fruits
Ordinary yellow pineapples were once so precious they were rented for display at dinner parties, but centuries of innovation made them commonplace.