Authors explored sci-fi to prepare and protect humanity from the adverse effects of technology. Our need to be more connected, which resulted in social media, was addressed as early as the 1950s by Frederik Pohl. As new digital technologies become easily accessible for regular consumers, discussions around the metaverse reach a new facile dynamic. Tasks …
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The global clothing industry must abandon the “fast fashion” business model within the next ten years, according to the head of Zalando, Europe’s largest online fashion retailer. Robert Gentz, co-chief executive, told the Financial Times that the retailer, which has a stock market value of €21bn and enjoyed sales of about €8bn last year, aims …
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The global financial system must be reformed because it facilitates “reckless emissions” that treat the world’s atmosphere “as an open sewer,” according to former US vice-president Al Gore. In a wide-ranging interview with the Financial Times, the politician-turned-climate activist said the world could no longer afford for the finance industry to continue its large-scale backing …
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Wealthy countries have received over 16 times more Covid-19 vaccines per person than poorer nations that rely on the Covax programme backed by the World Health Organization, according to analysis by the Financial Times. Just 9.3 vaccines have been delivered to low-income countries for every 100 people, the data show — 7.1 of which have …
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Football clubs behind the European Super League will accuse the sport’s governing bodies of breaking EU competition rules as they attempt to dismantle a “monopoly” they claim blocks the creation of rival contests. Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Juventus — the three clubs behind the Super League — are taking legal action against Uefa and …
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When Saudi Arabia abruptly amended its rules for imports from neighbouring Gulf states, executives at an UAE conglomerate were stunned into action. They ordered company trucks packed with everything from cardboard packaging to steel pallets to return to Dubai from the Saudi border, while officials urgently phoned clients in the kingdom to ask if they …
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Vernon Dwayne Crider, the 55-year-old suspect, was accused of cutting a tiny hole into the woman’s window to record her, WKMG first reported. A Frontier Airlines pilot has been arrested over allegations he spied on a Florida college student. The suspect was accused of cutting a hole in the student’s window to record her, WKMG …
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A Frontier Airlines pilot has been arrested over allegations he spied on a Florida college student. The suspect was accused of cutting a hole in the student’s window to record her, WKMG reported. He faces one count of burglary of a residence and one count of attempted video voyeurism. A Frontier Airlines pilot has been …
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Regiment fired field gun at Topsail Island It wasn’t the usual morning for people walking their dogs or for parked motorists enjoying the view at Bellevue Park Saturday. As the morning’s fog lifted, vehicles carrying troops with the 49th (Sault Ste. Marie) Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery rolled into the park for an exercise on …
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Tens of thousands of supporters of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his right-wing government marched in Budapest on Saturday in a demonstration of unity behind the populist leader’s contentious policies that have led to challenges to his power both in Hungary and the European Union. The rally was dubbed a “Peace March” and participants …
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