Pandemic

James Shepherd didn’t set out to become mayor — or even to move back home so soon. When the pandemic hit in 2020, he and his wife left California intending to stay in Newnan only temporarily. But as months stretched into years and his parents’ health declined, the decision became…

The pandemic was supposed to usher in a new era of work. Instead, it supercharged surveillance with everything from keystroke logs to AI-powered screen tracking A lunch break that runs a little too long, sneaking in some shopping, or simply taking a breather between tasks to rest your tired eyes…

Bitcoin may have significant upside from here as its current price appears to be out of step with the forward macroeconomic outlook, according to a crypto researcher. “The last time I saw such an asymmetric risk-reward was during COVID,” Bitwise Europe head of research André Dragosch said in an X…

UN Women This World AIDS Day comes amid deep uncertainty, and this year's theme, "Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response", is a clear call to action: the world must step up, not step back. Gender inequality continues to fuel the AIDS pandemic. Today, 53 per cent of the 40.8 million…

International tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) grew 5% in January-September 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 and 3% above pre-pandemic year 2019. According to the latest edition of the World Tourism Barometer, over 1.1 billion tourists travelled internationally between January and September this year, about 50 million more than…

The head of Mercedes-Benz, Ola Källenius, does not expect that business conditions in China will become easier; on the contrary, the German manufacturer will have to adapt. “Since the end of the pandemic, we see that the market dynamics are not what they were 15, 20 years ago...Read More

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News What's a word for...? Dave's Word Game is a new release from indie studio Bearwaves Arriving next month, it offers a new take on the word puzzler format Shoot for the high score by building multiple scoring words and compete with friends Ever since it first arrived in 2021,…

PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France’s Institut Pasteur respiratory infections centre said. The highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly…

Even the CEO of Epic Games is worried In case we didn’t have enough things to thank AI for, we can now add the soaring cost of computer RAM to the list. The prices of computer components like GPUs have been steadily rising due to things like the crypto boom,…