We’ve all seen them; the dire economic warnings of apocalypse and destruction. Nothing will be the same, millions jobless, World War 2 sized debt and destitution. The hysteria even got so bad at one point that some UK newspapers were warning of another Great Depression.
As the old saying goes, “socialists soon run out of other people’s money”, and whilst that is very much up for debate depending on your political tastes, it’s probably worth admitting that the government can’t afford to pay the wages of half of the country forever.
The four biggest companies in the soft drinks market have come under fire for their contribution to plastic pollution in a recent report. Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestle and Unilever have all been named as being responsible for more than half a million tonnes of plastic pollution in six developing countries.
Countless companies around the world have taken massive hits and had to adjust to these unprecedented times, however it seems like a lot of tech companies are going to prosper during this global pandemic.
It’s always an interesting thought exercise for anybody wondering about the scale of change and reaction across the world to the Covid-19 pandemic, to simply cast their minds back one month and try and remember what life was like.
Last December, the conservative party won the biggest majority since the 1930’s and this was largely credited to the party gaining traditional labour seats in the North of England and Wales. It’s easy to see why - not only did they promise to deliver Brexit once and for all in their 2019 manifesto, but they also promised to finally level the playing field between the North and South
The massive issue of global warming is having an unprecedented effect on the rising sea level. From the ice caps melting, to the loss of Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets and the thermal expansion thanks to warmer waters – its clear to see there’s an issue, but what exactly are we doing as a collective to stop this?
Amidst the panic and scaremongering surrounding the ominous Coronavirus, there is an interesting paradox unfolding in the meeting rooms of the world’s most powerful people – how do they balance the protection of the population with the protection of the world economy?
Tech companies currently have a lot of influence over today’s society and it seems to have happened so quickly that we haven’t really managed to get a grasp on it. Additionally, this level of technology is so new to us as a society and we cannot fully appreciate the dangers of it.
It was early in the morning of Tuesday 4th February that people all over the world started to tune into the latest developments of the Iowa caucus results, expecting to find out who had struck the first blow in the race to be the Democratic Party nomination to run for President of the United States in November of this year.
Duisburg, in Germany’s industrial West, probably isn’t the type of city that most imagine when thinking about the country’s industrial might, but it may well be one of the most important in a new age of globalisation where Europe must forge new trading partnerships across the world to keep pace.
With a shortage of available properties and growing costs, renting in inner-city areas can be a minefield for those involved and many people are having to live in shared accommodation well into adulthood.
We’ve only just entered 2020, and social media conglomerate Facebook has already been in the news for a number of different reasons. Two of the biggest stories coming from the California-based company have been the banning of deepfakes and the controversial ad policy that played a big part in the election of Donald Trump.
Social media has grown exponentially over the past few years, with an estimated 3.5 million social media users in 2019. Social media has constantly been criticised, this year especially, for the affects it can have on young people’s mental health.
It’s no secret that the world is becoming increasingly urbanised - it has been predicted that around 68 per cent of the world’s population will be urbanised by 2050.
Facebook, the company, have announced their latest rebrand, changing their company logo to an all caps version of the word ‘Facebook’. Facebook, the app, will keep the iconic blue logo.
We live in a world where the religion of economic growth dominates everything. Whether we look at the ongoing climate disaster, the growth of inequality and the degradation…
The effects of air pollution on the human body are still largely unknown, but all of the indications we have paint a bleak picture. Barring a rapid shift to clean energy generation…
It is hard to remember the last time a week went by without a Silicon Valley tech company doing something which manages to not only disappoint, but also horrify. The latest culprit is YouTube…
In what is perhaps the least surprising news of the year, the future of HS2, England’s new high speed rail line linking London to the North, appears to be in doubt…
