Oil prices have risen again in the past year. Despite the large fluctuations and unrest in the oil market due to the war in Ukraine, the price increase was much lower than in 2021. Last year, the demand for fuel already increased considerably due to the economic recovery from the […]
Two British police inspectors have made a remarkable find in the archives of the College of Policing. They (re)discovered the only known image of the face of the famous serial killer Jack the Ripper. They are engraved on a walking stick. Let’s start with a disclaimer: Jack, the Ripper’s identity, […]
US House of Representatives members are no longer allowed to use the app on their official smartphones for fear of security risks. The rule, introduced by the House administration, comes a week after the US Senate voted on legislation to ban TikTok from the work phones of all government officials. […]
In the UK, the number of patients with little or no sequelae after a stroke has tripled thanks to artificial intelligence. The British Department of Health announces this. The Brainomix e-Stroke system, developed by an Oxford company, enables faster diagnosis and faster selection of the most appropriate treatment. In 111,000 […]
The West is trying to “divide” Russia and Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin said this in Sunday’s interview on Russian state television. He added that Russia is ready to negotiate with Kyiv, but the ball is in their court. “Everything is based on the politics of our geopolitical opponents, and […]
The British economy contracted more than expected in the third quarter by 0.3 percent. This is probably also the beginning of a prolonged recession. Earlier, the British statistics office assumed a contraction of 0.2 percent for the past three-month period. The economy in Great Britain was mainly depressed by a […]
Ten American gamers want to block the planned takeover of games studio Activision Blizzard by tech group Microsoft. They, therefore, went to court in California. The American competition watchdog FTC had also started a case to prevent the merger. The ten gamers claim in their complaint that the acquisition of […]
The European Commission is satisfied with several commitments from the online shopping platform Amazon to better comply with European competition rules. The deal means Amazon escapes a potential billion-dollar fine. The American company promises not to use other sellers’ data to improve its brands and stop favouring some sellers. Amazon’s […]
Facebook is abusing its power to market its advertising platform Marketplace, concludes the European Commission. If that provisional conclusion remains valid, billions of fines threaten Facebook. Facebook automatically gives its billions of users access to Marketplace, where they can advertise stuff or place classified ads. Whether they are waiting for […]
The US Senate has unanimously voted to ban the popular app TikTok from the work phones of US government officials. According to the bill’s initiator, the Chinese app is “a Trojan horse for the Chinese Communist Party”. However, the bill still has to pass the House of Representatives before the […]
