About 61 % of the world's population is Internet user, and slightly less than 57 % uses social networks, a type of service that has seen its user base grow by 500 million in the last twelve months.
The number of users of social networks grew more than 13 % since July 2020, which is equivalent to…
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WHO requests cooperation from China for Covid-19 investigation
The director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, believes that China should cooperate more in the investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, the first cases of which were detected in December…
Bank of America creates research team for cryptocurrencies
The Bank of America recently created a team dedicated exclusively to conducting research within the field of cryptocurrencies.
Alkesh Shah, the US bank's innovation data strategy staff, will lead this team along with Mamta Jain andAndrew…
Tesla could accept bitcoin again
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, would again be willing to include bitcoin as a payment method for those who want to buy their electric cars.
All this will occur, of course, according to Musk's thoughts, when there is a use of clean energy by the…
Video games are good for your health
The Oxford Internet Institute conducted a study suggesting that playing video games can benefit people's mental health and well-being, based on time spent.
The research, in which 3,247 players over the age of 18 participated, indicates…
Bayer buys American company Asklepios BioPharmaceutical
The German pharmaceutical and agrochemical group Bayer announced today the purchase of the American company Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, specialized in cell and gene therapies, with the aim of strengthening its presence in this sector.…
Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson were awarded the Nobel in Economics Science
American economists Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson have been awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel, popularly known as the Nobel Prize in Economics, for their "improvements in auction theory…
Cambridge creates 3D printed fibers for masks
A group of researchers from the University of Cambridge (UK) created electronic fibers through 3D printing that can control leakage from masks.
The researchers prepared electronic fibers that can be used as invisible sensors to monitor…
Investments in blockchain have collapsed during 2020
A report prepared by the companies KPMG International and HFS Research determined that investments in blockchain technology during the pandemic have decreased by 63%.
Despite these statistics, the document entitled Enterprise Reboot…
Twitter under investigation in the US for data use
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is currently investigating Twitter for the platform's use of personal data to personalize advertising, something the company estimates may lead to penalties of between 150 and 250 million…
Hackers attack Whattpad platform
The text publishing platform Wattpad has been the victim of a cyber attack that has affected more than 271 million users, whose data has appeared on the black market.
Wattpad is a social platform where readers and writers from all over the…
Cutaneous patch would be the cure for COVID-19
Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Pennsylvania, USA) may be close to finding a coronavirus vaccine.
This drug, which until now has been tested only in…