Money transfers from exiled Cubans living in the United States are crucially important for their families back home. But a recent US ban on remittances is forcing Cubans to go digital to keep dollars rolling...
Tesla’s shares jumped by over 10% following the news that the electric car company will be added to the US leading S&P 500 stock index. The inclusion follows a snub in September. Tesla Inc’s shares were...
Researchers at MIT have taught artificial intelligence to recognize a coronavirus infection by the sound of coughing. Will we be able to test ourselves every morning by coughing into our smartphones? The fact that smartphones...
“Storyluxe” spices up your Insta-Stories with creative frames and effects. The free iOS app offers templates in which photos from the gallery can be integrated, either individually or as collages. The templates are arranged in themes: “love”, “tape” or “flora” for example. Useful we find the templates “spooky”, “holiday” or “new year”, which pay tribute to the big celebrations of the year. We like the somewhat kitschy, but cute templates from the “neon” category, which decorate photos with neon hearts or neon writing. What we don’t like so much is that once the photos are placed in the template, they can’t be moved anymore. This may mean that the great photo is not really shown to advantage or that we have to choose another template. The layout of the app is minimalistic and the functions are available in no time. Classic photo editing tools are not available. If you have decided on a frame, you can usually also change the background. There is an huge number of possibilities for this: Marble structures, fireworks, clouds or ice crystals. However, especially beautiful backgrounds, as...
A vaccine jointly developed by German company BioNTech and US firm Pfizer has proven to be 90% effective at preventing COVID-19 infections, according to phase 3 trials. German company BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer...
Independent booksellers in the US face a crisis long in the making, but the pandemic is accelerating the process. An iconic New York City store is seeking to buck the trend. Early signs suggest it’s...
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Twitter released their earnings for the latest quarter on Thursday. Apple’s performance was the most disappointing in the group as earnings dipped on weakness in iPhone sales. Five big technology...
An unprecedented lawsuit against Google has echoes of past efforts to rein in tech giants like Microsoft and Apple. Attempts to enforce antitrust laws have left some players in the dust, while others are fighting...
All cryptocurrencies are digital currencies, but not all digital currencies are cryptocurrencies. Do you know the difference? Or how blockchain works? Read on for a glossary of key terms in the world of digital currencies. Digital...
Cryptocurrency transactions in Africa are growing rapidly. On a continent that already embraces mobile money, virtual currency offers advantages for a young, tech-savvy population. Africa is undergoing an economic revolution that has nothing to do...
Imagine going to the bank to take out cash, except without going to the bank and without the cash. If the Chinese central bank’s plan for a digital yuan succeeds, the future could look something like...
The World Health Organization plans to make 120 million rapid-diagnostic coronavirus tests available for people in lower- and middle-income countries. The tests are fast, simple and cheap — but are they reliable? The World Health...
