Published by Nigerian Tribune According to the study, “Nigeria has one of the slowest broadband connection speeds globally (13.45 Mbps), ranking 105th, and slightly faster mobile internet (17.91 Mbps), ranking 96th. However, the country’s broadband speed growth is one of the fastest on the planet, ranking 16th.” Covering 90 per cent of the global population, […]
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Fires, floods, flying insects: 10 recent climate-fuelled disasters
Published by AFP Paris (AFP) – From a summer of fire and record floods, to freak frosts and locusts invasions, experts say man-made climate change is wreaking havoc on the world’s weather. Here are some of the most devastating climate-fuelled disasters from the past two years: Mediterranean on fire – Greece’s worst heatwave in decades fuelled […]
Why Whitney Isn’t Persuaded By Facebook’s Defense
Published by ValueWalk Whitney Tilson’s email to investors discusing why he is not persuaded by Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB)’s defense; responses to his letter to Sheryl Sandberg; other reader feedback and his comments. Q3 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Why I’m Not Persuaded By Facebook’s Defense1) In yesterday’s e-mail, I shared Facebook’s (FB) defense […]
The stubborn persistence of greed, war and want
Published by Sunday Standard The former Beatle was an early proponent of the artist-activist phenomenon. Lennon the artist was a product of his time, and – alongside contemporary and co-contender for the “Spokesman of a Generation” title Bob Dylan – did more than any artist of the time to define the time. Lennon had become […]
NASA launches Lucy probe to explore Jupiter asteroids
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – NASA launched a spacecraft called Lucy on a 12-year mission to explore Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids for the first time on Saturday, gathering new insights into the solar system’s formation. The Atlas V rocket responsible for propelling the probe took off at 5:34 am local time (0934 GMT) from Cape […]
NASA launches first space probe to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids
Published by Reuters (Reuters) -NASA launched a first-of-its kind mission on Saturday to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, two large clusters of space rocks that scientists believe are remnants of primordial material that formed the solar system’s outer planets. The space probe, dubbed Lucy and packed inside a special cargo capsule, lifted off on schedule from […]