Web3 has over 300 million users worldwide. What interests people the most in the metaverse? Buy things. In just a few months, the metaverse has evolved considerably, stimulated by major players such as Microsoft, Apple or Meta. To find out what people are doing in the virtual world, Marco*, a communication agency, has launched a...
Norcros PLC – a Cheshire-based supplier of kitchen and bathroom products – has said chief executive Nick Kelsall intends to retire after 30 years. He will step down as CEO and the board of directors effective March 31. Promotes UK commercial director Thomas Willcocks as new CEO, effective April 1. He will be designated CEO...
The international research network “TADFsolutions” coordinated by the University of Bayreuth was recently launched. It will be funded by the EU with around 3.1 million euros over the next four years. The aim of the association is the development of semiconductor materials for a new generation of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). These should be characterized...
The UltiMaker S7 builds on the award-winning S-series printers and includes new features such as an integrated air manager and a flexible print bed that take the devices’ usability and reliability to a new level. UltiMaker a leading global manufacturer of desktop 3D printers, today announced the launch of the UltiMaker® S7 – the latest...
Netflix offers a new life to Les Combattantes, a few months after its release in France. The platform broadcasts the series around the world, where it has met with exceptional and unexpected success. In the kingdom of streaming, Netflix is the king and the magician. Market leader with its 230 million subscribers, the site also...
Directors and Hollywood studios have been remaking films for decades. Many of these remakes are among the best films of all time: The Thing, Heat, Scarface, A Fistful of Dollars, The Departed… the list goes on. Each of these examples examines and recontextualizes the original story, creating a recognizable but—vitally—distinct end product. A good remake...
A study by the University of Oxford underlines Thursday that technologies for capturing this gas responsible for global warming will have to make spectacular progress to meet climate objectives. Forests, catchments, peat bogs, machines… CO2 elimination projects are currently largely insufficient to achieve international climate objectives, which will require the massive and rapid development of...
The head of a teaching union has called for private schools to have their charitable status removed if they continue with “fire and rehire” policies. Speaking at the Nasuwt teaching union’s annual conference in Birmingham, general secretary Patrick Roach criticised “bad bosses who believe it’s OK to threaten teachers with the sack in order to drive down their...
The coronavirus pandemic has seen the Government take unprecedented steps to keep the country afloat during numerous lockdowns. Now, Boris Johnson’s newly appointed Chief of Staff Steve Barclay has declared the Government should “restore a smaller state” and take “a step back from people’s lives”. Mr Barclay declared: “It’s time to return to a more...
It is “impossible” for the public inquiry into the government’s response to the Covid pandemic to begin on time after Boris Johnson delayed preparations for it, experts are warning. The prime minister is accused of appearing to shunt the investigation – which he pledged would begin in “spring 2022” – to the bottom of his “to do list”, after dragging his...