The world is evolving at breakneck speed, and the recent COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a number of existing trends, which are only likely to be consolidated by the emerging political consensus that the climate crisis can no longer be ignored. While the direct effects of and responses to these phenomena are various and multi-faceted, the likely direction of travel seems to be toward increasing physical social isolation. With people spending less time together in face-to-fa

India legalizes crypto, unveils 30% tax on sale of digital assets India announced plans to begin taxing income from digital assets on Tuesday, while also setting out plans for the launch of its own digital currency. The Indian government unveiled a tax of 30% on the sale of crypto assets in a move that brings more clarity to the regulatory and tax treatment of cryptocurrencies following months of uncertainty about their legal status in the country. “There’s been a phenomenal

The social media giant said that the “AI Research SuperCluster” supercomputer is already operational, and it expects it will be fully completed around the middle of the year. Facebook’s parent company, Meta, said that its newly created artificial intelligence (AI) “Research SuperCluster” (RSC) will “pave the way” toward building the metaverse. The social media giant said that it believes RSC is already one of the fastest supercomputers in the world and will snag the top spot