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Facebook moderators call working conditions ‘mental torture’

The social media giant’s African hub moderators earn $1.50 per hour while working ‘day and night,’ Time magazine has revealed Facebook’s content moderators in Africa are among the social media giant’s lowest paid staff, but must deal with disturbing content that creates a kind of “mental torture” and “trauma,” Time magazine said in an investigation […]

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Biden to launch NUCLEAR tech working group alongside UK and Australia in apparent bid to push back against China – reports

President Biden is set to announce a three-way tech-sharing pact with the UK and Australia, including nuclear defense, sources close to the White House told Politico. The countries will meet to discuss ‘threats’ including China. Biden is expected to announce a new defense pact, reportedly called AUUKUS and involving the UK and Australia, according to […]

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‘There will be more pandemics’: Immunologist behind mRNA technology working on vaccine against ALL coronaviruses

University of Pennsylvania scientists are working to create a vaccine that would protect not just against Covid-19, but all coronaviruses, saying they hope it will be “ready to go” when the next pandemic hits. The effort to create a ‘pan-coronavirus’ jab is being spearheaded by US immunologist Drew Weissman, whose research paved the way for […]