How 1860s Mexico offered an alternative vision for a liberal international order: The Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, June 19, 1867 Edouard ManetWikimedia Commons In 1867, the world’s most powerful statesmen, including Austria’s Emperor Franz Josef, France’s Napoleon III and US secretary of state, William H. Seward, petitioned the Mexican government to spare the …
?A ‘Google maps for the sea’, sails ?and alternative fuels: ?the technologies steering shipping towards ?lower emissions – podcast: petrugusa94/Shutterstock ?Ships transport around 80% of the world’s cargo. From your food, to your car to your phone, chances are it got to you by sea. The vast majority of the world’s container ships burn fossil …
Decentralised social media offers an alternative to big tech platforms like X and Meta. How does it work? Podcast: Koshiro K/Shutterstock When Elon Musk acquired Twitter in 2022, many users looked for alternatives, fuelling a wave of online migration from the social media platform. Musk says he’s using Twitter, now named X, to champion free …
Why the UK census should not be replaced with alternative sources of data: Hert Niks|Unsplash Every ten years since 1801 – save for a wartime interruption in 1941 – the UK government has conducted a national census of England and Wales. This is a big event. The data collated in the last survey, in 2021, …
Glue ear: there’s a better alternative to grommet surgery: Mama Belle and the kids/Shutterstock Glitches in our evolutionary development mean that 80% of four-year-olds get glue ear, a temporary loss of hearing. Many have costly and unnecessary surgery despite there being excellent non-surgical alternatives. Glue ear or secretory otitis media, to give it its medical …
How community markets for all could be a sustainable alternative to food banks: Troyan/Shutterstock The number of people using food banks in the UK has increased from 26,000 in 2008-09 to more than 100 times that in 2023. Nearly one in five British households experienced moderate to severe food insecurity in September 2022. In the …
Euclid space mission is set for launch – here’s how it will test alternative theories of gravity: NASA The European Space Agency’s (Esa) Euclid mission will launch into space on a Falcon9 rocket from SpaceX on July 1, or soon after. Many of us who have worked on it will be in Florida to watch …
Welsh mining towns had alternative currencies 200 years ago – here’s what the crypto world could learn from them: A halfpenny token issued by the Parys Mining Company of Anglesey in 1788. The hooded druid design was used for many years and was the first of hundreds of token designs. BrandonBigheart/Wikimedia You can also read …
Klipsch Introduces a High-Resolution Alternative to Sound Bars with The Fives Powered Monitors: Klipsch®, a tech-driven premium global audio company, is pleased to add The Fives powered monitors to its award-winning series of Heritage Wireless speakers. The Fives are the brand’s first powered monitors to feature HDMI-ARC to connect directly to a TV, producing high …
How China is increasing its influence in central Asia as part of global plans to offer an alternative to the west: The Kazakh port of Aktau will be useful in the expansion of trade routes in the region. Matyas Rehak/Shutterstock As G7 leaders were preparing for their recent summit in Japan, China’s president Xi Jinping …
Degrowth isn’t the same as a recession – it’s an alternative to growing the economy forever: lovelyday12/shutterstock The UK economy unexpectedly shrank by 0.3% in March, according to the Office of National Statistics. And though the country is likely to narrowly avoid an official recession in 2023, just as it did the previous year, the …
Young people are drinking less – here’s an alternative to try on your next night out: For many young people, arcades and board game cafes are replacing traditional pubs and bars. Jacob Lund / Shutterstock A new leisure trend is providing an alternative to pubs and bars for young people whose alcohol consumption has been …
Document with BookStack, an open source Confluence alternative: Document with BookStack, an open source Confluence alternative ssddanbrown Tue, 01/03/2023 – 03:00 BookStack is an open source, web-based documentation system, that allows you to create a structured knowledge store for personal, team, or company use. BookStack focuses on ease-of-use and design to provide an experience suitable …
Female genital mutilation rates peak in Kenya during school holidays – an alternative option offers a solution: A past anti-FGM campaign meeting in Kajiado County, Kenya. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images Female genital mutilation is a practice deeply rooted in cultural traditions around the world. The World Health Organisation defines it as comprising all procedures …
Tour Collabora Online, an open source alternative to Google Workspace: Tour Collabora Online, an open source alternative to Google Workspace Heike Jurzik Mon, 07/25/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like Setting up your own cloud office is an important step towards digital sovereignty. Collabora Online is an open source …
OpenWrt, an open source alternative to firmware for home routers: OpenWrt, an open source alternative to firmware for home routers Stephan Avenwedde Tue, 07/12/2022 – 03:00 1 reader likes this 1 reader likes this If you’re reading this article from home, you are probably connected with a LTE/5G/DSL/WIFI router. Such devices are usually responsible to …
Try this open source alternative to Salesforce: Try this open source alternative to Salesforce Laryn Kragt Bakker Tue, 04/12/2022 – 03:00 Up Register or Login to like. CiviCRM is an open source constituent relationship management (CRM) system designed to help you manage information about your organization’s contacts, members, donations, and events. It’s built specifically for …
England’s planned school reform is just more of the same – innovation expert proposes radical alternative: SpeedKingz/Shutterstock The educational landscape needs overhauling in England. The school system is based on a 20th century framework that is no longer relevant in an increasingly digital world. Now, after school closures and the disruption caused by the pandemic, …