An international coalition of police agencies has taken a major whack at criminals accused of running a host of online scams, including phishing, the stealing of account credentials and other sensitive data, and the spreading of ransomware, Interpol said recently. The operation, which ran from the beginning of April through the end of August, resulted […]
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain By analyzing online reading behavior across millions of firms worldwide, a new study out of the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) connects how much information companies consume and how the consumption relates to their size. “The way companies consume information is reminiscent of biological organisms. They take in, transmit, and transform information […]
Decoupling rates between CO2 emissions and gross regional product across the world. The map illustrates decadal regional decoupling rates for the period 2010 to 2020. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2411419121 More and more regions around the globe combine economic growth with reducing carbon emissions, researchers from the Potsdam Institute […]
On Friday, customers around the world flocked to Apple Stores locations to buy the iPhone 16 on its launch day. But customers in over a dozen cities were met by protests organized by current and former Apple employees. The protesters—holding signs and banners saying that Apple is “profiting from genocide”—demanded that Apple stop sourcing its […]
