Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Sci/Tech - LEVEL1

Meta Plans Paid Subscriptions for Facebook and Instagram in the UK

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is thinking about offering a paid subscription in the UK. This service would let users see their...

Annabel Yao Steps Up as Face of Huawei’s Pura X Foldable

Annabel Yao, daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei. Photo from Facebook Annabel Yao is now a brand ambassador for Huawei. She is the daughter of...

Protecting Undersea Fiber Cables

Chris Baraniuk is a technology reporter. Undersea cables are very important for the internet. They help connect countries and carry lots of data. Recently, divers...

Ashly Burch Raises Alarm Over Horizon AI Leak

In March 2025, Sony faced a lot of criticism. A video was leaked that showed an AI version of Aloy...

Microlightning in Mist May Have Triggered Earth’s First Life

Charles Darwin believed life began in a warm pond. Others think comets hit Earth, bringing life. Some believe lightning struck the ocean...

Saudi Investment Fund Invests $3.5B to Acquire Pokémon Go

Saudi Arabia is buying a part of Niantic for $3.5 billion. Niantic makes the popular game Pokémon Go. In Pokémon Go, players walk around in...

Two-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Upright Walking Ancestors

Scientists found a hip bone from a small human ancestor called Paranthropus robustus. This species lived a long time ago, around the same time...

Barclays to Compensate Millions Amid Widespread IT Outages

Nine banks in the UK had many technology problems over the last two years. They had at least 803 hours of outages, which is...