UK tells Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat to tighten rider account controls
LONDON Britain's interior ministry has told food delivery firms Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat to implement stricter
2023-11-14 22:25
BOE’s Dhingra Warns UK Consumers to Prepare for More Food Shocks
Bank of England rate-setter Swati Dhingra warned that consumers should prepare for more food price spikes in the
2023-11-14 22:22
Scientists discover reason why we experience deja vu
It’s happened to us all. Maybe you’re walking down the street, or sitting on the bus, or even just sending an email – then suddenly, you realise you’ve been here before. Déjà vu can be a puzzling thing. It literally means already seen in English, and it remains pretty mysterious as to why we feel it. Now, scientists have a couple of theories. Sanam Hafeez, a clinical psychologist, told Fox News: "It refers to the eerie and distinct feeling that one has already experienced the current situation or event, even though it’s a new and unfamiliar occurrence. "It feels like a powerful wave of familiarity with the present moment as if the person is re-living a past experience. "Some suggest it may be linked to how memories are processed in the brain, potentially involving delays or errors in memory retrievals." She added that it may be because the brain is processing information through multiple pathways at the same time, creating the illusion of a memory when you are living in the present moment. She said: "Regardless of the precise mechanism, déjà vu is a transient and common experience that lasts only briefly, affecting people of all ages and not considered a pathological condition. "While it remains a puzzle, déjà vu continues to be a fascinating facet of human consciousness." "It is also important to note that déjà vu is not associated with any particular medical or psychological condition. It is usually a brief and transient experience and is considered a normal aspect of human perception and memory." About two-thirds of people in good health experience déjà vu during their lifetime, according to WebMD, though it is more likely to happen to people aged 15 to 25. The website explains: "A familiar sight or sound can trigger the feeling. You may walk into a room in a building you’ve never visited yet feel like you know it intimately." Health.com adds: "People with more education, those who travel a lot and people who can recall their dreams are also more likely to experience déjà vu." How to join the indy100's free WhatsApp channel Sign up to our free indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-11-14 21:27
Germany’s Habeck Signals Siemens Energy Has Deal in Loan-Guarantee Talks
Economy Minister Robert Habeck indicated Siemens Energy AG has reached an accord with the German government and other
2023-11-14 20:58
99 per cent of Netflix users don’t use this one part of the service
Netflix is a popular streaming platform with over 250 million subscribers, but there's one feature that the majority of users do not use at all. The streaming services are not only home to thousands of TV series and films, but there are also plenty of video games to play. Gaming studios such as Night School Studios, which developed the Oxenfree games were acquired by the company. Despite the development of Oxenfree 2 exclusively for Netflix, the statistics show that most subscribers are not aware of or just don't use this feature that comes free with their subscription. There are up to 70 games on the app which are on the Netflix app under the 'Mobile Games' section, where there are games based on the most popular shows such as Squid Game, Stranger Things, The Queen's Gambit, Black Mirror, and reality shows such as Love Is Blind and Too Hot To Handle. Other award-winning titles also include Immortality, Kentucky Route Zero and Before Your Eye. Only 2.2 million Netflix subscribers (0.88 per cent approximately) play one of the streamer’s games daily, as per a CNBC report. But it appears there is a struggle to get subscribers to return to the video games after trying them, since more than 70 million subscribers at some time have downloaded a game. Perhaps, this issue could be due to games taking up more download space, and commitment for users. Although stats show subscribers are not playing video games, the streaming giant has been splashing the cash in this area since in the last year, the quantity of games available has tripled. But Co-CEO Greg Peters, says this is all part of the "crawl, walk, run" strategy that has successfully worked in the past. “This trajectory is not dissimilar from what we’ve seen before,” Peters said on the company’s prerecorded earnings call on Wednesday, CNBC reported. “When we’ve launched a new region, or when we launched new genres, like unscripted” we had to “crawl, walk, run, but we see a tremendous amount of opportunity to build a long-term centre value of entertainment.” How to join the indy100's free WhatsApp channel Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-11-14 20:47
Delivery Hero slightly lifts annual GMV outlook
(Corrects year-on-year comparison in penultimate paragraph to a loss of 624 million euros, not a loss of 467.2 million euros)
2023-11-14 19:28
World Set to Warm With Current Climate Policies, UN Warns
The global average temperature will rise as much as 2.8C above pre-industrial levels this century if countries implement
2023-11-14 19:20
EVs Are the Only Bright Spot in Climate Fight, Study Shows
Global efforts to reach net-zero carbon emissions are failing in almost every way, with one exception: the boom
2023-11-14 18:28
Nowhere Is Safe From Worsening Climate Change, New US Report Warns
The floods, heat waves, storms and fires fed by global warming are getting worse across the US and
2023-11-14 18:27
Five Takeaways From a Sweeping Report on Climate Change in the US
A major US government report published today describes how intensifying climate change is disrupting lives and businesses nationwide,
2023-11-14 18:26
Orsted CEO Ousts Top Executives After $4 Billion Impairment
Orsted A/S’s chief Mads Nipper dismissed two top executives as the company fights to recover from huge writedowns
2023-11-14 17:46
Europe Warns Methane Polluters as Bloc Pushes to Slash Emissions
The European Union aims to slash methane emissions by clinching a deal that could have global ramifications if
2023-11-14 12:19