Are we living in a computer simulation? This physicist says his study supports the theory

Netflix has been steadily upping the quality of its ad-supported plan, boosting the video resolution while offering two concurrent streams rather than just one. Now, Netflix is teeing up a feature for ad-supported subscribers that its competitors have yet to match: downloads. In a blog post marking the (almost) one-year anniversary of Netflix “Standard with Ads” (formerly known as “Basic with Ads”), Netflix advertising president Amy Reinhard said that all subscribers on Netflix’s ad-supported plan would be able to download videos for offline viewing by “the end of this week.” The move will mak...

Forests play a key role in the fight against pollution and environmental degradation. They remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide, reduce the risks of natural disasters, help moderate air and soil temperatures and on top of all that they’re enchantingly beautiful. But across much of the world these natural wonders are in decline. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that 420 million hectares of forest, larger than the size of the EU, disappeared between 1990 and 2020. In the last several decades Europe has bucked this trend. According to Eurostat data, 39 per cent of the European ...

With EU officials and MEPs out of town this week, we decided to put the spotlight on associations and influencers representing racialised communities and minority groups in Europe and discuss the impact the Israel-Hamas war is having on their circles. We were joined by Soundous Boualam, Chief Impact Officer at Brussels Global Review, Kim Smouter, Director General at the European Network Against Racism and Teona Lavrelashvili, Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre think tank. Panelists insisted that there was a lack of political will for real change in the area of equality in Europe. "I'...