Humans are throwing Earth’s energy budget off balance

Humans are throwing Earth’s energy budget off balance

Earth is on a budget – an energy budget. Our planet is constantly trying to balance the flow of energy in and out of Earth’s system.  But human activities are throwing that off balance, causing our planet to warm in response. Radiative energy enters Earth’s system...

Workplaces with shared seating will be the new normal

A Gartner survey of finance and corporate real estate (CRE) leaders in February 2021 shows that 59% of respondents are expecting shared office seating for at least a quarter of their employees who return after the Covid-19 pandemic. “An increase in remote...

What do people want to know about the future?

People’s interest in the future appears to focus on cars, food, health and immortality. Kaspersky tracked the trends of the future that people are most interested in, based on the analysis of questions submitted to the Safer Tomorrow online platform. Since its...

Internal audit could be overstretched in 2021

Internal audit organisations are facing both declining budgets and a significantly expanded workload in 2020, according to a study by Gartner. “For many heads of audit, it’s not clear where the extra capacity is going to come from,” says Margaret...

Double-digit growth forecast for smart home devices

Worldwide shipments of smart home devices reached 801.5 million units in 2020, an increase of 4.5% over 2019, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. Shipments are forecast to surpass 1,4-billion in 2025...