Big Tech: A trade union is a strong counterweight for workers who want to speak up
Seeta Gangadharan, the cofounder of Our Data Bodies and a professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, has proposed that tech workers need to be taught how to be whistle-blowers. Ms Gangadharan envisions summer schools for computer science graduates that would arm them with the resources for...
US health agency will invest $1 billion in ‘long Covid’ research
The United States has announced that it will spend big on research into ‘long Covid’ – the long-lasting health effects of a SARS-CoV-2 infection. The funding comes as the scientific community is just starting to recognise the impact of the condition and unravel why it occurs. On 23 February, the...
Nollywood goes one better, premiers first-ever military movie ‘Eagle Wings’ in Lagos
The premiere of ‘Eagle Wings’, Nigeria’s first military-themed movie was held at the Blue Pictures Cinema, Lagos City Mall in the second Sunday of March this year. The film, which is a collaboration between the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) and the Nigerian Airforce, tells the story of how the military...
