Instagram purge wipes millions of followers from major accounts
Doha, Qatar: Instagram carried out a cleanup of bots and inactive accounts that resulted in a noticeable drop in follower counts for several accounts across the platform. Though a routine exercise, the impact was huge and visible across different types...
'Second life': Vintage Fiat 500s get electric makeover
Turin, Italy: In a workshop in Turin -- the historic home of Italian carmaker Fiat -- vintage 500 models are getting a makeover with electric engines. Classic Fiat 500s, made between 1957 and 1975, are being brought "into the 21st...
Museum in Tokyo lets you ‘play back’ memories
The Extinct Media Museum Tokyo is a unique, private museum that showcases a vast collection of “extinct” media equipment. Located in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, these gadgets are already or will soon become obsolete due to the evolution of technology. The...
Carbon pollution is making food less nutritious
In 1988, the chickpeas and rice in this curry were part of a well-balanced meal - a serving of each provided a plethora of essential nutrients, including roughly 22 percent of the zinc a person needs to consume each day....
One trick to restaurant-quality salmon at home
It was a challenge for Ham El-Waylly to embrace home cooking at first. As an acclaimed fine-dining chef, there was a time when "if it wasn’t plated with tweezers, I didn’t want it,” he writes in his new cookbook, "Hello,...
