Pavel Varenka Bekungeke kube u-2020 ukube bekungekho isenzakalo esithakazelisayo okungenzeka ukuthi akekho obesilindele. Ngenkathi sikhuluma ngezinhlelo ze-SpaceX zohambo oluya ku-Mars cishe nsuku zonke, manje sinokuthile okubangele impendulo eshubile kakhulu. I-monolith engaziwa yavela e-Utah, futhi izazi ze-inthanethi ze-inthanethi zaqala ngokuzenzakalelayo ukucabanga ukuthi silungiselela ukuhlasela okuhle kwabafokazi. Ngenhlanhla, nokho, le thiyori iye yachithwa, futhi futhi akekho omunye ngaphandle kwabashisekeli be-inthanethi abachithe sonke isikhathi esisele bezama ukudalula imfihlakalo. Futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, sineTikTok, ebamba umoya wesibili ngenxa yokuhamba kukaDonald Trump, kanye neDisney, yona, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ephelelwa umoya ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-coronavirus.
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Amaya Toman Zomhlaba, thuthumelani. I-monolith engaziwa njenge-harbinger yokufika kwempucuko yangaphandle?
Sicabanga ukuthi nalesi sihloko esisematheni ngeke sikumangaze kakhulu kulo nyaka. Sesivele saba nobhubhane, ama-hornets abulalayo, imililo yequbula eCalifornia nase-Australia. Ukufika kwempucuko yangaphandle kuwuhlobo lwesinyathelo semvelo esilandelayo esisilindile ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka. Noma mhlawumbe akunjalo? I-monolith engaqondakali eyavela e-Utah yaseMelika yabikwa ngabezindaba emhlabeni wonke, futhi lezi zindaba zabanjwa ngokushesha yi-ufologists evela kuwo wonke amazwe, eyayithatha njengesiqinisekiso esizenzakalelayo sokuthi sivakashelwe ukuhlakanipha okuphezulu. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-monolith ikhumbuza ngokuphawulekayo leyo evela ku-movie 2001: I-Space Odyssey, eyajabulisa ikakhulukazi abalandeli bale filimu yehlelo. Kodwa njengoba kuvela, iqiniso ekugcineni likwenye indawo, njengoba livame ukuba njalo.
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Ngokuqondakalayo, abekho abanye ngaphandle kwabasebenzisi beReddit, abaziwa ngentshiseko yabo, abeza ukuzoxazulula le mfihlakalo. Ngokwevidiyo emfushane, bakwazile ukunquma indawo ecishe ibe khona ye-monolith futhi bamaka indawo ku-Google Earth. Yilokhu kutholakala okugcine kuveza ukuthi i-Utah monolith yavela esikhathini esithile phakathi kuka-2015 no-2016, isikhathi lapho uchungechunge oludumile lwe-sci-fi i-Westworld luthwetshulwa endaweni efanayo. Ithuba? Asicabangi kanjalo. Kungenxa yalolu chungechunge oludumile ukuthi kungacatshangwa ukuthi ababhali ngokwabo bakhe i-monolith khona lapho njenge-prop futhi ngandlela thile bakhohlwa ukuyiqaqa futhi. Omunye umbono uwukuthi kwakuwumdlalo wobuciko oyinkimbinkimbi. Nokho, sizoshiya isiphetho sokugcina ekuboneni kwakho.
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U-Vratislav Holub I-TikTok ibamba omunye umoya. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, sibonga ukuhamba ngokuzenzakalelayo kukaDonald Trump
Besilokhu sibika ngohlelo lokusebenza oludumile i-TikTok muva nje, futhi njengoba sekucace ngokushesha, icala elizungeze le nkundla liyahlanya kunokuba lingase libonakale ekuqaleni. Ngemuva kwezimpi ezinde, ezithathe izinyanga phakathi kwenkampani i-ByteDance kanye nalowo owayenguMongameli wase-US uDonald Trump, kubonakala sengathi i-TikTok ibamba omunye umoya. KwakunguDonald Trump nabeluleki bakhe abathembekile abanqume ukuvala inkundla ye-tipec futhi bavimbele umphakathi waseMelika ukuthi uyisebenzise. Ochwepheshe abambalwa bavumile ukuthi inkampani ingaqoqa imininingwane yezakhamizi zaseMelika bese iyisebenzisela izinhloso ezimbi. Kwaqala kanjalo-ke ukuzingela abathakathi okwaziwayo, okwathi ngenhlanhla akuzange kuphele ku-fiasco enjalo.
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Inkantolo yaseMelika ikuchithile ukuvinjelwa okuphelele kwe-TikTok kanye ne-WeChat izikhathi eziningana, futhi ukukhethwa komphikisi wentando yeningi u-Joe Biden bekuwuphawu olucacile lokuthi isimo sesiphendukela ku-ByteDance. Futhi ngokuyisisekelo ukuze kuzuze zonke iziqhwaga zobuchwepheshe baseShayina, kuhlanganise no-Tencent. Kepha lokhu akusho ukuthi iTikTok isinqobile, inkampani inesikhathi esengeziwe sokuqeda isivumelwano nomunye wabalingani baseMelika. Ikakhulukazi, izingxoxo ziyaqhubeka ne-Walmart kanye ne-Oracle, ezingaletha isithelo esifiselekayo. Kunoma ikuphi, singalinda kuphela ukubona ukuthi le ndaba yesitayela se-opera yensipho engapheli izoba nokulandelanisa yini.
I-Disney isenkingeni. Abasebenzi abangafika ku-28 bazolahlekelwa yimisebenzi ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-coronavirus
Umqedazwe we-coronavirus uthinte cishe zonke izimboni, futhi imboni yezokuzijabulisa yayinjalo. Nakuba uguquko lwenhlalo oluzumayo lube nomthelela ekukhuleni okukhulu komhlaba obonakalayo, akukho okuningi okwakungagujwa endabeni yowangempela. I-Disney, ikakhulukazi, ibimatasa ezinyangeni ezedlule izama ukulungisa kabusha iphothifoliyo yayo ukuze ihambisane kakhulu nesimo sezulu samanje. Sikhuluma ngamapaki okuzijabulisa adumile, ahanjelwa izigidi zabantu minyaka yonke. Ngenxa yokusabalala kwesifo i-COVID-19, inkampani yaphoqeleka ngokuqondakalayo ukuthi yenze izinguquko ezithile zesakhiwo, ukuvala wonke amapaki ayo emhlabeni wonke futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukuthumela emakhaya izinkulungwane zabasebenzi abasebenza kuzo. Futhi lokho kungenzeka kube inkinga enkulu kakhulu.
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AbakwaDisney bathembele kohulumeni bezifundazwe ngazinye nasezinqumweni zabo, ezibuswa ukuthi i-coronavirus isakazeka kangakanani ezweni elithile. Endabeni ye-United States, kuyisimo esidabukisayo futhi esingaqinisekile, lapho ukusabalala kungayeki futhi, ngokuphambene nalokho, amandla amakhulu aphula amarekhodi amasha enanini labangenwe yileli gciwane nsuku zonke. Kunoma ikuphi, lo mdondoshiya waphoqeleka ukuba adilize okwesikhashana abasebenzi abangafika ku-28, futhi lokhu kusebenza kuphela e-United States. Nakuba isimo sisingcono kakhulu kwamanye amazwe, akukaqinisekwa ukuthi ukuvulwa ngobuningi kwezinsiza nezokuvakasha kuyokwenzeka nini. Ngakho-ke, i-Disney de facto ayikwazi ukuhlela kude kakhulu ngekusasa, ngoba akekho owaziyo ukuthi kuzokwenzekani ngakusasa. Ake sibone ukuthi "umphakathi wezinganekwane" uzobhekana kanjani nalokhu.
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Benjamin Levicek 