| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.10.2024 | Navigating the AI Landscape: Profitability, Potential, and the Corporate Frontier | The world of artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex tapestry, woven with threads of innovation, competition, and corporate strategy. As companies like Cohere carve out their niche in the corporate sector, the conversation around AI's cap... |
| 31.10.2024 | The Tug of War for Pennsylvania's Catholic Voters: A Crucial Swing in 2024 | In the heart of Pennsylvania, a silent battle brews. The stakes are high. The 2024 election looms, and the Catholic vote could tip the scales. This demographic, once a reliable bloc, now finds itself divided. With Kamala Harris leading the ... |
| 29.10.2024 | The AI Revolution: Breakthroughs and Challenges in October 2024 | October 2024 was a month of significant advancements and intriguing developments in the world of artificial intelligence (AI). From Nobel Prize winners to groundbreaking frameworks, the landscape of AI is evolving rapidly. Let’s dive into t... |
| 29.10.2024 | The Unspoken Weight of Grief: Bridging the Gap Through Conversation | Grief is a heavy cloak. It wraps around us, often suffocating. Yet, in a world that shies away from discussing loss, some voices break through the silence. Celebrities like Andrew Garfield and characters like Elmo have opened a door. They i... |
| 29.10.2024 | Чего на самом деле стоит ждать от ИИ и почему он начнет приносить прибыль раньше, чем кажется | Команда VK Cloud перевела интервью с Эйданом Гомесом, генеральным директором и соучредителем компании Cohere. Cohere — один из самых обсуждаемых стартапов в сфере ИИ на данный момент, но его ориентир чуть отличается от многих других. В отли... |
| 29.10.2024 | В клетках человека обнаружена «кнопка паузы», способная приостановить беременность | Мамы-медведицы приостанавливают беременность на ранних сроках, чтобы их детеныши появились на свет ближе к весне. Исследователи из Германии обнаружили, что такая же кнопка «паузы» беременности существует и в клетках человека.
«Хотя мы утрат... |
| 29.10.2024 | Nvidia тюнингует LLaMA, нобелевские лауреаты ликуют, исследователи Apple ищут логику: главные события октября в сфере ИИ... | Делимся подборкой важных и интересных событий из мира AI и машинного обучения за последний месяц. Сегодня в программе: Нобелевские премии за прорывы в ИИ, новые модели от tech-гигантов, 70 000 новых вирусов и затерянные в пустыне города, а ... |
| 28.10.2024 | Андроид подаст стакан воды: как работают роботы для ухода за пожилыми | Сфера ухода за пожилыми людьми — это сложная и, прямо скажем, непрестижная работа, куда почти никто не стремится попасть. Идея внедрить в эту область роботов-помощников кажется здравой и логичной — особенно с учетом того, что самые роботизи... |
| 27.10.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Lena Surzhko Harned: On Ukraine, candidate Trump touts his role as dealmaker while Harris sticks with unwavering support
By Lena Surzhko Harned | By Lena Surzhko Harned
The U.S. presidential election isn’t drawing eyes only at home — Moscow and Kyiv are watching closely, too.
Regardless of who wins in November, there will be significant implications for Ukraine as it continues to res... |
| 26.10.2024 | Forest Fires Are Shifting North & Getting Worse – Here’s Why That Matters | 5 Mins Read
By Matthew William Jones research fellow, University of East Anglia; Crystal A Kolden, assistant professor, University of Idaho; and Stefan H Doerr, director of the Centre for Wildfire Research, Swansea University
Fires have lon... |
| 24.10.2024 | Commentary: Celebrities like Andrew Garfield and Elmo can help us talk about grief | PERTH: When was the last time you heard someone talk in detail about their grief?
For many of us, it could be rarely or never. There are several reasons for this.
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| 23.10.2024 | Africa: How to Stay Safe in Cyberspace - 5 Essential Reads | Whether we're socialising, shopping, banking, studying or working, billions of people around the world spend hours each day online.
This digital immersion has many benefits - and plenty of pitfalls, too. Here are just a few of the articles ... |
| 21.10.2024 | Business | GoFundMe bets social media can unlock Gen Z giving. A Meta partnership and new tools will test that | It’s not the only player in this space. But GoFundMe, already the largest crowdfunding site with $30 billion generated since 2010, has recently moved to increase its influence in the philanthropic sector. It signed a deal in 2022 to acquire... |
| 20.10.2024 | The Echo of Loss: Remembering Liam Payne and the Impact of a Music Idol | The music world is in mourning. Liam Payne, a beloved member of One Direction, has passed away at just 31 years old. His death, a tragic shock, reverberates through the hearts of fans and fellow artists alike. The news hit like a thundercla... |
| 20.10.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Jennifer Selin: Why FEMA’s disaster relief gets political − especially when hurricane season and election season collide
By Jennifer Selin | By Jennifer Selin
Rumors and lies about government responses to natural disasters are not new. Politics, misinformation and blame-shifting have long surrounded government response efforts.
When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston in 2017, for exam... |
| 19.10.2024 | Shifting Sands: The Battle for Justice and Voting Rights in America | In the heart of America, two battles rage on. One is fought on the streets of Chicago, where the police department dances around accountability. The other unfolds in Nebraska, where the right to vote hangs in the balance for thousands. Both... |
| 19.10.2024 | A new generation of telescopes could transform our knowledge of the universe | In recent decades, we’ve learnt huge amounts about the universe and its history. The rapidly developing technology of telescopes – both on Earth and in space – has been a key part of this process, and those that are due to start operating o... |
| 19.10.2024 | Commentary: The pang of losing a music idol like One Direction's Liam Payne is universal | SYDNEY: Former One Direction band member and solo artist Liam Payne has been found dead outside a hotel in Buenos Aires, media reports have confirmed. Payne was just 31 years old - a loved friend and father.
Alongside his former One Directi... |
| 18.10.2024 | PowerSync and MongoDB: A New Era of Data Synchronization | In the fast-paced world of technology, partnerships can spark innovation. The recent collaboration between PowerSync and MongoDB is a prime example. This union aims to revolutionize how developers manage data in applications, especially tho... |
| 18.10.2024 | Africa: If Your Child Is Watching TV and Playing Online Games, You Should Do It With Them - Here's Why | Young children spend a lot of time using screens: watching television, playing on touchscreen apps, or Facetiming with grandparents. In fact, research on global screen time guidelines has found that around 75% of children aged up to two yea... |
| 17.10.2024 | Commentary: Tensions over Sikh separatist murder are another setback to Canada-India relationship | KAMLOOPS, Canada: Canada-India relations have suffered a major setback after Canadian law enforcement authorities accused Indian agents of involvement in “homicides, extortion, and violent acts” on Canadian soil.
In response, Canada expelle... |
| 17.10.2024 | Federal Monitor Expands Consent Decree To Cover PD’s Stop-And-Frisk Shift To Traffic Stops | After the ACLU obtained a settlement from the city of Chicago over the PD’s unconstitutional “stop and frisk” program, the Chicago PD decided to take the show on the road. Literally.
By 2022, CPD officers were making more than 600,000 traff... |
| 15.10.2024 | Embracing the Digital Classroom: South Africa's Journey with Social Media in Education | The COVID-19 pandemic was a storm that shook the foundations of education worldwide. In South Africa, it forced a rapid shift towards online learning. Schools closed, and teachers scrambled to adapt. Social media became the lifeboat in turb... |
| 15.10.2024 | Commentary: Timely decision to award Nobel Peace Prize to Japanese atomic bomb survivors | SHEFFIELD, England: The 2024 Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese grassroots organisation created by survivors of the two US atomic bombs that were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
... |
| 14.10.2024 | South Africa: Social Media As a Teaching Tool - South African Teachers Talk About the New Reality | The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a shift towards the use of social media platforms in teaching. The South African Department of Basic Education, for one, instructed all schools to adopt online teaching and learning to save the 2020 school ... |
| 13.10.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Nicholas R. Micinski and Kelsey Norman: A year of escalating conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a new era of regional displacement
By Nicholas R. Micinski and Kelsey Norm... | By Nicholas R. Micinski and Kelsey Norman
A year of conflict has ushered in a new era of mass displacement in the Middle East.
Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent sustained Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Israel h... |
| 12.10.2024 | Commentary: Hope returns to Kashmir after elections, but ultimate power still belongs to Modi’s government | ADELAIDE, Australia: This year’s local elections in India’s northernmost territory of Jammu and Kashmir were the first since the national government controversially stripped the region of its semi-autonomous status in 2019. It’s also the fi... |
| 11.10.2024 | Perlego's Leap: A $20 Million Investment to Transform Education with AI | In the digital age, education is evolving. Perlego, a subscription-based digital library, is at the forefront of this transformation. Recently, it secured $20 million in funding, led by Sir Terry Leahy, former CEO of Tesco. This investment ... |
| 11.10.2024 | Биороботы, созданные из клеток мёртвых организмов, раздвигают границы жизни, смерти и медицины | Жизнь и смерть традиционно рассматриваются как противоположности. Но возникновение новых многоклеточных форм жизни из клеток умершего организма представляет собой «третье состояние», которое находится за традиционными границами жизни и смер... |
| 10.10.2024 | The Global Nature Positive Summit was the first of its kind. Here are Climateworks Centre CEO Anna Skarbek’s key takeaways | This week Australia hosted the world’s first Global Nature Positive Summit in Sydney. Five years ago, Climateworks Centre co-hosted the first Australian Natural Capital Summit, which developed the first Natural Capital Roadmap for Australia... |
| 09.10.2024 | Africa: Sex Machina - Inside the Wild West World of Human-AI Relationships, Where the Lonely and Vulnerable Are Most At Risk | Chris excitedly posts family pictures from his trip to France. Brimming with joy, he starts gushing about his wife: "A bonus picture of my cutie ... I'm so happy to see mother and children together. Ruby dressed them so cute too."... |
| 09.10.2024 | Исследование: ChatGPT может распознавать «лица» и определять возраст | Исследование показало, что ChatGPT «распознает лица и различает два изображения с высокой точностью». В недавно опубликованной работе изучены возможности применения LLM для биометрических задач.
В статье под названием «ChatGPT и биометрия: ... |
| 08.10.2024 | Commentary: A year of escalating conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a new era of regional displacement | ORONO, Maine: A year of conflict has ushered in a new era of mass displacement in the Middle East.
Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct 7, 2023, and the subsequent sustained Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Israel has expanded its operations on... |
| 08.10.2024 | Commentary: Can China’s stimulus blitz fix its flagging economy? | BRIGHTON: Pan Gongsheng, the governor of China’s central bank, announced a raft of measures on Sep 24 aimed at boosting the country’s flagging economy. The move, which came a week before the 75th anniversary of communist party rule, was mad... |
| 06.10.2024 | На самом ли деле похудение – это вопрос разницы потреблённых и потраченных калорий? | Верна ли концепция «калории пришли, калории ушли»? Короткий ответ — да, но на самом деле всё гораздо сложнее.
С того момента, как пища коснулась вашего языка, и до того, как она покинула ваше тело, ваша пищеварительная система и микробиом к... |
| 04.10.2024 | The Rising Tide of Cybercrime and Climate Crisis: A Dual Threat to Society | In a world where technology and nature intertwine, two alarming trends emerge: cybercrime and climate change. Both are reshaping our lives, threatening our security, and challenging our resilience. The recent theft of gift cards from a majo... |
| 04.10.2024 | Artificial intelligence is past its ‘wonderment phase’ | As is their tradition at this time of year, Apple recently launched a new line of iPhones. The promised centrepiece that would make us want to buy these new devices was AI – or Apple Intelligence, as Apple branded it. Yet the reaction from ... |
| 03.10.2024 | Africa: Is Big Tech Harming Society? to Find Out, We Need Research - but It's Being Manipulated By Big Tech Itself | For almost a decade, researchers have been gathering evidence that the social media platform Facebook disproportionately amplifies low-quality content and misinformation.
So it was something of a surprise when in 2023 the journal Science pu... |
| 03.10.2024 | How embracing new technology in emergency communications centres improves public safety | It's been a tumultuous few years for Australia's emergency service contact centres. The pandemic presented a range of new operational challenges while call volumes spiked dramatically.
A few years later, hopes that volumes would normalise t... |
| 03.10.2024 | Как ChatGPT меняет наш стиль письма — и почему это может стать проблемой | Вы замечали, как в текстах часто повторяются фразы вроде "углубиться в" (delve into) или "навигация по ландшафту" (navigate the landscape)? Эти выражения стали обычными не только в соцсетях, но и в новостях, научных публ... |
| 01.10.2024 | The Future of Multimedia: FFmpeg 7.1 and the Rise of AR Glasses | In the fast-paced world of technology, two significant developments have emerged: the release of FFmpeg 7.1 and the unveiling of Meta's advanced AR glasses, Orion. Both innovations promise to reshape how we interact with media and technolog... |
| 01.10.2024 | Commentary: Meta has launched the world’s ‘most advanced’ glasses. Will they replace smartphones? | BRISBANE: Humans are increasingly engaging with wearable technology as it becomes more adaptable and interactive. One of the most intimate ways gaining acceptance is through augmented reality (AR) glasses.
Last week, Meta debuted a prototyp... |
| 30.09.2024 | Health | Try art therapy for a creative way to manage stress, depression and more | Through that practice, art therapy is used to aid a wide range of patients, including those suffering from cancer and military veterans with PTSD.
Anyone dealing with mental challenges, such as stress, can potentially benefit — particularly... |
| 30.09.2024 | Экстремальная погода затронет 70% человечества в ближайшие 20 лет | Почти 3 из 4 человек столкнутся с экстремальными погодными изменениями в течение следующих двух десятилетий, предсказывает новое исследование. «В лучшем случае, по нашим расчетам, изменения затронут 1,5 млрд человек», — говорит физик Бьёрн ... |
| 29.09.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Alex Hinton: Why do people still back Trump, after everything? 5 things to understand about MAGA supporters’ thinking.
By Alex Hinton | By Alex Hinton
For many people, especially those leaning left, Donald Trump’s disqualifications to be president seem obvious, prompting some to question: How could anyone still vote for Trump?
Some of the evidence Trump’s critics cite inclu... |
| 29.09.2024 | Хакеры ограбили «Детский мир», подобрав на сайте номера и ПИН-коды к почти 4,5 тыс. подарочных сертификатов | Следственный комитет РФ начал расследование масштабной кражи подарочных карт в «Детском мире». Хакеры смогли подобрать номера и ПИН-коды к 4,5 тыс. подарочных карт через сайт сети магазинов, сообщают РИА Новости со ссылкой на материалы дела... |
| 27.09.2024 | How to safeguard your photos in the digital age | Taking photographs used to be a careful, conscious act. Photos were selective, frozen moments in time carefully archived in albums and frames. Now taking a photograph is almost as effortless and common as breathing – it’s something that peo... |
| 26.09.2024 | DairyX Foods: The Future of Animal-Free Dairy Protein | In a world where the dairy industry faces mounting challenges, Israeli startup DairyX Foods emerges as a beacon of innovation. With a mission to revolutionize dairy production, DairyX is harnessing the power of precision fermentation to cre... |
| 26.09.2024 | Commentary: Loneliness may not make you ill after all, but we should still tackle it | LONDON: When was the last time that you felt lonely? It’s an uncomfortable question, but for 3.83 million people in the United Kingdom, 7.1 per cent of the population, the answer is probably “right now”.
Loneliness has become a worrying pub... |
| 25.09.2024 | Commentary: Israel and Hezbollah are obligated by law to prevent civilian deaths - neither is showing restraint | SYDNEY: As the violence between Israel and Hezbollah has escalated dramatically in recent days, civilians have paid a heavy price.
Hundreds of people in southern Lebanon have been killed and more than 1,600 wounded in Israeli airstrikes. He... |
| 25.09.2024 | Israel’s DairyX Foods Unveils ‘Self-Assembling’ Animal-Free Casein Micelles, Eyes 2027 US Launch | 6 Mins Read Israeli startup DairyX Foods has developed a method to make precision-fermented casein proteins that self-assemble into micelles.
To deliver stretchy, melty cheese and firmer, creamier yoghurt free from cows, DairyX Foods has co... |
| 24.09.2024 | Commentary: A weakened Hezbollah is being goaded into all-out conflict with Israel | NOTRE DAME, Indiana: For almost a year, Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in increasingly provocative cross-border skirmishes as onlookers warn that this escalating war of attrition could land the region in all-out conflict. The past few da... |
| 22.09.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Shannon Bow O’Brien: Trump’s second assassination attempt is shocking, but attempts on presidents’ lives are not rare in US history
By Shannon Bow O’Brien | By Shannon Bow O’Brien
Former President Donaald Trump survived his second assassination attempt on Sept. 15, 2024, marking the latest chapter in a long history book. Presidential assassination attempts, whether successful or not, are fairly... |
| 21.09.2024 | The Solar Storms of Yesterday: A Looming Threat for Tomorrow | In the vast expanse of space, the Sun reigns supreme. It is a fiery ball of energy, a source of life, and yet, it harbors the potential for destruction. Solar storms, like unpredictable tempests, can wreak havoc on our technology-driven wor... |
| 21.09.2024 | Lebanon pager attacks: the weaponisation of everything has begun | Illustration generated using OpenAI’s Dall-E
The attacks on pagers and walkie talkies (and possibly even solar panels) in Lebanon is one of those events that many have speculated was on the horizon: the weaponisation of everyday objects in ... |
| 20.09.2024 | Колебания уровня сахара в крови после еды играют важную роль в развитии тревоги и депрессии | Пресловутый «сахарный кайф» [англ. sugar high], возникающий после употребления сладкого, — знакомый пример потенциально положительного влияния еды на настроение.
С другой стороны, чувство злости от голода [англ. hangry, слово-бумажник от hu... |
| 20.09.2024 | Commentary: Instagram has announced it will be removing beauty filters - but the damage is done | Listen to this article
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| 17.09.2024 | Africa: Scientists Have Found Evidence of Past Extreme Solar Storms. Their Return Could Be Disastrous for Our Technology-Based Societies | In September 1859, the same year that Darwin published On the Origin of Species, telegraph systems across Europe and North America stopped working and started sparking, leading to fires in some cases.
Just hours before, researchers had obse... |
| 15.09.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Mark Clague: Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris shows the big role music is playing in the election
By Mark Clague | By Mark Clague
Music generates passion and emotion, so it’s little surprise that popular tunes have been featured in presidential contests since the days of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
But as a scholar of music’s role in America... |
| 14.09.2024 | South African astronomers join forces with Nasa to study Pluto | Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft captured this enhanced-colour view of Pluto on 14 July 2015. Nasa/JHUAPL/SwRI
When the International Astronomical Union announced in 2006 that Pluto was being demoted from its status as the sun’s ninth planet,... |
| 12.09.2024 | West Africa: Hustle Academies - West Africa's Online Scammers Are Training Others in Fraud and Sextortion | As the world becomes increasingly connected, digital fraud has evolved from a local problem into a global one. West Africa, particularly Ghana and Nigeria, is witnessing the rise of "hustle kingdoms" - informal academies that trai... |
| 11.09.2024 | The Future of Wireless: Terahertz Beamforming and Its Impact on Connectivity | The world is on the brink of a wireless revolution. Imagine a future where downloading a 4K movie takes mere seconds. This isn’t a distant dream; it’s the promise of terahertz beamforming technology. As we edge closer to 6G, the landscape o... |
| 11.09.2024 | Commentary: Apple’s iPhone 16 launch shows AI is shaking up the tech giant’s core market | KEELE, England: As someone who helped set up one of the first iPhones back in late 2007 on live TV, I found the launch of the first iteration of Apple’s smartphone an exciting time. At the launch in June of that year, a grinning Steve Jobs ... |
| 10.09.2024 | Bookmarks | James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader, has died | James Earl Jones. Adapted from an image by Eva Rinaldi/CC BY-SA 2.0
These are the articles, videos and more that caught the attention of TechCentral’s editorial team in the past 24 hours. Enormous hidden ocean discovered under Mars could co... |
| 10.09.2024 | Commentary: Google is facing another crucial US court case - with potentially major consequences for online advertising | BRISBANE: One month after a United States court ruled Google had illegally maintained its monopoly on internet search, the tech giant will this week face the start of yet another important antitrust case.
This new case is focused on Google’... |
| 10.09.2024 | Institute for Visionary Leadership and Organizational Health & Fulbright Canada Name Andrea Carter Inaugural Instructor | Discover Visionary Leadership and its impact on Organizational Health from experts making a difference in the world
Andrea D. Carter Inaugural Instructor for Adler University and Fulbright Canada’s Institute for Visionary Leadership and Org... |
| 08.09.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Noah Cohan: New NFL helmet accessory reduces concussions − but are we ready to embrace safety over swag?
By Noah Cohan | By Noah Cohan
Fall brings football season in the U.S. and, with it, the parade of distinctively decorated helmets that the players wear.
Over time, the shape and size of these helmets have gradually changed, from the leather head coverings ... |
| 07.09.2024 | South Africa's Youth: Building Futures Through Entrepreneurship Education | In South Africa, the youth face a daunting challenge. Unemployment rates soar, with about 60% of young people aged 16-24 unable to find work. This statistic is not just a number; it represents lost potential, unfulfilled dreams, and a gener... |
| 07.09.2024 | The Tension in the Middle East: A Game of Chess with No Clear Winner | The Middle East is a chessboard. Each move is calculated, yet unpredictable. The players—Iran, Israel, and the United States—are locked in a complex game. The stakes are high, and the consequences of missteps could be catastrophic.
Iran's r... |
| 07.09.2024 | Iran's Rhetoric: A Tightrope Walk Between Defiance and Diplomacy | Iran stands at a crossroads. The nation’s leadership grapples with a delicate balance of power, rhetoric, and reality. On one side, there’s the thunderous call for resistance against Israel and the United States. On the other, a cautious ap... |
| 07.09.2024 | Most of the matter in the universe is missing – inside the hunt to find it | Scientists believe around 85% of the matter in the cosmos is made of invisible dark matter, which has only been detected indirectly by its gravitational effects on its surroundings.
My colleagues and I – a team of some 250 scientists from a... |
| 07.09.2024 | Terahertz beamforming – building the ultrafast wireless internet of the future | Imagine a future where internet connections are not only lightning-fast but also remarkably reliable, even in crowded spaces. This vision is rapidly approaching reality, thanks to new research on terahertz communications technologies. These... |
| 05.09.2024 | How Congo wields huge power over the global battery industry | The mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is often portrayed as a victim of exploitation by China, the US and Europe in their competition for its minerals, which are critical for the energy transition.
But research has found that ... |
| 05.09.2024 | South Africa: Technology Classes At School Can Also Teach Skills for Business and Life - South African Teachers Share Ideas | Starting and running your own business takes hard work and a can-do attitude. Typically, entrepreneurs are the kinds of people who can identify and solve problems innovatively, are willing to take risks and learn from mistakes.
But many ent... |
| 04.09.2024 | Commentary: Brazil just banned X. Could other countries follow suit? | BRISBANE: Authorities in Brazil, the country with the world’s fifth largest number of internet users, have banned the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter).
The ban came into effect over the weekend. It followed a long-running... |
| 04.09.2024 | Commentary: Heartbreak has turned to rage in Israel - can Netanyahu survive his biggest challenge? | MELBOURNE: Israelis are once again venting their anger over the failure of the government to reach a deal to release the hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across the co... |
| 03.09.2024 | Africa: Mobile Phones Are Not Linked to Brain Cancer, According to a Major Review of 28 Years of Research | A systematic review into the potential health effects from radio wave exposure has shown mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer. The review was commissioned by the World Health Organization and is published today in the journal Enviro... |
| 03.09.2024 | Commentary: Is Iran’s anti-Israel and American rhetoric all bark and no bite? | MELBOURNE: On Aug 27, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, told the newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, and his Cabinet that talking to the enemy may be useful.
In a thinly veiled reference to Iran’s eng... |
| 01.09.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Brian VanDeMark: 1970 Kent State shootings show the danger of deploying troops to crush legal protests
By Brian VanDeMark | By Brian VanDeMark
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has expressed his intention, if elected to a second term, to use the U.S. armed forces to suppress domestic protests. The New York Times reports that Trump’s allies are marsh... |
| 01.09.2024 | Commentary: Even with astronauts stuck in space, NASA is pushing human flights harder than ever | MELBOURNE: NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were meant to go to the International Space Station (ISS) on a roughly 10-day mission. Instead, they have been “stuck” there since June, as the reliability of their spacecraft - Boe... |
| 31.08.2024 | Google’s internet balloons failed – but the concept lives on | A Project Loon internet balloon. Google pulled the plug on the project
About a third of the global population, around three billion people, don’t have access to the internet or have poor connections because of infrastructure limitations, ec... |
| 31.08.2024 | Commentary: Qantas mistakenly sold first-class tickets at bargain prices. Here’s why it made sense not to honour the deal in full | BATH, United Kingdom: Australia’s largest airline, Qantas, recently put a deal on its website offering heavily discounted first-class tickets for return flights between Australia and the United States. Customers alert and lucky enough to ca... |
| 31.08.2024 | Can ‘Climate Mainstreaming’ Tackle Our Environmental Goals? | 5 Mins Read
By Steven Lam, visiting researcher, University of Guelph; and Gloria Novović, LSE Fellow, University of Guelph
Canada’s first National Adaptation Strategy urges Canadians to consider climate change impacts in their everyday deci... |
| 30.08.2024 | Commentary: Why aren’t the Olympics and Paralympics combined into one Games? | LONDON, Canada: As the lights go out on an outstanding Olympic Games in Paris, it’s important to remember the Games aren’t over - it’s just the halfway mark. While the closing ceremony on Aug 11 seemed like the end of the event with the off... |
| 29.08.2024 | The Shifting Sands of U.S. Foreign Policy: A Critical Look at Iran and the Middle East | The Middle East is a chessboard, and the pieces are moving. The U.S. has long been a player, but its strategy has faltered. The recent escalation of tensions between Israel and Iran is a stark reminder of this failure. The U.S. approach, ch... |
| 29.08.2024 | Commentary: Will a falling global population be good for the environment? | DARWIN, Australia: Right now, human population growth is doing something long thought impossible - it’s wavering. It’s now possible global population could peak much earlier than expected, topping 10 billion in the 2060s. Then, it would beg... |
| 29.08.2024 | Что происходит с застрявшими астронавтами в космосе: невесомость и одиночество меняет их психику и сознание | Два астронавта, застрявшие в космосе, — как сюжет голливудского блокбастера, но для двух членов экипажа НАСА это уже реальность. Командир Барри Уилмор и пилот Сунита Уильямс в настоящее время находятся в безвестности на Международной космич... |
| 28.08.2024 | South Africa's Energy Crossroads: The Path to a Sustainable Future | South Africa stands at a critical juncture in its energy landscape. The nation grapples with the dual challenge of transitioning from coal dependency while ensuring reliable electricity access for all. The stakes are high, and the solutions... |
| 28.08.2024 | The Rise of "Black Myth: Wukong" and Its Cultural Impact | In the world of video games, few titles have sparked as much excitement as "Black Myth: Wukong." Released on August 20, 2024, this game has quickly become a phenomenon, captivating players across the globe. Based on the classic Ch... |
| 28.08.2024 | The Privacy Paradox: Navigating the Digital Minefield | In a world where our lives are increasingly intertwined with technology, privacy has become a fleeting concept. Apps promise convenience but often come with hidden costs. The default settings in popular applications can feel like a warm bla... |
| 28.08.2024 | Eskom’s monopoly is ending – here’s what happens next | South Africa endured an electricity crisis from 2008 characterised by intermittent rolling blackouts and a growing culture of non-payment. Eskom came to be regarded as the single largest risk to South Africa’s economy. At the end of March 2... |
| 28.08.2024 | Ученые создали ИИ-ученого. Он уже начал делать исследования вместо реальных людей | Научные открытия — сложная сфера, требующая от ученых глубокого знания темы, выявления пробелов, формулирования вопросов и анализирования экспериментов. Sakana AI Labs недавно объявила о создании ИИ, способного автоматизировать этот процесс... |
| 28.08.2024 | South Africa: Playing Technology Games and Making Science Fun Helps Young Kids Solve Visual Problems and Grasp Ideas Better | As I watched my sons, Wavhudi and Rivhavhudi, play games on my phone before bedtime, I was captivated by their enthusiasm and how deeply they were engaged - especially when the games involved maths or science. Both boys experienced speech d... |
| 27.08.2024 | Commentary: Arrest of Telegram founder could change the course of big tech | Listen to this article
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| 27.08.2024 | How giant batteries can speed up South Africa’s energy transition | An Eskom battery storage plant in the Western Cape. Image: Eskom
South Africa is at a pivotal moment in its energy transition: trying to decarbonise its economy (move away from coal) and make sure that everyone has access to reliable and af... |
| 27.08.2024 | Africa: Children and the Internet - Helping Kids Navigate This Modern Minefield | The United States' most senior public health official, surgeon-general Vivek Murthy, believes social media platforms should come with warning labels. The United Nations' education, science and culture agency says smartphones should be banne... |
| 26.08.2024 | Africa: A Third of the World's Population Lacks Internet Connectivity - Airborne Communications Stations Could Change That | About one-third of the global population, around 3 billion people, don't have access to the internet or have poor connections because of infrastructure limitations, economic disparities and geographic isolation.
Today's satellites and groun... |
| 26.08.2024 | Australian Regulators Decide To Do Absolutely Nothing About Clearview’s Privacy Law Violations | Clearview’s status as an international pariah really hasn’t changed much over the past few years. It may be generating fewer headlines, but nothing’s really changed about the way it does business.
Clearview has spent years scraping the web,... |
| 25.08.2024 | Commentary: What does success of Chinese game Black Myth: Wukong signify for the gaming world? | Listen to this article
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| 25.08.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Arie Perliger: America’s Iran policy is a failure – piecemeal deterrence and sanctions can go only so far
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The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran in recent months is frequently explained as another extension of Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza. After all, Hamas enjoys a close relationship with Iran, and both share the goal... |
