Month: May 2023
Kiev admits Russian progress in Bakhmut
The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, had earlier said he visited forces near Bakhmut to hand out awards to Kyiv’s troops fighting in the longest battle of the invasion. Ukraine said Tuesday it had pushed Russian forces from the flanks of Bakhmut but conceded that Moscow’s forces were pushing deeper inside the embattled
OpenAI’s world concerns
Built on the company’s GPT-3.5 large language model (LLM) technology, the popularity of the app has thrust generative AI into the spotlight – and led to authorities around the world scrambling to keep up. Initial concerns around chatbots like ChatGPT, which can generate realistic human-like writing in seconds, centred around how it could affect education
Ukraine Grain deal deadline looms as the Grain ship departs
One of the last ships carrying grain from Ukraine left its port on Wednesday under a wartime agreement for the safe passage of agricultural exports. The agreement, known as the Black Sea Grain Initiative, was struck in July last year and was renewed in March this year for 60 days. The deal is up for
France and Britain to send longer-range missile to Ukraine
Macron said France would be sending Ukraine more equipment like their Caesar howitzers and more light tanks. But he also added that the Ukrainians would be getting more advanced missiles to help them push the Russians back. Macron’s comments come just days after United Kingdom Defence Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed that the British government had
Turkey presidential elections runoff
Turkey’s secular opposition leader may have succeeded in forcing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into his first ever runoff, but his chances of winning on May 28 are remote. Mobilising more young voters could boost Kilicdaroglu’s prospects, with polls suggesting he will win that group by a two-to-one margin. Kemal Kilicdaroglu was predicted to perform well
Kiev under missile attack
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February of last year, thousands of civilians and combatants have been killed or injured, cities and towns have been destroyed in fighting, and nearly 8.2 million Ukrainians have been registered as refugees in Europe, with 2.8 million of them in Russia. There are reports of a large number of
Meta implements paid subscription for its verification badges on Instagram and Facebook
Both Facebook and Instagram already have a verification system for notable figures, and Meta does not appear to be planning to scrap this anytime soon. The decision to add a paid-for verification system amounts to a change of direction for Facebook and Instagram, which have previously both been free to use in all circumstances since
Tweeter blocked tweets during Turkey election
In 2014, Turkish President Recep Erdogan did exactly that, vowing to “wipe out” the social network after corruption allegations about his administration were shared on the platform. Twitter’s decision to block certain content in Turkey the day before its presidential election was wrong, says the founder of Wikipedia. Wikipedia was also banned in Turkey for
Microsoft’s Activision takeover Approved by the European Union
It comes three weeks after the United Kingdom blocked the deal over worries it would hurt competition in the emerging cloud gaming business. The European Commission have approved the acquisition, saying that Microsoft’s offer of 10 year free licensing deals which promise European consumers and cloud game streaming services access to Activision’s PC and console
Facial Recognition technology in US airports
As part of a pilot project by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to assess the use of facial recognition technology at a number of airports across the country, US switching to facial recognition technology at airports. The technology is both used in checking to make sure the people at the airport match the ID they