Month: June 2023
Romania create LUIVE social app for content creators
Ateam of Romanian developers has created LUIVE, a social media platform that helps content creators share their content and earn revenue from views. Currently, the platform offers monetization features such as unlockable Stories for a fee, posts that can be collected after paying the creator’s requested price, chargeable video calls per minute, monetizable live streaming,
European Union to punish countries helping Russia evade sanctions
In May, the European Union announced that it was preparing an 11th round of measures, with one key area of focus being the prevention of circumvention of sanctions by third states and companies. European Union ambassadors agreed to adopt measures against Russians, other countries and companies seeking to evade sanctions, as countries pledge aid for
Kyviv damages key Crimea bridge
Ukrainian forces have carried out a missile attack on a bridge connecting Ukraine’s Kherson region and Crimea, the Russia-appointed governor of Kherson, Vladimir Saldo, said the bridge was likely to have been attacked by Storm Shadow missiles that damaged the road. He added that no casualties were reported. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on
Guernsey States IT outages linked to irregular maintenance
The failure of air conditioning and power units caused four data outages between November and January making internal systems and the States website unavailable. A failure of back-up systems and a reliance on out of date kit were behind a number of IT outages suffered by the States of Guernsey. The IT outage wasn’t just
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg cage fight
Two of the world’s most high profile technology billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have agreed to fight each other in a cage match. The exchanges have gone viral with social media users debating who would win the bout, while others have posted memes including mocked up posters advertising the fight. Mr Zuckerberg, the boss
Amazon Prime forcing subscribers to renew membership
More than 200 million people subscribe to Prime globally. The service, which offers shipping perks, access to streaming movies and more, costs $139 a year or $14.99 monthly in the US and £95 per year in the UK. The US has accused Amazon of tricking customers into signing up for automatically renewing Prime subscriptions and
China welcomes Bangladesh to BRICS
Earlier in Geneva, Momen hinted that Bangladesh is likely to become a member of BRICS in August this year.China has said the expansion of BRICS is a political consensus reached by all five members of the grouping. Mao said an important platform for cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries, BRICS is committed to upholding
The United States and European Union to investigate AI powering systems
Europe has led the world in efforts to regulate artificial intelligence, which gained urgency with the rise of a new breed of artificial intelligence that gives AI chatbots like ChatGPT the power to generate text, images, video and audio that resemble human work. European Union consumer protection groups urged regulators on Tuesday to investigate the
Rebuilding Ukraine’s economy
The World Bank and other multilateral development bodies are playing a key role in the Ukraine Recovery Conference which is focusing on the role the private sector can play in rebuilding the country. The total reconstruction bill was estimated at $411bn in March but continued fighting with Russia means that will now be higher. considering
New Germany ambassador to Russia
The German government has announced the appointment of a new ambassador in Moscow, after securing the approval of the Russian government. Leading Germany’s diplomatic mission in Russia has become among the most complicated posts, since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year. Earlier this year, Russia expelled a number of German diplomats, claiming the move