Month: September 2023
NATO monitoring situation in Ukraine after “Russian” drone parts were found in Romania
Ukraine claimed on Monday that Russian drones had also detonated on Romanian territory after yet another overnight attack on Ukrainian port infrastructure on the Danube. The Romanian Ministry of Defence denied the reports initially, and so did president Klaus Iohannis, who said on Tuesday that, although recent Russian attacks on Ukraine hit very close to
Sudan dissolves Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and abolishes the RSF Law of 2017.
The Sovereign Council accused the RSF of rebelling against the state, committing severe human rights violations against civilians, and deliberately damaging the country’s infrastructure. It emphasized that these actions violated the objectives and principles outlined in the 2017 RSF Law. These decisions coincide with individual sanctions imposed by the U.S. administration against the RSF’s second-in-command,
United Kingdom Online Safety Bill vs Technology firm
The Online Safety Bill is due to become law in autumn and cleared its final stage in the House of Lords on Wednesday before returning to the commons. Currently, the two most viable tech solutions are to either break the encryption – which would leave a backdoor open to any bad actors who found it
Using AI to treat infertility in Men
With sperm counts widely reported to have declined by half over the past four decades, infertility remains a growing problem. Factors behind the drop in male fertility are reported to include everything from pollution and smoking, to poor diets, not getting enough exercise, and too much stress. Infertility affects 7% of the male population. Now
Political Ads on Google
In March, a fake picture of former US President Donald Trump falsely showing him being arrested was shared on social media. The image was created by AI tools. Google’s existing ad policies already ban manipulating digital media to deceive or mislead people about politics, social issues, or matters of public concern. But this update will
A market attack in Ukraine
At least 16 people have been killed and another 20 injured in a Russian strike in the eastern city of Kostyantynivka,President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on social media saying that “Russian terrorists” were responsible for the deadly attack which he said targeted a “regular market” and “People who did nothing wrong.””Anyone in the world who is
War sanctions against Russia
Russia and China, meanwhile, have declared a “no limits” partnership of their own. And the economic bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa known as BRICS is trying to increase its use of local currencies instead of the U.S. dollar. Also likely to be seen at the G20 summit is budding closeness of
calls for the British Museum to return artefacts
First released on China’s version of TikTok, Douyin, the series has been played 270 million times on the platform. It has also seen its creators, who claim to be independent content makers, gaining more than five million followers on Chinese social media apps within one week. The teapot is a real artefact and relatively recent
Call of Duty to move to North Carolina
The Call of Duty League has 12 teams, and its presence in the United Kingdom was seen as a way of growing esports and competing with other big titles out there. Call of Duty esports team London Royal Ravens will be relocating to America. Rebranding as the Carolina Royal Ravens, they will now be based
Deezer new payment model to artists
The government has been investigating music streaming since 2019, and in 2021 identified an “imbalance” in royalties. It has launched a working group to specifically look at how artists are compensated. In May this year, the music industry committed to improving metadata for tracking songs on music streaming platforms, following widespread criticism from artists. Universal