Month: December 2023
sexual content on Twitch
Creators can now make nude art such as drawings and sculptures, as well as stream video highlighting their “breasts, buttocks or pelvic region”.Under its old rules, most explicit content was banned, which was problematic because while Twitch is known for being a place to go to watch others play video games, it has also become
Paris to go against rejected immigration bill
The rejection of one of the government’s flagship initiatives is a humiliating defeat for French President Emmanuel Macron who does not have a majority in parliament and comes amid a heated debate in society around immigration and security. On Tuesday morning, Macron held a crisis meeting with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and key ministers at
Africa Countries stand on fossil fuels
Africa is the least electrified in the world with over 50 percent of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa having electricity access rates below 50 percent, while 600 million people are without access to electricity which is central for the provision of basic services, including primary health, clean water, education. Even the Global Stocktake text, a
Ukraine Aid
On Thursday and Friday, EU leaders are gathering in Brussels to discuss plans for a new €50 billion ($54 billion) aid package for Ukraine as well as the opening of formal accession talks. The meeting is set to be tense, however. Hungary has openly threatened to veto. At the start of Ukraine’s second winter at
Putin’s Comments against Latvian neighbor
Vladimir Putin issued a worrying threat against his Latvian neighbor amid rising tensions between the two countries. Here’s why Latvia and Russia are having problems and what it could mean for stability in the region. Latvian authorities adopted a law in September 2022 that would transition the country’s educational system towards one with only one
Germany Coalition governments agree on 2024 budget
Germany’s ruling center-left coalition has managed to strike a political deal on the federal budget for 2024, government, The agreement comes after a court ruling threw government finances into disarray and exposed deep rifts between the three governing parties. Germany’s constitutional court ruled on November 15 that the coalition government’s decision to reallocate €60 billion
The rise in Deepfake voices
While these innovations mark a leap forward, they also present opportunities for misuse. Fraudsters could potentially exploit these technologies to create more convincing and accessible deceptive content, escalating the risks associated with deepfake technology.As image deepfakes become more common, the progression towards voice deepfakes is accelerating. The recent launch of OpenAI’s Text-to-Speech (TTS) API, with
Tanzania ditches recharge vouchers
As the country grooves to the rhythm of digital transformation, paper recharge vouchers are slowly fading into the background, replaced by the vibrant stage of mobile wallets. In this digital orchestra, convenience and accessibility reign supreme. Tanzania boasts a whopping 51.4 million mobile money accounts, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. By September 2023,
AI X-ray scanner
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can analyse X-rays and diagnose medical issues just as well as doctors, Software was trained using chest X-rays from more than 1.5m patients, and scanned for 37 possible conditions. The software understood that some abnormalities for which it scanned were more serious than others, and could flag the most urgent to medics,
Italy to throw away tones of food over Christmas
Italy’s households throw away 500,000 tonnes of food every year over the Christmas holidays, It said the value of waste in Italy’s food sector added up nine billion euros a year and around 6.5 billion euros of that was thrown away in the home.The consumer association Assoutenti estimates that the average Italian family will chuck