Introduction of Ads on Amazon prime videos
The introduction of ads comes after several announcements from Amazon about future content. An Amazon Prime subscription includes one-day delivery on products as well as access to its streaming service. It last raised the price of this service in 2022, when its monthly subscription went up £1 to £8.99 and its annual membership rose from
Microsoft and OpenAI sued for ‘billions’
The lawsuit comes a month after a period of chaos at OpenAI where co-founder and CEO Sam Altman was sacked – and then rehired – over the course of a few days. His sacking shocked industry insiders and led to staff threatening mass resignations unless he was reinstated. The New York Times is suing ChatGPT-owner
Zelensky became so important to Ukraine’s war effort that officials in the capital eventually developed a plan just in case their president died or fell victim to one of Russia’s many assassination plots. Today Zelensky is much safer than he was in the early days of the war but attempts on his life are still
Ukraine to make drones in 2024
More details on Ukraine’s plan to make one million drones in 2024 were divulged by the country’s Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin on his Telegram Channel, noting the size and scale of Kyiv’s drone plan. Ukraine intends to manufacture one million first-person-view (FPV) drones but it also is working on producing eleven medium and
Russia pivots oil sales
Oil exports to the two most populous countries on the planet, India and China, have made up 90% of all Russia’s crude exports this year, Novak said China’s share of Russian exports had grown to around 45-50%. But the deputy prime minsiter also said that, of the two markets, it was India where Russian sales
Erdogan’s charges of Western hypocrisy
Human-rights watchdogs have been slamming Israel for the killings of Palestinian civilians and journalists since the start of the war. But in Turkey, the charges Mr Erdogan now levels against Western countries at nearly every public appearance tend to stick. With the Gazan authorities saying that the death toll from Israel’s bombardment has passed 20,000,
Artificial Intelligence in China
Chinese president, Xi Jinping, wants the country to become a hyper-advanced economy. His government is aggressively promoting the commercialisation of high technologies it likes, from electric vehicles to quantum computing. In 2021 it regulated a booming online-tutoring industry into oblivion almost overnight, apparently out of fear that high tuition fees were making children’s education so
Kyiv denies seizure of Mariinka in eastern Ukraine
Mariinka has been used by Ukraine as a defensive barrier since 2014, when Russia-backed fighters seized large swathes of the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions. President Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has said his troops have seized the key town of Mariinka in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine down Russian jets
Ukraine plans to lower the age of those who can be mobilized for combat duty to 25 from 27, said a text posted on the website of Ukraine’s parliament on Monday. An explanatory note signed by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov added key provisions of the draft law, saying they included the “change of conscription age
Azerbaijan expels French diplomats
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said that two French diplomats had been ordered to leave the country over actions “incompatible with their diplomatic status.” The move comes amid strained ties between Baku and Paris as European powers attempt to mediate between Azerbaijan and neighboring Armenia. Azerbaijan reclaimed the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, over which the