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The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has urged mineral-rich African countries to use the proven mineral reserves of their countries as equity in joint ventures, instead of taking loans that worsen the plight of their people. Speaking at a Ministerial Roundtable on Powering Africa in Washington DC recently, Mr Alake deplored unwholesome pressure on African governments by loan marketers despite global concerns over the declining capacity of many countries to settle their debts. The minister said,…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced his support Thursday for a bill that would regulate how social media platforms operate for young users. Along with Schumer’s support, several LGTBQ advocacy organizations dropped their opposition to the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) after the sponsors updated the text, inching the bill closer to passing. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) are the lead sponsors on the bill. “Children and teens have been subjected to…

A software remedy from the electric-vehicle maker sought to ease concerns about the company’s driver-assist system. A software remedy from the electric-vehicle maker sought to ease concerns about the company’s driver-assist system. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to…

I was watching a video of a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show for the Rabbit R1, an AI gadget that promises to act as a sort of personal assistant, when a feeling of doom took hold of me.  It wasn’t just that Rabbit’s CEO Jesse Lyu radiates the energy of a Kirkland-brand Steve Jobs. And it wasn’t even Lyu’s awkward demonstration of how the Rabbit’s camera can recognize a photo of Rick Astley and Rickroll the owner — even though that segment was so cringe it caused me chest pains.  No, the real…

January 23, 20242 min readHarvard researchers found that most doctors and nurses who took a course in community organizing believed they could help combat climate change’s negative impacts on healthBy Ariel Wittenberg & E&E News CLIMATEWIRE | Teaching doctors about climate change advocacy can help them feel more empowered to take action, according to a new study from Harvard University researchers.The report — published in Academic Medicine — looked at health care providers who participated in a six-month…

The best CES products pierce through the haze of marketing hype at the Las Vegas gadget show to reveal innovations that could improve lives.The worst could harm us or our society and the planet in such “innovatively bad” ways that a panel of self-described dystopia experts has judged them “Worst in Show.”The third annual contest that no tech company wants to win announced its decisions Thursday.AND THE AWARD GOES TO . . .“From easily hackable lawn mowers to $300 earbuds that will fail in two years, these are products that…

The best CES 2024 products pierce through the haze of marketing hype at the Las Vegas gadget show to reveal innovations that could improve lives. The worst could harm us or our society and planet in such “innovatively bad” ways that a panel of self-described dystopia experts has judged them “Worst in Show.” The third annual contest that no tech company wants to win announced its decisions Thursday.AND THE AWARD GOES TO“From easily hackable lawn mowers to $300 earbuds that will fail in two years, these are products that…

AI Roundup: NITI Aayog VC advocates AI solutions for marine fisheries challenges; Government and industry collaborate on AI for public grievance resolution; AI model predicts COVID-19 fresh variant waves with 80% accuracy; Railways to utilise AI for crowd control during Prayagraj's Magh Mela- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. NITI Aayog VC advocates AI solutions for marine fisheries challengesArtificial intelligence (AI) can address challenges in marine fisheries, according to NITI Aayog Vice…

Maren Morris received the Changemaker Award during Variety’s Hitmakers event on Saturday in Los Angeles. The singer reflected on her newfound freedom addressed on her new EP, The Bridge, which she has described as representing a “liberating phase” in her life, and earlier this year, she apologized for country music’s treatment of LGBTQ+ people and also chastised Jason Aldean’s wife, Brittany, over transphobic comments in 2022. “It’s a huge honor to be recognized by my peers and the industry as someone who has…

While the world is still on the fence about a 4-fay work week, Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates has proposed that we should be looking at a three day work, and that it is very easily achievable, thanks to AI While most…