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The Current24:29Will lab-grown meat ever reach our plates?Read transcribed audio.What's cultivated, meat-like, and could help lower greenhouse gas emissions? Lab-grown meat — and it could be the future of protein.Sometimes known as cultured meat, lab-grown meat is unlike plant-based alternatives from companies such as Beyond Meat or Impossible Foods. Instead, it's made by taking a few stem cells from an animal's muscle, then placing them in a nutrient broth where they multiply and are triggered to turn into muscle…

Image Source : AP Google The Centre on Saturday warned Google India that India's ‘Digital Nagriks’ are not to be experimented on with ‘unreliable’ algorithms or AI models, as the IT Ministry was in the process of issuing a notice to the tech giant over "problematic and illegal" responses by Google's Gemini AI. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Minister of…

Over the weekend, someone posted a cache of files and documents apparently stolen from the Chinese government hacking contractor, I-Soon. This leak gives cybersecurity researchers and rival governments an unprecedented chance to look behind the curtain of Chinese government hacking operations facilitated by private contractors. Like the hack-and-leak operation that targeted the Italian spyware maker Hacking Team in 2015, the I-Soon leak includes company documents and internal communications, which show I-Soon was…

The federal government is scrambling to put the white nationalist brawler Robert Rundo back behind bars following the surprising decision by a district judge in California to dismiss riot charges against Rundo, citing “selective prosecution.” Rundo was accused of conspiracy to violate the Anti-Riot Act for planning and participating in violence at a series of political rallies across California in 2017 when he was the leader of a far-right fight club known as the Rise Above Movement or RAM. A federal indictment…

India will allow 100% foreign direct investment in the manufacture of satellite systems without official approval and eased the rules for launch vehicles, a government statement said, aiming for a greater share of the global space market.India's space ambitions got a boost when it became the first country to land a spacecraft near the unexplored south pole of the moon in August - and the fourth to achieve a soft landing - just days after a similar Russian mission failed.The government said in a statement late on Wednesday…

X, formerly Twitter, is once again restricting content in India. The company's Global Government Affairs account announced that the Indian government had issued an executive order mandating that X withhold specific accounts and posts or face penalties such as "significant fines and imprisonment." X further stated that it doesn't agree with the order and is challenging it.The designated posts and accounts will only be blocked within India, however, there's no clear list of those affected. "Due to legal restrictions, we are…

The government has asked social media intermediary X (formerly Twitter) to block certain accounts and posts on its platform, the company said. Failure to do so would result in “potential penalties including significant fines and imprisonment,” the company’s global government affairs team said in a post on the platform.“In compliance with the orders, we will withhold these accounts and posts in India alone; however, we disagree with these actions and maintain that freedom of expression should extend to these posts,” the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Canada is a suburban nation, not only because of consumer preferences, but also because of federal government policy in the years following the Second World War. Most post-war population growth in Canada was in the suburbs, with two-thirds of people living there in 2021, according to my research team's analysis of the…

The government on Wednesday eased Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms in the space sector with an aim to attract overseas players and private companies into the segment. The decision was taken at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Now, the satellite sub-sector has been divided into three different activities with defined limits for foreign investment in each such sector, according to an official statement. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM…

The Federal Government on Tuesday transferred the operations of the Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant (ZHPP) to a concessionaire, Penstock Ltd. Vice President Kashim Shettima made the disclosure during the first meeting of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) for the year 2024 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the move was expected to boost Nigeria’s power generation capacity and contribute significantly to meeting the country’s growing energy demands. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…