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One of the scientists who was fired from Canada's top infectious disease laboratory "intentionally" shared scientific information with China — potentially putting people's health in jeopardy — says an assessment by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).  The intelligence assessment was released late Wednesday afternoon by the federal government, along with hundreds of other documents about the mysterious dismissal of Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng.The scientists and their students worked in the…

Amazon has become the second company ever to have its lobbyists banned from the European Parliament, amid accusations the company does not take the institution seriously.The ban, which means the 14 Amazon employees who had access to the European Parliament can no longer enter the building without an invitation, follows the company’s decision not to attend a January hearing about working conditions inside its fulfillment centers. In December, Amazon also rejected MEPs’ requests to tour its fulfillment centers, citing how…

To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’ll publish several pieces throughout the year as the AI boom continues, highlighting key work that often goes unrecognized. Read more profiles here. Eva Maydell is a Bulgarian politician and a member of European Parliament. First elected to Parliament in 2014 at age 28, she was the youngest…

The European Parliament’s civil liberties (LIBE) and internal market (IMCO) committees have overwhelmingly endorsed draft legislation setting out a risk-based framework for regulating applications of artificial intelligence. In a vote this morning the committees voted 71-8 (with 7 abstentions) in favor of the compromise negotiated with EU Member States at the back end of last year in lengthy three-way ‘trilogue’ talks. The EU AI Act, originally proposed by the Commission back in April 2021, sets rules for AI…

The government has received four proposals for setting up semiconductor manufacturing plants and 13 for chip assemblies unit, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. The proposals are in addition to a Rs 22,516-crore chip assembly plant being set up by US-based memory chip maker Micron, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha."Four proposals have been received for setting up semiconductor fabs and additional 13 proposals have been received for setting up…

Representational image. (Photo: Getty images)As per the details shared by the MoS aviation, he said, an additional 130-140 manpower were deployed at the airport during foggy season to help affected flyers.After seeing the multiple delays and cancellations of several flights due to bad weather in Delhi, the Minister of State (MoS) in Civil Aviation, Gen. (D V. K. Singh (Retd), shared all the steps that were being taken then to provide affected passengers with full comfort.While delivering brief details about the same in…

September marked a quarter of a century since Google’s inception.It wasn’t long before it became the most-used internet search engine, with its popularity so widespread the word ‘google’ earned a spot in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006.This year was one of contentious debates and discussions, and many of these topics were reflected in Google’s top searches for 2023.Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >>The top trending search in Australia was the Optus outage, when 10 million customers woke up,…

The Indian Telecommunications Bill 2023, also known as the Telecom Bill 2023, was tabled by the Union Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw earlier today, and it has been passed by the Lok Sabha. The bill, which seeks to supersede the existing regulations, was presented and cleared during the Winter Session of Parliament. The new legislation is intended to serve as a replacement for three existing Acts: the Indian Telegraph Act of 1885, the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1933, and the Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act of…

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: The EU Council and Parliament agree a deal to reclassify millions of ride-hailing and food delivery app workers as staff, possibly costing the industry billions — European Union negotiators backed a deal to reclassify millions of people working for ride-hailing and food-delivery apps … Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: The EU Council and Parliament agree a deal to reclassify millions of ride-hailing and food delivery app workers as staff, possibly costing the…

Image Source : FILE 6 Emergency Alerts on Android devices within 30 minutes Android smartphone users across India have been receiving sample testing alerts on their handsets. So far, by the time of writing, we received 8 alerts within 40 minutes. The first alert started buzzing at 1:25 PM IST. The notification, titled "Emergency alert: Sever" has been designed…