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14 Jun 2023 1 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic
Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, to cease its operations there. The SEC stated that Binance Nigeria Limited was not registered or regulated, making its activities ill...
14 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
Sandro Gozi, a member of Renew Europe, has stated that the party will not ally with the center-right European People's Party (EPP) if it aligns with the proper and extreme-right factions. Gozi emphasized the importance of building a majority with the...
14 Jun 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
Africa is facing a pressing need for clean and modern household energy due to its growing population. Currently, a large majority of the population, around 900 million people, rely on polluting and inefficient energy sources such as wood, charcoal, a...
13 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
Zeneta Everhart, whose son survived a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, is running for a seat on the Buffalo City Council to disrupt the city's stagnant politics and address the systemic racism that led to the shooting. Everhart aims to tackle the...
13 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
The partial collapse of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine has raised concerns about its environmental impact, with some warning it could be the country's worst ecological disaster since the Chornobyl nuclear meltdown. Ukraine's president called an emergenc...
13 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
According to data from W3Techs, over half of the websites on the internet use English as their primary language, despite native English speakers comprising less than 5% of the global population. In contrast, languages like Chinese and Hindi, which ha...
13 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sparked controversy when he expressed doubts about the ability of a young team from India with limited resources to build a foundational artificial intelligence model similar to OpenAI. His comments received backlash, with some...
13 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
The recent internet shutdown in Pakistan has severely affected the country's tech ecosystem and has prompted many professionals, particularly in the tech industry, to consider leaving. The shutdown occurred amidst rising political instability, unempl...
13 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
China is facing a shortage of software engineers in its artificial intelligence (AI) sector. Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) has launched a plan to relocate AI specialists from Beijing to its new laboratory in Vancouver, reportedly due to heightened p...
13 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
Francisco Toro from the Persuasion recently wrote a personal story by sharing his experience with a Buddhist monk in Japan while exploring the concept of mizuko-kuyo, a Buddhist ritual to mourn unborn children. Toro reveals his own family's silence a...
