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Western self-sufficiency in computer chips is just not going to happen

Western self-sufficiency in computer chips is just not going to happen

American microchip giant Intel is looking for a new CEO following Pat Gelsinger’s shock resignation. This represents more than just a corporate shake-up. It’s the end of an era in which one company could totally…

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A Meta outage hit Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and more. Here’s what we know so far

A Meta outage hit Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and more. Here’s what we know so far

A major outage is affecting users of popular social media and messaging services including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp around the globe. All these platforms are run by the social media giant Meta. As news of…

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New technology aids Brazil’s crackdown on illicit Amazon gold trade By Reuters

New technology aids Brazil’s crackdown on illicit Amazon gold trade By Reuters

By Ricardo Brito and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally exporting 294 kilos of gold from Brazil’s Amazon…

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Why Scottish salmon’s rebrand may end up harming the integrity of a top export and hurting producers

Why Scottish salmon’s rebrand may end up harming the integrity of a top export and hurting producers

Scottish farmed salmon was the UK’s top food export last year, ending up in restaurants and on dinner tables all over the world. But also in 2023, the industry trade body Salmon Scotland sought to…

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Big tech firms like Meta forced to pay for news, under Albanese government’s ‘news bargaining incentive’ charge

Big tech firms like Meta forced to pay for news, under Albanese government’s ‘news bargaining incentive’ charge

Big tech companies would have to either do deals with news organisations to help fund journalism or pay a charge to the Australian government, under a new plan announced by the Albanese government on Thursday.…

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China’s CNOOC sells US assets to Britain’s INEOS By Reuters

China’s CNOOC sells US assets to Britain’s INEOS By Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s CNOOC (NYSE:) Ltd has sold its U.S. subsidiary, together with its upstream oil and gas assets in the Gulf of Mexico, to British chemicals group INEOS, according to a CNOOC statement…

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South Africa’s poverty relief grant should be increased rather than paid to more people – economists explain why

South Africa’s poverty relief grant should be increased rather than paid to more people – economists explain why

South Africa’s unemployment rate stands at a staggering 33.5%, one of the highest in the world. Coupled with an alarming poverty rate – where more than half of the population lives on less than R1,558…

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Tech companies claim AI can recognise human emotions. But the science doesn’t stack up

Tech companies claim AI can recognise human emotions. But the science doesn’t stack up

Can artificial intelligence (AI) tell whether you’re happy, sad, angry or frustrated? According to technology companies that offer AI-enabled emotion recognition software, the answer to this question is yes. But this claim does not stack…

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Canada says it will respond robustly if US imposes tariffs By Reuters

Canada says it will respond robustly if US imposes tariffs By Reuters

By Divya Rajagopal TORONTO (Reuters) – Ottawa and the provinces will respond robustly if the incoming U.S. administration goes ahead with a promise to impose tariffs on imports from Canada, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said…

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South Africa’s low-cost housing model is broken – study suggests how to fix it

South Africa’s low-cost housing model is broken – study suggests how to fix it

The backlog of subsidised public housing in South Africa is estimated at 2.4 million. In this interview, Hlengiwe Maila, a research fellow at the School of Public Management and Administration at the University of Pretoria,…

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