China has announced that in 2023 its population declined from 1.4118 to 1.4097 billion people. Forecasting by the UN suggests China’s population will dip to 1.313 billion by 2050 and then down to about 800…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is seemingly everywhere. Right now, generative AI in particular – tools like Midjourney, ChatGPT, Gemini (previously Bard) and others – is at the peak of hype. But as an academic discipline, AI…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Storage tanks are seen at the Petroineos Ineos petrol refinery in Lavera, France, March 29, 2022. Picture taken March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo By Sudarshan Varadhan (Reuters) -Oil prices fell…
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The Federal Communications Commission on Feb. 8, 2024, outlawed robocalls that use voices generated by artificial intelligence. The 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act bans artificial voices in robocalls. The FCC’s Feb. 8 ruling declares that…
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© Reuters. A sign of Citgo Petroleum is seen at its headquarters in Houston, Texas, U.S., January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura By Marianna Parraga and Gary McWilliams HOUSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. court auction weighing…
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For many, elite sport is the quintessential human endeavour. It drives ferocious competition, captures unconditional tribal loyalty, and rewards the victors with fame and fortune. As the Olympic motto declares, the limits of human performance…
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© Reuters. Farmers and truck drivers gather outside Atletico Madrid stadium to vote a strike in both sectors during a fifth day of protests across the country, in Madrid, Spain. February 10, 2024. REUTERS/Catarina Demony…
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The Haitian government appointed Ronald Gabriel governor of the central bank on October 8 as part of what appears to be a wider overhaul of its leadership. Prime minister Ariel Henry’s government also named three…
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© Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) -Air defence systems operated by U.S.-led coalition troops based in eastern Syria halted six drone attacks targeting their base at the Conoco oil field on Saturday, a security source said. The…
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Maybe the Tesla directors who agreed to pay Elon Musk US$56 billion were just feeling generous. Or maybe, as the judge who cancelled this “unfathomable” deal suggested, they really were “starry eyed” and swayed by…
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