Brave New World

South Africa Looks on While Brazil and India Face Off China and Russia

Johannesburg BRICS Summit (22-24 August 2023) Is the Johannesburg summit anything more than just a chatgroup meeting for importers and…

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Argentina Looks to Eccentric Outlier For an Economic Fix

A far-Right libertarian candidate has burst from nowhere to claim centre stage in Argentina’s election race. Javier Milei, a 52-year-old,…

1 year ago

Behold the New War: Same as the Old War, but it Comes with an App

On the battlefields of Ukraine, massive military kit is trumping technology, reports Wim Romeijn. On the undulating plains of eastern…

1 year ago

Oh Dear: The Sound of Your Keystrokes Could Leave You Wide-open to a Cyberattack

A simple video call could open your laptop to hackers, experts warn... University researchers have created an AI system to…

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Trusting AI in International Trade — the Road to Failure, or the Future?

Lord Waverley dons his techie hat and has a closer look at the potential applications of artificial intelligence... Generative AI…

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AI Set to Drive Nail in Coffin of Long Stagnation

From Excited to Ecstatic: Expectations of AI Drive Perception Recognised as one of the world’s most prestigious management consulting firms,…

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Data-Sharing: Privacy Agreement to Limit Prying by US Intelligence

Europeans can now complain if they think intelligence services gathered their data — and it’s business as usual for tech…

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Video Gaming Firm Forced to Cut Staff — Despite Cult-like Following for a Franchise that Just Won’t Die

Q: How do get 1,000 Pikachu on an aeroplane? A: You Pokémon. Hal Williams reports on the enduring — or…

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Technology, Turtles, Subway Systems and Flying Men — Delivery is Moving on Apace

Pie-from-the-sky is the festival food delivery dream for 2023 by HAL WILLIAMS New technology always takes a bit of bedding-in…

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AI: Lies, Surprises, and a Risk of our Own Extinction — With Some Interesting Attributes

The bots are here: ‘It’s as if aliens had landed, and nobody noticed because they are fluent in English...’ ChatGPT…

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