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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 firms. The EU Commission and the US are creating a data privacy framework to ease concerns over the sharing of
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UNCDF: Time to ‘Youth-Up’ – the Status Quo Simply Has to Be Adjusted
“It’s time to sustainably invest in youth affairs and future generations”, argues Edoardo Tancioni. As the world grapples with conflict, climate change and Covid, one thing is abundantly clear: the exigency to focus on youth. International forums increasingly feature the
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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 is it? — appeal of a video gaming phenomenon… Pokémon Go has been a mysterious and enduring phenomenon since its
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A Union of Minds, Methods, and Values Keeps Singapore’s Unique Skyline Alive
Singapore Land Group’s praises are sung — by peers and award bodies Singapore Land Group Ltd — SingLand — has a simple, and admirable, focus: to create inclusive urban spaces that empower people, businesses, and communities to thrive. And its
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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 before it’s accepted, adopted, and widely used. ‘Twas ever thus; back in 1964, when the facsimile machine was born, it
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A Challenger with its Head and Heart in the Cloud has Dropped Latency to Mere Microseconds
Aquis Exchange, the UK-based creator and facilitator of financial markets, has a track record of innovation and disruption — and this leopard isn’t changing its spots CFI wanted to know more about Aquis, and the developing technologies and strategies in
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Life On an Ocean Wave (Kept Afloat by Sea of Banknotes)
‘All I need is a luxury superyacht, and a star to steer her by…’ It’s official: the tide has not turned. The soaring demand for superyachts in 2022 continues to grow — and the market for luxury vessels longer than
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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 suffers from hallucinations, with hints of sociopathy. If stumped, the much-hyped chatbot will brazenly resort to lying and spit out
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Turning Passion into a Driving Force is a Sure Route to Business Success
APIP-Guinée MD Diana Kouyaté, mother, entrepreneur, and Guinean patriot, swears by her homeland’s rich potential. Diana Kouyaté has an innate love for her native country, the West African nation of Guinea. She grew up in the seaside capital of Conakry,
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Global Warning: Asia is Critical to Addressing Climate Change
Asia emits about half of the world’s global greenhouse gas emissions and that figure is set to increase if the right policies are not put in place. Asia’s future will be heavily shaped by climate change. The region has special vulnerabilities,
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