DR Congo will invest $100 million to create a paramilitary force to provide security at its mines, with funding provided by the US and United Arab Emirates. The investment will back a security drive that will see it hire 20,000 mining guards by 2028, Bloomberg reported. DR Congo, the world’s ...
Michael might be a cowardly, cursed biopic but his fans are happy to live in a fantasyMichael might be a cowardly, cursed biopic but his fans are happy to live in a fantasy
The hit success of the critically reviled Michael Jackson movie shows that his fans only want to see the good – not the truth It’s not unusual to see a gulf between the quality of a blockbuster hit as described by critics, and the greater acceptance of that film as ...
‘Subtle but powerful form of self-validation’: how to start journaling‘Subtle but powerful form of self-validation’: how to start journaling
There is no wrong way to journal, say experts, and putting pen to paper can help with mental health and clarify thoughts and feelings How to start … anything: expert tips for trying something new Humans have been jotting down their feelings and experiences for millennia. The earliest example of ...
Study Finds A Third of New Websites are AI-GeneratedStudy Finds A Third of New Websites are AI-Generated
Researchers working with data from the Internet Archive have discovered that a third of websites created since 2022 are AI-generated. The team of researchers—which includes people from Stanford, the Imperial College London, and the Internet Archive—published their findings online in a paper titled “The Impact of AI-Generated Text on the ...
Government Hacking Tools Are Now in Criminals’ Hands (with Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai)Government Hacking Tools Are Now in Criminals’ Hands (with Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai)
This week Joseph talks to Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, a journalist at TechCrunch. Lorenzo has possibly the deepest understanding of one of the wildest cybersecurity stories in years: how an employee of Trenchant, a government malware vendor that is supposed to only sell to the ‘good’ guys, secretly sold a bunch of ...
Google DeepMind Paper Argues LLMs Will Never Be ConsciousGoogle DeepMind Paper Argues LLMs Will Never Be Conscious
A senior staff scientist at Google’s artificial intelligence laboratory DeepMind, Alexander Lerchner, argues in a new paper that no AI or other computational system will ever become conscious. That conclusion appears to conflict with the narrative from AI company CEOs, including DeepMind’s own Demis Hassabis, who repeatedly talks about the ...
Trump says King will be ‘very safe’ during US visit after security talksTrump says King will be ‘very safe’ during US visit after security talks
The state visit will go ahead despite concerns raised after a gunman targeted an event attended by the president. ...
Pakistan accused of attacking Afghan universityPakistan accused of attacking Afghan university
Air attacks on the province of Kunar have killed at least seven people and injured 75, sources tell the BBC. ...
Gunmen raid Nigerian orphanage and kidnap childrenGunmen raid Nigerian orphanage and kidnap children
The attack saw 23 children and the facility’s proprietress kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday. ...
Russian fighters confirm withdrawal from northern Mali city after separatist attacksRussian fighters confirm withdrawal from northern Mali city after separatist attacks
Ethnic Tuareg fighters say they are in control of Kidal following a weekend of nationwide attacks, alongside Islamist groups. ...