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Science & Technology

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AI propaganda campaign in Rwanda has been pushing pro-Kagame messages – a dangerous new trend in Africa

        By Morgan Wack, Clemson University     At the end of May 2024, several media outlets led by the journalist network Forbidden Stories released a set of reports titled “Rwanda Classified”. This reporting detailed evidence related to the suspicious death of Rwandan journalist and government critic John Williams Ntwali. The reports include additional details on Kigali’s efforts to silence critics. As a political scientist with a […]

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‘Gun control is dead and we killed it’: unmasking the ‘lonely incel’ who designed the world’s most popular 3D-printed firearm

This anonymised image of FGC-9 creator ‘JStark1809’ was posted online with the gun’s designs in 2020. JStark1809/Deterrence Dispensed via Wikimedia, CC BY-NC       By Rajan Basra, King's College London     Every year, on Easter Sunday, Irish republicans commemorate their martyrs, remembering lives lost during the 1916 Easter Rising and in the years since. Such events have a pattern: a street parade, speeches and flowers at the cemetery. The […]

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China’s moon probe returns with far side samples

China has become the first country to successfully bring back samples from the far side of the Moon, where missions are more complex because of its mountainous terrain. SkyNews reports China's lunar probe has returned to Earth, touching down in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia. The re-entry capsule of the Chang'e probe landed at about 7 am South African time and carried lunar soil collected earlier in the month.

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Namibia

MTC partners with Omaruru for digital development agenda

MTC and the Municipality of Omaruru have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on an integrated digital innovation agenda. The agreement aims to identify common interests, assess areas for socio-economic smart solutions, and contribute to Namibia's National Development agenda through transformative initiatives. Here is MTC's spokesperson, Erasmus Nekundi.

todayJune 24, 2024 23

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AI can make African elections more efficient – but trust must be built and proper rules put in place

Election officials confirm a voter’s biometric details during Kenya’s 2022 elections. James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket     By Shamira Ahmed, European University Institute and Mehari Taddele Maru, European University Institute     Time magazine has dubbed 2024 a “super election year”. An astonishing 4 billion people are eligible to vote in countries across the world this year. Many are on the African continent, where presidential, parliamentary and general elections have already […]

todayJune 18, 2024 16

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What will a robot make of your résumé? The bias problem with using AI in job recruitment

Parradee Kietsirikul/Getty Images       By Melika Soleimani, Massey University; Ali Intezari, The University of Queensland; David J Pauleen, Massey University, and Jim Arrowsmith, Massey University     The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has begun, spreading to almost every facet of people’s professional and personal lives – including job recruitment. While artists fear copyright breaches or simply being replaced, business and management are becoming increasingly aware to the possibilities of […]

todayJune 10, 2024 17

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