Author: iMaster

Author: iMaster

Understanding Carbon Capture and Its Discussion at COP28
12/09/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The future of fossil fuels is at the center of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where many activists, experts and nations are calling for an agreement to phase out the oil, gas and …

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Europe Reaches Deal on World’s First Comprehensive AI Rules
12/09/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

European Union negotiators clinched a deal Friday on the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules, paving the way for legal oversight of technology used in popular generative AI services such as ChatGPT that have promised …

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Australian Laser Technology to Help Future NASA Missions to Mars
12/07/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

A new optical ground station has been built by the Australian National University to help the U.S. space agency, NASA, and others explore space and safely reach Mars. The Australian team has developed a new …

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Meta Sued for Allegedly Failing to Shield Children From Predators
12/07/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Facebook and Instagram fail to protect underage users from exposure to child sexual abuse material and let adults solicit pornographic imagery from them, New Mexico’s attorney general alleges in a lawsuit that follows an undercover …

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Spotify to Lay Off 1,500 Employees
12/04/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Spotify says it is planning to lay off 17% of its global workforce, amounting to around 1,500 employees, following layoffs earlier this year of 600 people in January and an additional 200 in June. The …

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Solar Grid Brings Light, Progress to Rural Nigerian Community
12/03/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

In early November, Nigeria launched its first interconnected solar hybrid mini grid in Nasarawa State to make electricity more reliable, renewable and accessible. Gibson Emeka has this story from Abuja, Nigeria, Grace Oyenubi narrates. …

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Breaches by Iran-Affiliated Hackers Span US States, Federal Agencies Say
12/03/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

A small western Pennsylvania water authority was just one of many organizations breached in the United States by Iran-affiliated hackers who targeted a specific industrial control device because it is Israeli-made, U.S. and Israeli authorities …

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Rules Would Bar EV Tax Credits if Batteries, Minerals Linked to China
12/01/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The U.S. proposed new guidelines Friday spelling out which electric vehicles will be eligible for tax credits, ruling out those that contain batteries or minerals sourced from China and other nations that have fallen out …

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Virtual Reality Holograms Could Transform Learning, Arts
12/01/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Developers at the University of Maryland are using a holographic camera to capture people’s movements in three dimensions for what could be high-impact training, education and entertainment. It is technology with the power to transform …

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US Lawmakers Say Chinese Disinformation Operations a Growing Threat
12/01/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

US lawmakers warned Thursday that the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to spread disinformation will only increase ahead of the 2024 elections in the United States. As VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson reports, social media giant …

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VOA Exclusive: US, S Korea, Japan to Sign Pact to Counter Disinformation  
12/01/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The United States plans to sign a memorandum of understanding to cooperate with South Korea and Japan in the fight against false propaganda and disinformation. It will be the first such agreement that Washington signs …

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Vietnam’s Rare Earth Sector on the Rise
11/30/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Vietnam, with the world’s second-largest reserves of the rare earths used in such modern devices as electric vehicle batteries and smart phone screens, is intensifying mining of the critical minerals. The industry, though, faces high …

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White House Hopes to Lead Global Charge in ‘Promise, Peril’ of Emerging Tech Like AI
11/30/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

American leadership is essential in establishing norms and laws to “determine how we both glean the promise and manage the peril” of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and digital economic and social platforms used to …

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Ukraine Businesses Pivot to New Military Technology Production
11/29/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, drone production in the country has surged. Ukrainian businesses have shifted from manufacturing products for peacetime to producing equipment for wartime. From Kyiv, Myroslava Gongadze explains …

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US Imposes Sanctions on Cryptocurrency Mixer Sinbad Over Alleged North Korea Links
11/29/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a virtual currency mixer the Treasury Department said has processed millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency from major heists carried out by North Korea-linked hackers. The U.S. …

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Is AI About to Steal Your Job?
11/29/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Almost all U.S. jobs, from truck driver to childcare provider to software developer, include skills that can be done, or at least supplemented, by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), according to a recent report. GenAI is …

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US Envoy Focuses on Cyberscams During Cambodia Visit 
11/29/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Cindy Dyer, the U.S. ambassador-at-large for monitoring and combating trafficking, is planning to push Cambodia’s new government to ramp up its efforts to crack down on cyberscam operations that trap many trafficking victims in slavelike …

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Altman Back as OpenAI CEO Days After Being Fired
11/29/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him late last week, culminating a days-long power struggle that shocked the tech industry and brought attention to the conflicts around how …

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These US States Have the Most Remote Workers
11/29/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

More people work from home in Colorado, while Mississippi has the lowest percentage of teleworkers …

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Solar Panels Over Canals in Gila River Indian Community Will Help Save Water
11/29/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

In a move that may soon be replicated elsewhere, the Gila River Indian Community recently signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to put solar panels over a stretch of irrigation canal …

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Lawmakers, Companies Set New Rules for AI-Generated Political Ads
11/29/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

As the 2024 U.S. presidential race begins to ramp up, some contenders are already using artificial intelligence to generate promotional videos, some of which blur the lines between what is real and what is not. …

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Space Tracking Helps Australia Monitor, Manage Feral Buffalo Herds
11/29/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Indigenous rangers in northern Australia have started managing herds of feral animals from space. In the largest project of its kind in Australia, the so-called Space Cows project involves tagging and then tracking a thousand …

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