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AI
Some AI companies face a new accusation: ‘Openwashing’
There’s a big debate in the tech world over whether artificial intelligence models should be “open source”.
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Smartphones
Companies are trying to attract more smartphone users across Africa. But there are risks
Anita Akpeere prepared fried rice in her kitchen in Ghana's capital as a flurry of notifications for restaurant orders lit up apps on her phone. "I don’t think I could work without a phone in my line of business,” she said, as requests came in for her signature dish, a traditional fermented dumpling.
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Internet
US man who sought revenge for a stolen phone pleads guilty to fire that killed a Senegalese family of five
A Colorado man pleaded guilty to murder charges on May 17 for starting a 2020 house fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family out of misplaced revenge for a stolen iPhone that he mistakenly tracked to the house.
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World
Who is Mohammad Mokhber, the man set to become Iran's interim president?
(Reuters) - Here are some key facts about Mohammad Mokhber, 68, Iran's first vice president who, based on the country's constitution, is expected to become interim president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
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World
Iran's President Raisi, Foreign Minister die in helicopter crash, Iranian official tells Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister died when their helicopter crashed as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters on Monday.
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AI
Can we rid artificial intelligence of bias?
Artificial intelligence built on mountains of potentially biased information has created a real risk of automating discrimination, but is there any way to re-educate the machines?
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World
Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found
DUBAI (Reuters) - Hopes are fading that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have survived a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday after search teams located the wreckage.
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Smartphones
How Google and Apple are protecting smartphones against theft
To protect smartphones and, above all, the sensitive personal data stored on them, Google will be launching a new series of anti-theft features.
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World
Australia, NZ unable to send evacuation flights to New Caledonia
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A thousand police arrived in New Caledonia from France and street clashes had calmed, the French High Commission said on Monday, but Australia and New Zealand were unable to send in evacuation flights for tourists stranded on the Pacific island.
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Mobile apps
US high school students devise app that detects scam calls
Midland High School students pitched a product that could detect pesky scam calls, placing them in second at the annual A.H. Nickless competition.
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World
Lai Ching-te sworn in as Taiwan's new president
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Lai Ching-te was sworn in as Taiwan's new president on Monday, in footage shown live on television from the presidential office.
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Social media
Study: Children who spend more time on social media ‘more likely to vape’
Youngsters who spend a lot of time on social media are more likely to vape and smoke cigarettes, new British research suggests.
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World
UNICEF rehabilitates medical centers in Libya's floods-hit Derna
TRIPOLI, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday it has rehabilitated four primary medical centers in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, which was hit by deadly floods last year.
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World
DRC army says it stopped attempted coup involving US citizens
KINSHASA (Reuters) -The leader of an attempted coup on Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been killed and some 50 people including three American citizens arrested, a spokesman for the Central African country's army told Reuters.
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World
Algeria launches 3rd general agricultural census
ALGIERS, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Algeria on Sunday commenced its third general agricultural census, a critical measure to develop agricultural policies aimed at enhancing the country's food security, an agricultural official said.
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World
Spain recalls ambassador after Argentina's Milei calls PM's wife 'corrupt'
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain recalled its ambassador to Buenos Aires for consultations on Sunday after Argentina's President Javier Milei made derogatory comments about Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's wife during a far-right rally in Madrid.
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World
Interview: U.S. high tariffs on Chinese EVs outdated, useless, says economist
ZAGREB, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government's move to increase the tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) imports is outdated and ineffective, a Croatian economist told Xinhua in a recent interview.
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World
Across China: Russian specialities fuel buyers' enthusiasm at China-Russia Expo
HARBIN, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and foreign trade representatives and visitors packed out the 388,000-square meters of exhibition space at the eighth China-Russia Expo, as the expo's public open day was held Saturday in Harbin, the capital city of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
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World
Two dead, five missing after boat collision on Danube in Hungary
KOMAROM, Hungary (Reuters) - Two people were killed and five others were missing after a small motor boat collided with a cruise ship on the Danube River north of Budapest late on Saturday, Hungarian police said on Sunday.
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World
Iranian president missing after copter crash, says state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident.