NAIROBI, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — Kenya and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Monday inked an agreement that will see the UN agency support the rollout of the planned digital identity (Digital ID). Under the deal which was signed in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, the UNDP will provide technical assistance and work with […]
The number of those killed by Russian forces has risen again to seven people, including an infant and a 12-year-old boy. They were killed by Russian shelling in Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said on Sunday. Elsewhere, Russian air defence systems shot down Ukrainian drones over Russia’s Belgorod and Kursk regions, […]
BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China:↳ AI SCIENCE China strives to make frontier breakthroughs in science and technology via the advancing computing power of artificial intelligence (AI) that has seen explosive growth in the country.↳ Scientists and AI developers applauded the revolution of […]
BEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. SHENZHOU-15 ASTRONAUTS The three astronauts from China’s Shenzhou-15 crewed mission met the press on Monday, their first appearance after returning to Earth in June. Having completed the quarantine and recuperation stage, the astonauts are now undergoing observation, […]
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 1 (ANI): Karnataka Ministers MB Patil and Priyanka Kharge held a meeting with iPhone maker Foxconn chairman Young Liu about intended projects for which the company is keen to invest in the state of Karnataka turned out to be fruitful. Speaking about the meeting MB Patil said, “The industrial and […]
OSECINA, Serbia — Only 2,700 people live in central Osecina, a small town in western Serbia whose downtown consists of two simple intersections. But over the last five years it — along with the broader town of some 10,000 residents that administers it — has become covered in Chinese-made surveillance cameras. Like elsewhere in Serbian […]
Kiev sought to use the SpaceX satellite network to launch an attack on Russian ships in 2022, the US media outlet has reported The SpaceX co-founder, US billionaire Elon Musk, prevented Ukraine from using his company’s Starlink satellite communications system to strike Russia, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the […]
washington – China is pilfering U.S.-developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology to enhance its own aspirations and to conduct foreign influence operations, senior FBI officials said Friday. The officials said China and other U.S. adversaries are targeting American businesses, universities and government research facilities to get their hands on cutting-edge AI research and products. “Nation-state adversaries, […]
Republican lawmaker Jim Jordan has obtained messages showing the Biden administration pushed for certain posts to be taken down Newly unearthed documents from Facebook have revealed that US President Joe Biden’s administration pressured the world’s largest social media platform to censor commentary by its users, potentially violating their constitutional right to free speech. US House […]
SEOUL, July 27 (Xinhua) — South Korea’s tech firm Samsung Electronics posted a sharp fall in second-quarter earnings as weaker global demand for locally-made semiconductors led to a large deficit in the chip-making division, the company said Thursday. Samsung’s consolidated operating profit dropped 95.3 percent from a year earlier to 668.5 billion won (525.6 million […]
