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Last October, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked about this. His reply didn’t address the specific claim at hand, instead he spoke generally of “noise and harmful misinformation on the Internet,” and bizarrely urged people to resist “people who would sow chaos within our communities and our democracy.” (I …

The quest for AI is right now “one of the biggest battles” between countries around the world, he tells Boom Bust, adding that we are dealing with two forms of AI: narrow or weak AI, and artificial general intelligence. The first form is “very much based upon machine learning, what …

The quest for AI is right now “one of the biggest battles” between countries around the world, he tells Boom Bust, adding that we are dealing with two forms of AI: narrow or weak AI, and artificial general intelligence. The first form is “very much based upon machine learning, what …

An agreement was reached on Wednesday for the disengagement of Chinese and Indian troops at the mountainous border region between the two countries. “The frontline units of the Chinese and Indian armed forces began … to disengage on the southern and northern shores of Pangong Lake on February 10,”  Defense Ministry …

Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize revealed the country was set to begin rolling out Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine next week. The vaccination drive will come as an “implementation study” and will target the country’s health workers. So far, South Africa has secured only a …

On Wednesday, a court in the Russian capital told reporters that Leonid Volkov, who formerly served as chief of staff to anti-corruption activist Navalny and now runs his network of regional offices, is being sought by police. A native of the Ural city of Ekaterinburg, about 1,000km east of Moscow, …

With multiple sightings reported across the state from the Treasure Coast to Southern Palm Beach County, spectacular footage purports to show the mysterious object in action. Throwing cold water on theories that the object was everything from a meteor or comet to an alien spacecraft conducting a close flyby, Dutch …

Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize revealed the country was set to begin rolling out Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine next week. The vaccination drive will come as an “implementation study” and will target the country’s health workers. So far, South Africa has secured only a …

The EU’s efforts to monopolise on a fixed understanding of ‘Europe’ was intended to create a common narrative and identity to unify its members. Instead, the EU has wrecked a common language required to negotiate and harmonise the different ideas (German, British, Polish, Russian, etc.) about the continent and how …

There’s always the expectation of a shocking reveal in any documentary about a high-profile event, because if there isn’t, then why make it in the first place? The assassination of North Korea’s leader’s half-brother in Kuala Lumpur Airport in 2017 was that sort of incident. One big reason why it …