WHO starts cutting costs as US withdrawal date set for January 2026
“Just stupid” On January 23, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sent a memo to staff announcing the cost-cutting measures. Reuters ...
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The Less People Know About AI, the More They Like It
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The rapid spread of artificial intelligence has people ...
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This is what might happen if the US withdraws from the WHO
McKee thinks that the loss of funding will also affect efforts to eradicate polio, and to control outbreaks of mpox ...
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Oracle and Microsoft are reportedly in talks to take over TikTok
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Oracle and a group of investors that includes Microsoft are in talks to take over TikTok’s global operations, reports NPR. ...
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Protect Your Phone With Android’s Theft Detection Features
After Google’s beta test in Brazil, the initial suite of theft protection features for Android smartphones is now widely available—but ...
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the First Amendment Protects “Speech Allegedly Resulting in Suicide”
Content warning: this story discusses suicide, self-harm, sexual abuse, eating disorders and other disturbing topics. In October of last year, ...
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George R.R. Martin Coauthored a Scientific Paper
Although fans of A Song of Ice and Fire might still be hankering for the long-delayed next book in the ...
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Could your job be at risk due to AI? Do this before it’s too late
peterschreiber.media/Getty Images A couple of weeks ago, The World Economic Forum dropped its predictions for the future of jobs and ...
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Seed Funding Rose In These Spaces
Editor’s note: Previously, we wrote about sectors where seed funding fell. We also looked at the state of seed-stage investment, ...
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through January 25)
Open-Source DeepSeek-R1 Uses Pure Reinforcement Learning to Match OpenAI o1—at 95% Less Cost Shubham Sharma | VentureBeat “Based on the ...
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