Category: Business

The history of technology is rife with copyright panics.  In the 1980s, major rightsholders ran to Congress and the courts, claiming that videotape recorders (VTR) were “to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone.” Then, the Supreme Court declined to embrace the hype, noting […]

The California legislature passed Assembly Bill 1709 (A.B. 1709) today, which functions as a sweeping ban on social media use for young people under the age of 16. This well-intentioned, but deeply flawed piece of legislation, cuts young people off from essential information and experiences, particularly harming vulnerable youth and marginalized groups who often find […]

The development comes in the wake of the agreement between the United States and Iran, announced on Sunday, after more than three months of fighting and wider war across the Middle East and the Gulf region.  A UN force, UNIFIL, has been deployed for nearly 50 years in southern Lebanon, where hostilities escalated between Israeli forces and […]

Malaria wasn’t on Masaki Umeda’s mind when his drone startup, SORA Technology, launched in 2020 in Nagoya, Japan. Back then, he and his colleagues were focused on getting medical supplies to hard-to-reach parts of Africa but, after talking to health ministries, they realised their AI-powered solutions would be more useful in the fight against the […]

For many people, ageing is accompanied by familiar messages: slow down, your best years are behind you. Far from harmless clichés, these assumptions shape how societies view older persons and how people see themselves as they grow older.  In many cultures, ageing is still associated with decline, dependency and withdrawal from public life. Such perceptions […]

According to the UN Development Programme (UNDP), developing economies are being forced to spend hundreds of billions of dollars shielding households from soaring energy costs, leaving less money for schools, hospitals and climate action. Their new report, Military Escalation in the Middle East: Cushioning the Global Shock, finds that governments have relied on fossil fuel subsidies, price […]

The UN response: Key facts OCHA has coordinated relief from 27 countries, involving more than 2,200 rescuers and 140 search dogs. Three UN field hospitals are operating in La Guiara, one of the worst-hit areas. UNICEF says 1.8 million people need humanitarian assistance, including 680,000 children. IOM warns up to 6.76 million people could be […]

Before the disaster, the World Food Programme (WFP) was already assisting around 500,000 people through school meals and community support. Now, the agency is shifting its work toward emergency assistance. Holding his three young children by the hand, one stricken father told UN humanitarian teams he no longer had shelter, water or food.  The children’s […]

The UN aid effort – Key Facts Six days after the earthquakes, UNHCR reports widespread food shortages in La Guaira, the worst-hit state, with basic services collapsed, connectivity largely cut, and rising tension over access to aid. A UNHCR rapid assessment across La Guaira, the Capital District, Miranda, Aragua and Carabobo found about half of […]

Addressing the inaugural UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, the Secretary-General also insisted on the need for greater accessibility for the billions of people unable to access the revolutionary tech.  He insisted that any future agreement must be “worthy of global trust” and put safety first – and especially children’s – to protect […]