ByteDance to curb AI video app after Disney legal threat
Videos featuring Spider-Man and other characters which are Disney’s intellectual property have gone viral since Seedance’s update.
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Africa: WHO Urges Higher Taxes On Sugary Drinks, Alcohol to Curb Preventable Deaths
The organisation urged countries to raise and redesign taxes as part of its new 3 by 35 initiative, which aims to increase the real prices of tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks by 2035. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on governments to significantly increase taxes on sugary drinks and alcohol, warning that the widespread…
Godongwana launches dashboard to curb tender corruption
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana. In a bid to curb corruption, government has launched the first Procurement Payments Dashboard using data from its Basic Accounting System. This was announced by finance minister Enoch Godongwana, presenting the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement in Cape Town, earlier today. According to the minister, this dashboard, which is available on…
City Power taps Huawei to curb R3.6bn electricity losses
City Power’s Mondeor Switching Station in Johannesburg. Power utility City Power has engaged Chinese tech giant Huawei to curtail electricity losses amounting to over R3 billion every year. The City of Johannesburg entity is set to roll out Huawei’s Intelligent Distribution System (IDS), a solution designed to help curb network abnormalities, reduce rampant energy theft,…
Africa: Dangote Fertiliser’s Plant Expansion to Curb Africa’s 6m Tonnes Annual Import
Dangote group is set to expand its $2.5 billion fertiliser plant located in Lagos, which will make Africa self-sufficient in fertiliser supplies and significantly reduce import costs. Aliko Dangote said on Friday that the planned production capacity would boost supply needs of the continent in the next 40 months. If the plan is successfully completed…