The European Commission does not think that imposing a network fee on big technology companies is a viable solution to the debate over who should fund the roll-out of 5G and broadband, a spokesman for the EU executive said on Thursday. The issue pits Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Telecom Italia against Google, Facebook, Netflix,…
To empower and elevate Africa’s digital workforce, The Digital Professional Fair is set to debut in Lagos. The three-day event which will be held in August 11 to 13 August, will gather emerging talents, freelancers, and established professionals in the digital space. The convener, who is a technology advocate, Tutu Adetunmbi, said: “This inaugural event…
A recent landmark ruling by a California court has delivered legal clarity on a defining question in the era of generative AI: can large language models (LLMs) be trained on copyrighted works without the rights holder’s consent? In Bartz v Anthropic, a United States federal judge in the Northern District of California held that training…
With the costs of climate change impacts rapidly rising, the billions pocketed by the fossil fuel industry is an insult to the communities worst hit by extreme weather. It’s time to make polluters pay for the damage they’ve caused Climate disasters are getting worse, and we know exactly what’s driving them: burning fossil fuels. But…
Laura Gozzi & Paul Kirby BBC News Reuters Security is tight at the Nato summit – President Trump’s first since 2019 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned that Russia’s president understands only the language of force and that Tuesday’s “historic” Nato summit in The Hague will aim to ensure peace in Europe for generations to…
