Anthropic has warned that frontier AI developers should establish a coordinated, verifiable way to slow down or temporarily pause development if advanced systems begin improving themselves faster than society can manage the risks. AI that can build itself would be a major development in the history of technology, but “full recursive self-improvement also might increase…
Cliff de Wit, Chief Innovation Officer at Accelera Digital Group (ADG). Across the globe, financial hubs are facing a new class of cyber threat: deepfake as a service. What began as crude impersonations has evolved into industrialised deception with AI-generated voices authorising fraudulent payments, synthetic executives joining video calls and cloned identities breaching onboarding systems….
For 25 years, the world has made significant progress in advancing women’s right to health, particularly in sexual and reproductive care. Women are living longer than ever before – but they are not living better. Across the world, UN data shows, women are still less likely to be taken seriously, accurately diagnosed, or appropriately treated….
NewsFeed The UN’s nuclear watchdog says Iran’s Khondab heavy water production plant is no longer operational after suffering severe damage in an Israeli strike on March 27. The reactor, which contains no declared nuclear material, was hit along with other key infrastructure sites. Published On 30 Mar 202630 Mar 2026 Click here to share on…
Addis Ababa — Africa is no longer a continent awaiting transformation; it is already undergoing significant and measurable change, according to Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). Speaking at the 9th Africa Business Forum in Addis Ababa, held under the theme “Financing the Future of Africa: Jobs and…
Aerial view of Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, taken from an airplane on April 3, 2025. Yamil Lage | Afp | Getty Images The Cuban government said international airlines can no longer refuel there due to fuel shortages after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that supplies the communist country with…
China is no longer the top security priority for the US, according to the Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy. The document, published once every four years, instead says that the security of the US homeland and Western Hemisphere is the department’s chief concern, adding that Washington has long neglected the “concrete interests” of Americans. The…
Addis Abeba — For more than three decades, Somaliland has occupied a peculiar and increasingly indefensible position in international politics. It fulfills every empirical and legal criterion of statehood: clearly defined borders rooted in colonial demarcations, a permanent and civically engaged population, functioning government institutions, and a demonstrable capacity to conduct foreign relations. Yet for…
Carl Bosma, director for Risk Advisory Services and telecommunications lead at BDO SA. Cyber attacks, security breaches and technology disruptions are top global risks, and a reactive, compliance-led approach is no longer fit for purpose in today’s ‘permacrisis’ environment. This is according to new research from auditing and business services firm BDO. BDO Global’s 2025/26…
Ali Song/Reuters It may seem like odd messaging from a tech chief. But Huawei Technologies founder Ren Zhengfei said that Americans have “exaggerated” his company’s chip achievements, which “still lag behind the US by a generation”. When it comes to the race for the hardware needed to support artificial intelligence, his company “isn’t that powerful…
