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Trump pressures Apple into removing ICEBlock from the App Store
The app’s name may have made it sound like a game. In reality, it was far from one and served as a vital tool to help individuals evade ICE agents within their own cities. In the past year alone, countless acts of cruelty have been committed under the guise of immigration control. Many of these have taken place in the United States, a nation once celebrated as a land of...
Why has Trump linked Tylenol use to autism?
In a statement that echoed throughout his administration, the ‘highly backed’ claim linked the pre-natal usage of acetaminophen to kids being born with autism. As a new week comes into effect, so does another round of medical misinformation from the Trump administration. It is astounding to think that despite his government being filled with anti-science members, somehow there’s always news around ‘heavily backed scientific findings’. With that in mind, it was just...
Unpacking Trump’s NATO ultimatum to end Russian militancy
Somehow, it involves China, and to make it worse, the alliance’s member states are not keen on pursuing this ultimatum. Despite countless summits and discussions, the war in Ukraine persists. In most instances, whether he truly helped or not, we find President Donald Trump at the centre of these negotiations. He has continually emphasized his commitment to achieving a peace agreement, rather than a ceasefire, which he sees no need...
Albania appoints world’s first AI-powered minister
The nation did the unthinkable and put an AI entity in charge of public procurement in an effort to combat the nation’s high levels of corruption. Artificial intelligence is everywhere. From aiding students in their studies to detecting diseases, our lives are becoming increasingly intertwined with AI. This also applies to governments worldwide, some of which use it to automate processes or even to make e-portals easier for citizens...
World Athletics mandates gene test for athletes in women’s categories
The athletics governing body has mandated that female athletes undergo testing to detect the presence of the Y chromosome, which is linked to male sex characteristics. Those who test positive are barred from competition on the grounds of having an unfair advantage over athletes without the gene. The sex-determining region Y gene, or SRY gene, is located on the Y chromosome and gives unique instructions to the body. This gene...
AI chatbots increasingly linked to child suicide cases
The past months have seen an increase in lawsuits against AI companies by parents who have lost their kids to chatbots. These bots have been found to enable conversations about suicide and self-harm. Despite its past stigmas and accessibility problems, mental health is still a pertinent topic in many domains, ranging from lifestyles to policymaking. Today, a new factor is complicating the normalisation of mental health and how it...
Roblox isn’t doing enough to protect its young communities
The company banned a YouTuber who had exposed many child predators and got them arrested. Now, it has come under fire for enabling predatory behaviour and its lack of child safety protocols. Roblox has been an integral part of many of our childhoods. In the digital era, the platform provides users with multiple experiences to interact with, ranging from entertainment to education. Just months ago, it was in the limelight for...
Spain proposes ban to stop world’s first octopus farm
With the culinary demand for octopuses increasing, a Spanish company is planning to develop an octopus farm to keep supplies steady. However, with the sentience of these creatures deemed unfit for farming, Spain is rushing to ban such a development. In the fight for animal rights, one major contender of backlash is aquaculture. With the populations of wild creatures declining, many companies have turned to farming them. In that vein,...
European leaders’ united front joins Zelenskyy at the White House
The meeting saw Trump being more civilised to the Ukrainian leader after European officials joined to discuss the current war, following a similar meeting with Putin. Nobody has been more obsessed with a Nobel Peace Prize than President Donald Trump has. The White House claimed that he had brokered at least one peace deal or ceasefire a month since his term began, warranting the prestigious award. Alleged deals aside,...
France’s new bill to speed up the restitution of looted African artefacts
The post-Napoleonic era saw a surge in colonial loot as France scrambled to conquer Africa. Now, the nation’s new bill hopes to speed up the process of returning these objects to their places of origin. Centuries after the colonial era’s looting practices, the legacies of the stolen artefacts continue to affect former colonies. Many of these loots remain within the confines of Western museums and private collections, far from their...
