UN condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working at NGOs
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday that Afghanistan’s governing Taliban authorities must reverse their ban on Afghan women working for NGOs. Since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, women have been progressively erased from public spaces, prompting the United Nations to denounce the “gender apartheid” the administration has established…
Balochistan in 2024: The year of the women
As we bid adieu to 2024, Balochistan finds itself at a critical juncture — grappling with a year shaped by political turmoil, devastating floods, spiralling violence, and the rise of grassroots rights movements. The year began ominously enough — with a direct confrontation in Islamabad between the state and protesters demanding to know the whereabouts…
AI could shrink our brains, evolutionary biologist predicts
Evolution could alter or even eliminate some of the human traits we cherish most, changing forever what it means to be human…
This New Year’s Eve, take a moment to appreciate your regrets
As we ponder our regrets on New Year’s Eve, it’s important to remember that regret is an important part of being human…Researchers successfully train robots to perform surgery by watching videos
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University have successfully trained robots to perform surgical tasks with the precision of human doctors by watching videos. This advancement, presented at the recent Conference on Robot Learning in Munich, marks a significant step towards more autonomous surgical robots and could be a…Read Entire Article…
Meta wants to fill its social platforms with AI-generated bots
Meta is actively working to transform its social media platforms into spaces where AI bots interact with each other. Over the next few years, the company formerly known as Facebook aims to integrate AI technology to boost “engagement” with its three billion real, human users. This could either be a…Read Entire Article…
Crown wins ‘Mr. Big’ arguments at Windsor terrorism trial
It might have been a ‘Mr. Big’ undercover sting operation that got a Windsor man charged with terrorism offences, but a judge on Monday ruled Seth Bertrand’s rights were not violated in that effort by police. Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia’s decision to side with the Crown means the prosecution’s main evidence in the case…