Michael Andisile Mayalo

iol opinion writer

Facing teen suicide suits, Character. AI rolls out safety measures

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A separate Texas lawsuit filed Monday involves two families who allege the platform exposed their children to sexual content and encouraged self-harm.

Meta warns against holiday shopping scams

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Meta has also expanded its Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange (FIRE) program, originally launched in the UK and Australia, to include banks worldwide.

Lithium-rich Bolivia lags behind in race to mine key metal

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An area called the Lithium Triangle which spills over the borders of Bolivia, Chile and Argentina is home to 60 percent of the world's lithium reserves, according ...

Canadian province threatens to cut energy exports to US over Trump's tariff threats

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford made the threat after a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who shared details of the federal government's plan to counter ...

India mandates local-only solar energy components from 2026

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Clean energy sector leaders in India, including ventures by conglomerates Reliance Enterprises and Tata Power, rely on Chinese vendors as their major suppliers. ...

IATA chief says sustainable plane fuel supply not enough

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in a statement that production of sustainable aviation fuels was expected to reach 1. 3 billion litres in ...

China’s leaders vow more ‘relaxed’ monetary policy in 2025

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Beijing has unveiled a string of measures since September aimed at bolstering growth, including cutting interest rates, cancelling restrictions on homebuying and ...

Coffee price hits highest since 1977 on Brazil crop fears

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Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer, faced a record-breaking drought this year, which has raised significant concerns about the production potential for ...

World approves UN rules for carbon trading between nations at COP29

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Supporters say a UN-backed framework for carbon trading could direct investment to developing nations where many credits are generated.

Anglo American exits steel coal mining with Australian sale

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The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of next year, subject to regulatory approvals

Environment groups lose appeal in Shell climate case in the Netherlands

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The Appeals Court ruling, which shocked environmental groups including Milieudefensie who steered the case, reverses a landmark decision three years ago.

Bitcoin hits $82000 mark for the first time

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It has been rising since Republican candidate Trump won last Tuesday's US presidential election over sentiment that he will ease regulations on digital currencies. ...

Azerbaijan: a country steeped in hydrocarbons

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While Azerbaijan's oil production has been on the decline since peaking in 2010, production of natural gas is burgeoning.

UN urges leveraging carbon markets to help poorest countries

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A report from the UN trade and development agency Unctad highlighted the potential of carbon markets.

Trump effect: Bitcoin hits new record high of more than $75 000

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Bitcoin has shattered previous records, reaching an unprecedented $75 000 as traders speculate on Donald Trump's potential presidential victory. The former president's ...

Can biodiversity credits unlock billions for nature?

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Paying to safeguard tropical rainforests or compensate for habitat destruction is an area of growing interest, and trading credits in conservation will feature at ...

From Tesla to Trump: behind Musk's giant leap into politics

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At a recent Trump rally in Pennsylvania, the world's richest man bounded onto stage with pogo-like energy, sparking a torrent of memes on social media and driving ...

Google signs nuclear power deal with startup Kairos

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The agreement to buy energy from reactors built by Kairos Power came just weeks after word that Three Mile Island, the site of America's worst nuclear accident, ...

TikTok slashes hundreds of jobs in AI shift

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TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, said Friday it would cut several hundred jobs around the world, without providing a breakdown by country.

Amazon wants to be everything to everyone

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Amazon Stores boss Doug Herrington said that the technology enables vans to recognize stops and signal which packages to drop off.

Profile: Geoffrey Hinton, soft-spoken godfather of AI

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Hinton, a big name in the world of artificial intelligence but largely unknown outside it, was warning that the technology he had helped to create - for which he ...

Duo wins Physics Nobel for 'foundational' AI breakthroughs

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The pair were honoured for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.

Meta AI turns pictures into videos with sound

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Meta said it will get feedback from filmmakers and creators as it eases toward making the video-generating AI engine publicly available.

Britain's last coal-fired power station closes

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The owner of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar factory, Uniper said the site will be put into a two-year decommissioning period beginning in October.

Epic Games sues Google and Samsung over app store

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CEO Tim Sweeney said his company would file a claim in a US federal court in California, the same jurisdiction where the company won a years-long legal battle with ...