‘FIGHT BACK’: PEDRO PASCAL URGES CANNES TO RESIST US POLITICAL PRESSURE

Mon 19 May 2025: Actor calls on filmmakers to ‘keep telling the stories, keep expressing yourself and keep fighting to be who you are’. Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal has called on members of the film industry to “fight back” and keep expressing themselves amid what he appeared to describe as a political climate of fear […]

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EXPLAINER: TYPES OF MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION

Sun 18 May 2025: Misinformation is false or inaccurate information. Examples include rumors, insults and pranks. Disinformation is deliberate and includes malicious content such as hoaxes, spear phishing and propaganda. It spreads fear and suspicion among the population. Types of Misinformation and Disinformation: 1. Fabricated Content: Completely false content; 2. Manipulated Content: Genuine information or […]

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APPLE MIGHT SOON LET USERS RUN THEIR DEVICES THROUGH JUST THEIR MIND

Sun 18 May 2025: Apple is partnering with Synchron, a brain-computer interface company, to potentially allow iPhone users to control their devices using their thoughts. Synchron is developing a brain implant with electrodes that can interpret brain signals. According to a statement, using the technology provided by Synchron, Apple would translate the signals into actions. […]

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WHY WE FALL FOR FAKE HEALTH INFORMATION – AND HOW IT SPREADS FASTER THAN FACTS

Sat 17 May 2025: In today’s digital world, people routinely turn to the internet for health or medical information. In addition to actively searching online, they often come across health-related information on social media or receive it through emails or messages from family or friends. It can be tempting to share such messages with loved ones […]

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AI SYSTEM TRACKS VEHICLE EMISSIONS USING TRAFFIC CAMERAS IN REAL TIME

Fri 16 May 2025: Prof. Dr. Levent Kuzu, a faculty member at Istanbul Technical University‘s (ITU) Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, stated that they are able to calculate vehicle emissions using traffic camera footage through an AI-supported method. The TÜBİTAK-supported project led by Kuzu and his team at ITU aims to predict air pollution from vehicles […]

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NEW ZEALAND HAS HIGHEST CHILD SUICIDE RATE AMONG WEALTHY NATIONS: UNICEF

Thu 15 May 2025: New Zealand has recorded the highest child suicide rate among 43 wealthy countries, and it ranks near the bottom in terms of youth mental health and well-being, said a UNICEF report released on Wednesday. The latest UNICEF Innocenti Report Card 19: Fragile Gains—Child Wellbeing at Risk in an Unpredictable World ranked New Zealand 32nd […]

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WHAT WILL THE ANTICHRIST LOOK LIKE? ACCORDING TO WESTERN THOUGHT, AN AUTHORITARIAN KING – OR THE POPE

Wed 14 May 2025: The US presidency and the papacy came together on May 3 when Donald Trump posted an AI-generated photograph of himself dressed as the pope to Truth Social. The image was then shared by the White House’s accounts. Seated in an ornate (Mar-a-Lago-style) golden chair, he was wearing a white cassock and […]

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SPACECRAFT THAT FAILED TO REACH VENUS TO FALL TO EARTH: HOW BIG IS THE RISK?

Tue 13 May 2025: A piece of a Soviet-made spacecraft launched nearly 50 years ago to reach Venus could fall to Earth this week. Experts expect the fall to occur around mid-May. The spacecraft, called “Kosmos 482,” may include a part that scientists believe could be the landing capsule, though the exact piece is still unknown. The […]

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OVER 600 MEDIA FIGURES URGE BBC TO AIR SHELVED GAZA MEDICS DOCUMENTARY

Tue 13 May 2025: More than 600 prominent figures from the film, media and cultural industries on Monday criticized the BBC‘s “bias in reporting,” urging the British broadcaster to air a delayed Gaza documentary on the plight of medics in Gaza. The open letter, addressed to BBC Director-General Tim Davie, calls for the release of Gaza: Medics Under […]

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