Fri 18 April 2025: Most bullying cases involving children now occur in online environments. The true extent of digital violence goes beyond mere numbers—it leaves lasting emotional wounds. WHAT IS DIGITAL VIOLENCE? Digital violence refers to children being exposed to harmful content, harassment, or bullying via the internet and digital platforms. This invisible threat behind the […]
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Fri 18 April 2025: Rising demand for clean energy technologies to fight climate change is shaping the future with investments in critical minerals, whose demand is set to triple by 2040, according to the International Energy Agency’s Global Critical Minerals Outlook report. Increasing geopolitical competition led critical minerals to become not only an economic but also strategic priority to […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: The horrors of the war in Gaza are very much present at the opening of the world press exhibition here in Amsterdam, especially because the winning photo, just as last year, is a photo from Gaza. As his family fled an Israeli assault, Mahmoud turned back to urge others onward. An […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: US-based Meta – the tech company behind Facebook and Instagram, among others – announced Tuesday that users under the age of 16 will no longer will be able to use the livestream feature without parental permission. Under updates to the Teen Accounts feature on Instagram, users younger than 16 will also […]
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Wed 16 April 2025: A new study in the United States has revealed that an AI chatbot passed a critical test suggesting it may possess human-like intelligence. Conducted by two researchers from the University of California, San Diego, the study—yet to be peer-reviewed—tested four large language models (LLMs) using the Turing Test. As a result, OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 model […]
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Wed 16 April 2025: A 2024 Unicef report found that 23% of South African children experience severe food poverty, eating less than two of the recommended five food groups per day. Unemployment, food insecurity, limited access to basic services and a lack of knowledge about nutrition all contribute to this. The lead researcher of this multidisciplinary study, Leila Patel, and […]
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Tue 15 April 2025: The deaths are linked to antimicrobial resistance infections due to overuse or misuse of some medications. More than three million children, many of them from Southeast Asia and Africa, are believed to have lost their lives in 2022 due to infections that are resistant to antibiotics, according to a new research. […]
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Tue 15 April 2025: A majority of schools across England have banned mobile phone use during school hours, according to the first national survey of its kind, as concerns grow over the negative effects of smartphones on young people’s wellbeing. The survey, commissioned by the Children’s Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza, showed that 99.8% […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: WhatsApp is working on a feature enabling users to handle multiple accounts within the same app, eliminating the need for separate devices or WhatsApp Business. Per WABetaInfo, the iOS WhatsApp beta version 25.9.10.70, accessible via TestFlight, indicates this multi-account functionality will roll out in a future update. __________________________________________________________________________ https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAtNxX8fewmiFmN7N22 __________________________________________________________________________ Meta’s […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: Around 50 hippos have died due to an anthrax outbreak in Virunga National Park, Africa’s oldest national park. The dead animals were found floating in a river south of Lake Edward, near the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. Park director Emmanuel De Merode. Anthrax, caused by […]
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