This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Julien Weissenberg, Founder, Artificial Intelligence Scientist, VisualSense Back in the 1980s, Hans Moravec, an AI scientist, discovered a paradox: What is easy for humans, such as visual or auditory understanding, is hard for machines. Things have changed since then. […]Thought AIs could never replace human imagination? Think again
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Julien Weissenberg, Founder, Artificial Intelligence Scientist, VisualSense Back in the 1980s, Hans Moravec, an AI scientist, discovered a paradox: What is easy for humans, such as visual or auditory understanding, is hard for machines. Things have changed since then. […]5 ways CEOs can renew their businesses for the digital age
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Simon Torrance, Managing Director, FoundersLane As they are catapulted into the digital era, many businesses are crash-landing in a world they no longer recognize. At their helms are CEOs who have navigated choppy waters for decades and taken […]If innovators can solve India’s problems, they can save the world. Here’s why
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Nikhil Malhotra, Global head of innovation, Techmahindra From mobile phones to reusable rockets, today we live with inventions that were once considered science fiction. These innovations have also affected our general living standards over the last millennia; the […]With Caribbean island life under threat, UN chief pushes to face ‘headwinds together’
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. To counter global challenges that are a particular threat to vulnerable island nations like those in the Caribbean, it’s vital to “face the headwinds together”, especially in the face of the destruction being wrought by climate change, the UN chief told the annual Caribbean […]
Could implants treat people with brain disease? A young scientist explains
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Gaëlle Offranc Piret, Researcher, Inserm What is the big problem you’re trying to solve? How our brain works is still full of mystery and in the meantime it is very fragile and susceptible to diseases or accidents; treatments […]How can batteries become more sustainable? This young scientist might have the answer
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What is the big problem you’re trying to solve? Batteries are an important component of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, as they are powering the next generation of electric vehicles and mobile electronics. However, batteries are not often recycled, and they contain valuable materials that are scarce. As the adoption of electric vehicles rapidly expands, we […]Grievous violations continue against Myanmar civilians, Human Rights Council hears
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Marginalized communities in Myanmar still face “grievous human rights violations” at the hands of security forces, a UN-appointed independent expert said this week, while repeating her call for an international and independent probe into the 2017 exodus from Rakhine state. Addressing the Human Rights Council in […]
Restrictions, unmet promises, unbridled violence in Sudan, a ‘recipe for disaster’, says Bachelet
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. After nationwide protests across Sudan on Sunday, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday called on Sudanese authorities to lift restrictions on the internet and launch independent investigations into all acts of violence against demonstrators, and allegations of excessive force, including attacks on […]
Scaling for success: SMEs, tech innovations and the ITU Telecom World Awards 2019, in association with The European Sting
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Sponsored content A citizens’ engagement tool from South Africa. An Indonesian micro-financing platform for SMEs. A Nairobi-based firm providing innovative connectivity solutions to tracking vehicles at airports or connect students in off-grid schools. And a new Japanese technology to regenerate lead-acid batteries, increasing the availability of low-cost power whilst reducing environmental waste. They’re all small […]Libya detention centre airstrike could amount to a war crime says UN, as Guterres calls for independent investigation
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. An airstrike on a detention centre in Tripoli that killed scores of migrants and refugees “deserves more than condemnation”, UN agencies said on Wednesday, as both the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the head of the UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL), insisted that […]
Commission concludes that an Excessive Deficit Procedure is no longer warranted for Italy at this stage
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission took stock today of the additional fiscal effort announced by the Italian authorities this week and concluded that it was material enough not to propose to the Council the opening of an Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) for Italy’s lack of compliance with the […]UN and civil society team up to make cities more sustainable and inclusive
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. How can we make sure that cities become more inclusive, with a smaller environmental footprint, and leave no-one behind? These questions will be tackled at the UN Civil Society Conference, which is due to take place in the capital of Utah, Salt Lake City, at the […]
President Juncker temporarily transfers portfolio responsibilities following departure of two Members of the European Commission
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Following the resignation of Andrus Ansip and Corina Creţu from their respective Commission mandates in order to take up the seats they were elected to in the European Parliament, President Juncker has decided to temporarily transfer their portfolios to Vice-President Šefčovič and Commissioner Hahn […]Wednesday’s Daily Brief: Libya ‘war crime’ attack, Sudan, Myanmar rights violations continue, ‘xenophobia’ in Assam, South Sudan update
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. In the news this Wednesday: “Outraged” Guterres demands independent inquiry into fatal Libya migrant centre airstrike deaths; Violence and broken promises in Sudan and South Sudan, while Rohingya violations continue in Myanmar; “xenophobia” and citizenship in India’s Assam state. Deadly ‘war crime’ airstrike on migrant centre in Libya: […]
European Commission adopts rules to ensure a smooth transition to its next President and the next College of Commissioners
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The appointment of the President of the European Commission and of the Commissioners takes place in line with Article 17(7) of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU). The European Commission as an institution is responsible for ensuring the smooth transition between the current […]We all have a ‘hierarchy of needs’. But is technology meeting them?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Michelle Lau, CEO, Dentsu Aegis Network China The world looked very different in 1943, when the psychologist Abraham Maslow’s “hierarchy of needs” model was first published. The world was just in the early stages of realising the potential […]10 reasons why today’s cyber leaders are tomorrow’s world leaders
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Francesca Bosco, Project Lead, Cyber-Resilience, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum & Rebekah Lewis, Project Lead, Governance and Policy, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum Throughout the world, unprecedented levels of innovation, interdependence and change call for strong and […]Blockchain will make sure green pledges aren’t just greenwash: a new initiative by young leaders at the World Economic Forum
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Robin Pomeroy, Journalist, World Economic Forum When a country or a company makes a promise to reduce carbon emissions, respect fishing quotas or cut toxic output, how can we be sure they’ll keep their word? The truth is, […]Can we understand how the universe was formed? A young scientist explains
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. As part of a series exploring the bold new frontiers of science, we caught up Yabebal Fantaye, an expert in cosmology at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, to find out why he dedicated his research to searching for […]Empathic AI could be the next stage in human evolution – if we get it right
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Jesus Mantas, Global Head of Strategy and Offerings, IBM Global Business Services Human progress has been fueled by the development of tools, machines and technology that augment our natural capabilities. Yet our emotional brain – the part that […]Venezuela: ‘Shocked’ by alleged torture, death of navy captain, UN human rights chief urges ‘in-depth’ investigation
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The UN human rights chief has expressed her deep concern over the alleged torture and subsequent death of a retired navy captain who had been imprisoned in Venezuela, urging authorities to conduct a prompt, thorough, independent, and transparent investigation into his death. “I am […]
Aid used for trade is helping developing countries diversify
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This article is brought to you in association with OECD. Using development aid to build trade capacity in poor countries is helping to improve economic diversification and to economically empower marginalised groups, yet progress remains geographically uneven, according to the latest OECD-WTO report on Aid for Trade. Aid for Trade at a Glance 2019: Economic Diversification […]UN cultural agency removes birthplace of Jesus from its list of heritage sites in danger
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The United Nations’ cultural agency announced on Tuesday that it was removing the place that is officially recognized as the Birthplace of Jesus, from its List of World Heritage in Danger – crediting extensive restorative work on Bethlehem’s Nativity Church, in Palestine. The gospels […]
Livelihoods of millions in East and Southeast Asia at risk from Swine Fever epidemic
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The rapid spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) across East and Southeast Asia is threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of households in the region which rely on pig farming, The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, reported on Tuesday. Small scale […]
The rise of techno-nationalism – and the paradox at its core
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Lamb, Writer, World Economic Forum It’s globalization’s counterswing. After years of rising global connectivity, the anti-globalization blowback has manifested in the rise of techno-nationalism. But in such an interconnected and tech-driven world, can protectionist stances on technological […]FROM THE FIELD: facing up to the extreme mental health pressures of conflict
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. For those caught up in conflict situations, the trauma can lead to severe mental health problems. This is also the case for the humanitarian workers who are trying to help them. During much of his 30-year career as a humanitarian with the UN, Fabrizio Hochschild, […]
Who is first (and last) in the race to build a workforce fit for the future?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emily Glassberg Sands, Senior Director of Data Science, Coursera & Vinod Bakthavachalam, Senior Data Scientist, Coursera The Fourth Industrial Revolution is transforming the world of work. Technology is advancing faster than humans, disrupting both jobs and the skills needed […]DR Congo: UN food agency triples aid in strife-hit Ituri province
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Food aid is being tripled for troubled Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to respond to what the World Food Programme (WFP) has described as the world’s second largest hunger crisis in the world, after Yemen. In addition to worsening […]
Why a multi-stakeholder approach is essential to our risk resiliency
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Børge Brende, President, World Economic Forum While there is profound opportunity to be captured in the new era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, there will also be immense disruption across industries. For instance, in a little over a […]Tuesday’s Daily Brief: Hunger crisis in DR Congo, Swine Fever in Asia, Venezuela death investigation call, updates on Eritrea and Syria
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. This Tuesday, UN News covers: Growing food crisis in DR Congo; Swine Fever threatens millions of livelihoods in Asia; Human Rights Council told of persistent violations in Eritrea; and the humanitarian impact of on-going fighting in Syria. DR Congo: UN food agency triples aid […]
Constitution of the 9th legislature of the European Parliament
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The 9th legislature of the European Parliament was officially constituted today in Strasbourg at 10.00 by outgoing President Antonio Tajani. The President of the European Parliament will be elected tomorrow morning at 9am. Nominations must be submitted by political groups or by 1/20th of […]A biodiversity scientist explains the problem with our neat lawns
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emma Charlton, Senior Writer, Formative Content You won’t find many neater lawns than those Roger Federer and tennis stars from across the globe will play on over the next fortnight (July 1-14) at the All England Lawn Tennis […]Artificial Intelligence: These 3 charts show what people really think
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emma Charlton, Senior Writer, Formative Content There needs to be greater scrutiny of the use of artificial intelligence, according to a poll of 20,000 people across 27 countries. While the potential and power of AI to transform our lives is almost […]
