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YouTube in Africa offers a new kind of news - The Economist (No paywall)
 Salam madior fall has been a pioneer more than once. In 1999, while studying in America, he and a friend founded Seneweb, one of the first websites devoted to news from Senegal, his home. By 2002 Seneweb was the most visited news site in Francophone Africa. In the late 2000s, media firms there still focused on satellite television. Mr Fall thought that setting up “a fully-fledged tv channel would be going backwards”. So in 2012 he started putting news videos on YouTube. Today, Seneweb’s headquarters in Dakar has more than 100 employees, plans to expand across West Africa, and has correspondents as far afield as Europe and America.
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WorkNASA insists that two astronauts are not "stranded" in space - The Economist (No paywall)What a treat to glimpse the cosmos up close. Which is not to deny the inconveniences of space travel. There are bodily troubles. “The toilet—I literally sit on it like a witch on a broom,” wrote Valentin Lebedev, a cosmonaut, in his diary. “It won’t forgive your mistakes.” Suffice to say that relieving oneself in zero gravity involves leg restraints, gloves, disinfectant and a device like a vacuum cleaner. WorkFrom In the Dark: What Happened That Day in Haditha? - The New Yorker (No paywall)This program is drawn from a new season of the award-winning investigative podcast In the Dark. On a November day in 2005, in the city of Haditha, Iraq, something terrible happened. “Depending on whose story you believed, the killings were a war crime, a murder,” the lead reporter Madeleine Baran says. “Or they were a legitimate combat action and the victims were collateral damage. Or the killings were a tragic mistake, unintentional—sad, but not criminal. Basically, the only thing that everyone could agree on was that twenty-four people had died, and it was Marines who’d killed them.” Season 3 of In the Dark looks at what happened that day in Haditha, and why no one was held accountable for the killings. Baran and her team travelled to twenty-one states and three continents over the course of four years to report on a story that the world had largely forgotten. Episode 1 airs this week on The New Yorker Radio Hour, and you can listen to the rest of the series wherever you get your podcasts.
WorkWork5 Moments That Make or Break a CEO-Board Chair Relationship - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)What distinguishes an effective CEO-board chair relationship? According to a Spencer Stuart survey of nearly 200 directors and 30 CEOs of S&P 500 companies, trust is the most critical factor. Chairs and CEOs build trust over time by being vulnerable, open, and transparent about their expectations and challenges — particularly in five moments: 1) when negotiating CEO compensation; 2) during the annual CEO evaluation; 3) when giving feedback from executive sessions of the board; 4) when boards consider their own composition and succession; and 5) in moments of adversity.
WorkWorkCountries should act faster to curb the spread of mpox - The Economist (No paywall)Mpox is spreading. A new strain of this viral disease—which is easier to transmit than older ones and appears to be more deadly—has gripped the Democratic Republic of Congo throughout the year. Now it has reached other parts of central and eastern Africa, and is starting to appear elsewhere. It is likely to go far, carried by international travellers. According to Airfinity, a health-data firm, Dubai and London are at greatest risk of importing the new strain, known as clade 1b.
WorkRegulators are focusing on real AI risks over theoretical ones. Good - The Economist (No paywall)“I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.” HAL 9000, the murderous computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey” is one of many examples in science fiction of an artificial intelligence (AI) that outwits its human creators with deadly consequences. Recent progress in AI, notably the release of ChatGPT, has pushed the question of “existential risk” up the international agenda. In March 2023 a host of tech luminaries, including Elon Musk, called for a pause of at least six months in the development of AI over safety concerns. At an AI-safety summit in Britain last autumn, politicians and boffins discussed how best to regulate this potentially dangerous technology. Work
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WorkWorkYou Might Think More Police Surveillance Means More Safety. There Are Several Problems With That.Across the United States, cities are spending a larger share of the money at their disposal buying and deploying surveillance technology. From cameras to A.I.–enhanced microphones, and from automated license plate readers to drones and robots, cities are responding to cries for more safety with security theater. This might lead to a few extra arrests, but it does little to create sustainable safety. Forcing residents in neighborhoods with higher crime rates to live under constant, all-seeing digital scrutiny will neither make people safer from the systematic harms they face, including police violence, nor patch up their rocky relationship with the police who are sworn to protect and serve them.
WorkAfter Kennedy's Endorsement of Trump, the Two Signal a New AllianceStill, Mr. Trump and his allies on Friday relished the fact that the former president had won the backing of a member of America’s most storied Democratic family, albeit one who has had many of his relatives denounce him and his endorsement of Mr. Trump. Of all the outlandish political news stories of the summer, mused Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, which helped organize the rally, “maybe most remarkable of all: A Kennedy has endorsed a Republican.” Work
WorkWorkThese 5 Social Security Changes Are Coming in 2025 No Matter Who Wins the ElectionIf you\'re like most Americans, you\'re a few years (or more) behind on your retirement savings. But a handful of little-known \"Social Security secrets\" could help ensure a boost in your retirement income. For example: one easy trick could pay you as much as $22,924 more... each year! Once you learn how to maximize your Social Security benefits, we think you could retire confidently with the peace of mind we\'re all after. Simply click here to discover how to learn more about these strategies. WorkWorkWorkWorkGaza's Doctors Face a New Battle: The War on PolioPolio has resurfaced in Gaza for the first time in 25 years, thriving in the same conditions in which people are dying. The first case was confirmed Friday in a 10-month-old unvaccinated child in Deir al-Balah, the enclave’s health authorities have said; the World Health Organization announced last month that the virus had been initially detected in wastewater in the city. Now, in Gaza, the medical safety of thousands of children depends on the safe delivery of vaccines to the region. WorkWhy Harris's Barrier-Breaking Bid Feels Nothing Like Hillary Clinton's“This is a time where the rights of women are fundamentally under attack as it relates to abortion, I.V.F., when and how to have a family,” said Senator Laphonza Butler, Democrat of California and a close Harris ally. “It’s not about minimizing the importance of race or gender. It is about appreciating that in this moment in the history of our country, this election is bigger than anybody’s race or gender.” WorkTrump's Carefully Scripted Week Kept Veering Off ScriptHe openly rejected advice from allies to limit his personal attacks on Ms. Harris and other Democrats during a speech on Wednesday in North Carolina. He called the nation’s first Black vice president “lazy” during a stop in Arizona on Thursday afternoon and, that night, rambled during a 10-minute phone call with Fox News. The anchors ultimately cut him off and ended the interview, but Mr. Trump picked up where he had left off by quickly phoning into Newsmax. WorkIn Critical Border District, Republican Pairs Immigrant Story With Tough StanceThe task has grown more complicated now that Mr. Ciscomani has a record to defend, including voting for an immigration crackdown measure that Republicans pushed through the House last year, which stalled in the Senate, and opposing a bipartisan bill that would have imposed tough new border enforcement policies and steered billions to funding them. WorkWorkCare Policies Take Center Stage in Harris's Economic MessageMr. Biden also initially made the care economy a central piece of his domestic policy agenda, putting it alongside proposed investments in roads and bridges, domestic manufacturing and green energy. His aides often argued that care was a form of infrastructure — that affordable child care, like highways, was essential to a well-functioning economy. WorkAfter a Big Week for Democrats, One Good Day for TrumpHe seemed almost chipper (at least more chipper than the night before, when he called into Fox News with his initial meandering reviews of Ms. Harris’s big speech). He talked about how the restaurant’s owner had started as a dishwasher and worked his way up, and joked with him about how he must have lots of cash now. The owner compared Mr. Trump to Ronald Reagan. “Thank you, Javier,” said Mr. Trump, looking touched. WorkGuant
WorkWorkMore than 850,000 youngsters not in education or employment in UK“We will offer two weeks’ worth of work experience for every young person, better careers advice at school, create a new body, Skills England, to deliver national, regional and local skills needs, and bring in a new Youth Guarantee of access to training, apprenticeships and back-to-work support.” WorkWorkCan the G.O.P. Really Become the Party of Workers?What’s far less common is for a Republican to agree with that critique. “The recent Republican Party, the 1990s party, privileged the money crowd in just about every possible way,” Mr. Hawley said in his speech. WorkWorkTeams Leave, but Oakland Still Finds Reasons to CheerOakland has had an exodus of sports teams over the past half decade. The Warriors of the N.B.A. moved across the bay to San Francisco, the Raiders of the N.F.L. decamped for Las Vegas, and, after this season, the Athletics will play their next three or more Major League Baseball seasons in Sacramento while they settle on a permanent home. In a city that once had three teams from the country’s major sports leagues, there will soon be none. (A new W.N.B.A. franchise, the Golden State Valkyries, will begin play next season … in San Francisco.) WorkWhy 7-Eleven Is a National Treasure in Japan7-Eleven is “one of the best brick-and-mortar retail businesses in the world,” said Hiroaki Watanabe, an independent retail analyst. Selling 7-Eleven to Couche-Tard would be, for Japan, “equivalent to Toyota becoming a foreign company,” he said. WorkHow Elon Musk Got Tangled Up in BlueWhen Mr. Musk re-entered the room, the chatter died. No one had expected him to be with them for so long on launch day, but he picked through the snacks — at one point eating half a doughnut in a single bite. He encouraged employees who raised concerns to be “adventurous.” WorkWorkThe Loch Ness Monster Has Company in the Neighborhood: Wild BoarsMr. Jamieson, a former police officer who runs a real estate business from his home, first noticed something amiss around six years ago when his lawn was torn to pieces. He said he has to patch the grass five or six times a year and is afraid to let his dogs run freely. This has brought mixed emotions. WorkWorkWorkNot Only for Killing: Drones Are Now Detecting Land Mines in UkraineAs in so many areas now, artificial intelligence is driving the progress. Fenix, for example, has developed software enabling drones to not only spot and identify types of land mines, but also predict where they might lie. It does that by drawing on open-source intelligence and social media reports from conflicts around the world where military units have laid mines or where rockets have delivered scatterable munitions. WorkOut of SeasonSummers coming to a close soon. Youre still, to some extent, in control of how you spend the time. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkAlain Delon to be buried in grounds of his estate in 'strictest privacy'Identified with French cinema's resurgence in the 1960s, Delon starred in a string of classic films such as Plein Soleil, Le Samouraï and Rocco and His Brothers. Once a familiar face in Douchy, he had not been seen in the village for several years after he suffered a stroke in 2019 and was diagnosed with a slow-developing lymphoma in 2022. |
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