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Zambia government’s neglect exposing more children to lead poison, HRW says | Environment News
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Zambia government’s neglect exposing more children to lead poison, HRW says | Environment News

Report says more than 95 percent of children in the central town of Kabwe had elevated levels of lead in their blood. The...

A new Linux backdoor is hitting US universities and governments
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A new Linux backdoor is hitting US universities and governments

Unit 42 spots a new Linux malware Auto-color can grant the attackers full access to compromised endpoints Initial infection vector is unknown, but...

Australian and Indian governments block DeepSeek from worker devices
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Australian and Indian governments block DeepSeek from worker devices

The Australian Home Affairs department has banned the use of DeepSeek India’s finance Department has also warned against its use Concerns have arisen...

OpenAI launches a version of ChatGPT just for governments
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OpenAI launches a version of ChatGPT just for governments

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Gov, built for the US government The AI chatbot can help with summarization, translation, and more ChatGPT Gov will be...

Military governments lead West African trio out of ECOWAS regional bloc | News
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Military governments lead West African trio out of ECOWAS regional bloc | News

ECOWAS has become a target for military governments that have taken over Burkina, Mali and Niger. The military governments of Niger, Mali and...

UK government’s AI plan gives a glimpse of how it plans to regulate the technology
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UK government’s AI plan gives a glimpse of how it plans to regulate the technology

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The UK government recently published its plan for using AI to boost growth and deliver services more efficiently. It...

An ‘industry behemoth:’ Inside the federal government’s efforts to break up Google
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An ‘industry behemoth:’ Inside the federal government’s efforts to break up Google

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In its early days, the quirky tech startup known as Google adopted a visionary corporate credo: “Don’t be evil.”...

The UK government’s tech purchase processes “downplay” the technical risks involved
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The UK government’s tech purchase processes “downplay” the technical risks involved

UK National Audit Office believes government approach to tech suppliers needs centralized reform Present strategy costs taxpayers billions and is leaving UK infrastructure...

Governments and banks once mocked Bitcoin. Now they want in on it | Crypto
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Governments and banks once mocked Bitcoin. Now they want in on it | Crypto

Bitcoin has proven to be one of the best-performing assets in modern history. The value of the cryptocurrency has increased some 1,000 times...