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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science, Australian Catholic University BugWarp/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Last month, Microsoft integrated its Bing search engine with Open AI’s GPT-4 chatbot, a large language model designed to interact with users in a conversational manner. Users interacting with Bing have reported flashes ... <a title="We want and we fear emotions in our robots. Here’s what science fiction can teach us about flashes of emotion from Bing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/we-want-and-we-fear-emotions-in-our-robots-heres-what-science-fiction-can-teach-us-about-flashes-of-emotion-from-bing-200277/" aria-label="Read more about We want and we fear emotions in our robots. Here’s what science fiction can teach us about flashes of emotion from Bing">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2023
The National in Port Moresby Senior Papua New Guinean television journalist and columnist Scott Waide has challenged the government on what it actually wants to “regulate” in the draft national media development policy. During a policy consultation workshop with media stakeholders in Port Moresby on Thursday, he said “in the media ecosystem, there are many ... <a title="Top PNG journalist challenges state media ‘regulation’ plans at stakeholder consultation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/05/top-png-journalist-challenges-state-media-regulation-plans-at-stakeholder-consultation/" aria-label="Read more about Top PNG journalist challenges state media ‘regulation’ plans at stakeholder consultation">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2023
By Wata Shaw in Suva Females do 73 percent of the unpaid household work in Fiji, compared with 27 percent by males, says a new research report. The report titled “Beyond 33 percent: The Economic Empowerment of Fiji Women and Girls”, authored by Professor Wadan Narsey, was launched in Suva last week by the Fiji ... <a title="Females do 73 percent of unpaid housework in Fiji, says new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/05/females-do-73-percent-of-unpaid-housework-in-fiji-says-new-report/" aria-label="Read more about Females do 73 percent of unpaid housework in Fiji, says new report">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2023
RNZ News Old-fashioned AM radio was an information lifeline for many in Aotearoa New Zealand during last month’s Cyclone Gabrielle when other sources wilted without power. Now a little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of Parliament on the air has been cited as a threat to its future. But is a switch-off really likely? And what’s ... <a title="Mediawatch: Signal to noise – is NZ’s AM radio really under threat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/05/mediawatch-signal-to-noise-is-nzs-am-radio-really-under-threat/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Signal to noise – is NZ’s AM radio really under threat?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2023
RNZ Pacific Ni-Vanuatu residents have emerged battered but still standing after Cyclone Kevin swiped the country with a strong backhand. “It was quite exhausting. Dealing with two cyclones in three days is pretty draining, you know,” Vanuatu journalist Dan McGarry told RNZ Pacific. He said the gale-force winds have been rough. He woke early on ... <a title="Vanuatu residents ‘exhausted’ after two wild cyclones in three days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/05/vanuatu-residents-exhausted-after-two-wild-cyclones-in-three-days/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu residents ‘exhausted’ after two wild cyclones in three days">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has condemned an Indonesian government protest over Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s declared support for ULMWP full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) as “grotesque hypocrisy”. In a statement, ULMWP interim president Benny Wenda said the Jakarta government had repeatedly stated support for the ... <a title="Wenda slams Jakarta’s ‘hypocrisy’ over support for Palestine, but denying West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/05/wenda-slams-jakartas-hypocrisy-over-support-for-palestine-but-denying-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda slams Jakarta’s ‘hypocrisy’ over support for Palestine, but denying West Papua">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2023
RNZ News Thousands of people turned up for climate strikes across Aotearoa New Zealand today — and briefly staged a sit-in at Christchurch City Council. School students and others around the country protested for climate change action from the government. School Strike 4 Climate Christchurch spokesperson Aurora Garner-Randolph, 17, said she expected between 15,000 to ... <a title="Climate strikes: Thousands march in NZ to demand action from government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/05/climate-strikes-thousands-march-in-nz-to-demand-action-from-government/" aria-label="Read more about Climate strikes: Thousands march in NZ to demand action from government">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Fanslow, Associate Professor in Violence Prevention and Mental Health Promotion, University of Auckland Shutterstock/Frame Studio More than half (54.7%) of women in New Zealand have experienced violence or abuse by an intimate partner in their lifetime. As we show in our new research, this increases their ... <a title="Family violence is literally making us sicker — new study finds abuse increases risk of chronic illness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/04/family-violence-is-literally-making-us-sicker-new-study-finds-abuse-increases-risk-of-chronic-illness-199669/" aria-label="Read more about Family violence is literally making us sicker — new study finds abuse increases risk of chronic illness">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinean government has been bluntly and frankly reminded to leave mainstream media alone as a long awaited consultative workshop on the recently introduced National Media Development Policy took place in Port Moresby. Media stakeholders stood in unity with the PNG Media Council yesterday to express their ... <a title="Free media ‘underpins justice’ message to PNG government by united media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/free-media-underpins-justice-message-to-png-government-by-united-media/" aria-label="Read more about Free media ‘underpins justice’ message to PNG government by united media">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Quantity of Life With mortality data now available for many countries to the end of 2022 (and, for a few countries, for a month into 2023), we are now able to properly assess the demographic cost of the Covid19 pandemic. There is a proviso, in that for a number of countries, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 pandemic: Mortality in the 2020s, Australasia, Sweden and elsewhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-pandemic-mortality-in-the-2020s-australasia-sweden-and-elsewhere/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 pandemic: Mortality in the 2020s, Australasia, Sweden and elsewhere">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Warburton, Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne The federal government is currently contemplating the biggest overhaul of higher education in a generation. A discussion paper for the Universities Accord, released last week, is asking for suggestions about “what ... <a title="HECS-HELP loans have become unfair for women but there is a way to fix this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/hecs-help-loans-have-become-unfair-for-women-but-there-is-a-way-to-fix-this-200546/" aria-label="Read more about HECS-HELP loans have become unfair for women but there is a way to fix this">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Alton, Research Fellow, Monash University Shutterstock All animals need energy to live. They use it to breathe, circulate blood, digest food and move. Young animals use energy to grow, and later in life, to reproduce. Increased body temperature increases the rate at which an animal uses ... <a title="‘Let’s get real’: scientists discover a new way climate change threatens cold-blooded animals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/lets-get-real-scientists-discover-a-new-way-climate-change-threatens-cold-blooded-animals-201076/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Let’s get real’: scientists discover a new way climate change threatens cold-blooded animals">Read more</a>
