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July 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brigitte Viljoen, Psychotherapist and Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology Humans are interacting more than ever with artificial intelligence (AI) – from the development of the first “social robots” (a robot with a physical body programmed to interact and engage with humans) like Kismet in the 1990s to ... <a title="Social robot or digital avatar, users interact with this AI technology as if it’s real" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/social-robot-or-digital-avatar-users-interact-with-this-ai-technology-as-if-its-real-229798/" aria-label="Read more about Social robot or digital avatar, users interact with this AI technology as if it’s real">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2024
When Melbourne-born Helen Hill, an outstanding social activist, scholar and academic, died on 7 May 2024 at the age of 79, the Timorese government sent its Education Minister, Dulce de Jesus Soares, to deliver a moving eulogy at the funeral service at Church of All Nations in Carlton. Helen will be remembered for many things, ... <a title="Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/helen-hill-for-social-justice-and-timor-lestes-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Social media is a problem for economists. They don’t know how to value it. It has long been argued that it ought to be in the national accounts as part of gross domestic product. One ... <a title="Would you pay to quit TikTok and Instagram? You’d be surprised how many would" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/would-you-pay-to-quit-tiktok-and-instagram-youd-be-surprised-how-many-would-235180/" aria-label="Read more about Would you pay to quit TikTok and Instagram? You’d be surprised how many would">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
RNZ Pacific New Zealand should join others in calling New Caledonia’s third independence referendum invalid, one of the founders of the Kanaky Aotearoa Solidarity Network says. It follows the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM10) in Tokyo last week, where New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters called for the Pacific Islands Forum to facilitate ... <a title="New Zealand urged to take bolder stand over New Caledonia’s third referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/new-zealand-urged-to-take-bolder-stand-over-new-caledonias-third-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand urged to take bolder stand over New Caledonia’s third referendum">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Pacific Media Watch An interview with former University of the South Pacific (USP) development studies professor Dr Vijay Naidu, a founding president of the Fiji Anti-Nuclear Group (FANG), has produced fresh insights into the legacy of Pacific nuclear-free and anti-colonialism activism. The community storytelling group Talanoa TV, an affiliate of the Whānau Community Centre and ... <a title="Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/former-fang-president-vijay-naidu-talks-pacific-anti-nuclear-activism/" aria-label="Read more about Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The 2024 US election took another dramatic turn when President Joe Biden withdrew his re-election bid, endorsing his Vice President, Kamala Harris, to take his place. The quick switch from Biden to Harris has reinvigorated the Democratic Party and their ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Lester Munson on Kamala Harris’s style and a changed Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/politics-with-michelle-grattan-lester-munson-on-kamala-harriss-style-and-a-changed-trump-235320/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Lester Munson on Kamala Harris’s style and a changed Trump">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Mayboon/Shutterstock Headlines are again warning of a new COVID variant in Australia. This time it’s LB.1, or as some experts have dubbed it, “D-FLiRT”. Emerging evidence suggests LB.1 could be more transmissible than earlier Omicron subvariants, ... <a title="LB.1, or D-FLiRT, is the newest COVID subvariant. What do we know about it? Where has it come from?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/lb-1-or-d-flirt-is-the-newest-covid-subvariant-what-do-we-know-about-it-where-has-it-come-from-235217/" aria-label="Read more about LB.1, or D-FLiRT, is the newest COVID subvariant. What do we know about it? Where has it come from?">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wellett Potter, Lecturer in Law, University of New England Chuttersnap / Unsplash In May, a multibillion-dollar UK-based multinational called Informa announced in a trading update that it had signed a deal with Microsoft involving “access to advanced learning content and data, and a partnership to explore AI ... <a title="An academic publisher has struck an AI data deal with Microsoft – without their authors’ knowledge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/an-academic-publisher-has-struck-an-ai-data-deal-with-microsoft-without-their-authors-knowledge-235203/" aria-label="Read more about An academic publisher has struck an AI data deal with Microsoft – without their authors’ knowledge">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Adams, Professor of Corporate Law & Academic Director of UNE Sydney campus, University of New England Until last Friday, many businesses hadn’t really dealt with anything quite like the speed and severity of the CrowdStrike IT outage. Being forced to stop operations is costly. Some estimates ... <a title="The CrowdStrike outage caused chaos for business – could we see a class action?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/the-crowdstrike-outage-caused-chaos-for-business-could-we-see-a-class-action-235215/" aria-label="Read more about The CrowdStrike outage caused chaos for business – could we see a class action?">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman. We end today’s show in The Hague, where the International Court of Justice ruled last Friday that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal, should come to an end — “as rapidly as possible”. Israel’s illegal military ... <a title="Democracy Now!, Diana Buttu analyse ICJ ruling over illegal and ‘rapid end’ to Israel occupation of Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/democracy-now-diana-buttu-analyse-icj-ruling-over-illegal-and-rapid-end-to-israel-occupation-of-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Democracy Now!, Diana Buttu analyse ICJ ruling over illegal and ‘rapid end’ to Israel occupation of Palestine">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University Vice President Kamala Harris had only just been endorsed by Joe Biden to take his spot as the Democratic nominee for president when she forcefully reminded Americans “what’s at stake in ... <a title="6 in 10 Americans support abortion rights. This could be the advantage Kamala Harris needs against Donald Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/6-in-10-americans-support-abortion-rights-this-could-be-the-advantage-kamala-harris-needs-against-donald-trump-235208/" aria-label="Read more about 6 in 10 Americans support abortion rights. This could be the advantage Kamala Harris needs against Donald Trump">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Garrow, Editorial Web Developer The modern Olympic Games offer a window into almost 130 years of social and cultural change. They reflect the fall of nations, war, the shifting winds of culture and the way people engage with sports, fitness and competition. We’ve taken data from ... <a title="Do hosts win more medals? Are athletes getting older? 128 years of Olympic history in 5 charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/do-hosts-win-more-medals-are-athletes-getting-older-128-years-of-olympic-history-in-5-charts-233979/" aria-label="Read more about Do hosts win more medals? Are athletes getting older? 128 years of Olympic history in 5 charts">Read more</a>
