Ryan Jenkins, Assistant professor of Philosophy and a senior fellow at California Polytechnic State University/Gulf News When it comes to AI and weapons, there needs to be a set of ethical guidelines and policy that are sensitive to various ambiguities Silicon Valley continues to wrestle with the moral implications of its inventions — often blindsided…
UNB: A total of 18,693 pilgrims have returned home in 51 return flights during the last seven days after performing hajj in Saudi Arabia. Among the 51 flights, 29 were operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines while 22 by Saudi Arabian Airlines, said sources of hajj office on Sunday. The return flights of hajj pilgrims started…
Tarannum Sattar Je parle francaise, et vous? (I speak french, do you?) It has been suggested that French language will be spoken in plenty at the Gateway Film Centre. In the whole series named “Young French Cinema” where 12 French movies will be played and a number of short films. “The content is really good,”…
Sanjal Shastri Terror groups have various modus operandi. From suicide bombers to sending gunmen, every group employs its own set of tactics. Some like the Kurdish separatist group the PKK, specifically target government and military instillations. Till date there hasn’t been a PKK attack, which has targeted civilian installations. Other groups like the ISIS, Al-Qaeda,…
Anjana Susarla, Associate Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University/WION news When Facebook recently removed several accounts for trying to influence the 2018 midterm elections, it was the company’s latest move acknowledging the key challenge facing the social media giant: It is both an open platform for free expression of diverse viewpoints and a public…
Samiul Bashar Samin I need to earn a salary. I am doing what I can to make a living, but hoping to do what I would like to do,” the writer and director says. Charlie Kaufman said Friday that making independent films in the U.S. has been getting more and more difficult for him. The…
AP, Manila A massive leak from a database containing personal details of more than 55 million registered voters in the Philippines will not compromise the May 9 national elections, officials said Friday, in the latest hacking scandal to hit the Southeast Asian nation. Government agents late Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old suspect, a new graduate of…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, Law Research Officer, BILIA. Advocate, Supreme Court. : Urban Housing Markets are increasingly significant in shaping the economic and social well-being of many citizens. A substantial variation exists across neighborhoods in the type of housing available, the quality of public services, the level of tax burdens, and the quality of life generally….
Reuters: A former provincial governor accused of sexual abuse in one of South Korea’s most high-profile cases inspired by the “MeToo” movement was found not guilty by a Seoul district court on Tuesday. An Hee-jung was a rising star in South Korea’s ruling party before he quit his post in March, just hours after an…
Preethi Nagaraj/ Daily O, India Please follow this list most diligently since we are the end consumers of your memes and WhatsApp (mis)information campaigns. And this is what we want to know about the new Gandhi on the block! So, elections are approaching — and our troll armies on all sides are getting busy, like…