Technology

Amazon jumps as AWS growth soothes fears over its AI spending

Amazon shares jumped more than 12% after its cloud division posted its fastest growth in over four years, easing investor fears that the company’s ballooning AI spending was running ahead of the payoff. Amazon Web Services grew 37% in the…

Nigeria: South African Singer Tyla Cancels Lagos Performance Amid Xenophobia Backlash

[Vanguard] South African singer Tyla has removed Lagos from the schedule of her upcoming APop world tour following online backlash from some Nigerians over renewed reports of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa.

Changing City: How a twin-arm flyover is set to transform Navi Mumbai-Pune commute

CHEGA demands restoration of Portugal-Spain border controls over Ceuta crisis

CHEGA has called for Portugal temporarily to suspend the Schengen free-movement agreement with Spain and immediately reinstate controls along the countries’ shared land border. The demand is the party’s first The post CHEGA demands…

‘Kept hearing my mom’s cries’: Terrifying moments emerge from Bhiwandi building collapse

AI labels become compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rules

Companies that make or use AI will soon have to label content that looks authentic but is not, as the European Union’s landmark AI Act moves from principle into enforcement. From 2 August, providers and deployers across the bloc face…

Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan sign alliance agreement

A roadmap for a 2024-2029 cooperation program, memoranda of cooperation between statistical agencies, cybersecurity authorities, the central bank of Azerbaijan and the Kyrgyz financial regulator, as well as a cooperation agreement between…

Liberia: Liberia's Top Cop Drops Bombshell, Then Turns On the Press

[FrontPageAfrica] MONROVIA -- Without naming a single name, Liberia's Inspector General told the nation Thursday that its record cocaine scandal was "sanctioned" from the top of government. In the same breath, he accused journalists of…

Talisay City's boxing pride Fajardo turns pro, joins Sanman Boxing

CEBU CITY, Philippines — One of Cebu’s most accomplished amateur boxers, Mark Ashley Fajardo, has officially turned professional after signing with Jim Claude Manangquil’s Sanman Boxing in partnership with Roy Cuico. The hard-hitting…

South Africa: South Africans Lose Hundreds of Millions of Rands to Morita Forestry Investment Scam

[GroundUp] Social media influencers helped make the scam possible - and were rewarded handsomely

'It can be a win-win situation'

With AI tools and services now increasingly common in workplaces across the country, finding the right use cases where the technology can really have an effect is becoming more and more important. Accounting and finance seems an obvious…

How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit

Thierry Rignol is furious at Yale. Rignol paid Yale $208,500 in tuition for its Executive MBA program. But after he was accused of cheating, the school suspended him for a year and gave him an F in the course Sourcing and Managing Funds…