CLIMATEWIRE | The president of one of the world’s largest insurance brokers warned Wednesday that climate change is destabilizing the insurance industry, driving up prices and pushing insurers out of high-risk markets. Aon PLC President Eric Andersen told a Senate committee that climate change is injecting uncertainty into an industry built on risk prediction and …
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De CEO van TikTok heeft uitgehaald naar beveiligingsproblemen In een langverwachte hoorzitting ging de CEO van TikTok de confrontatie aan luchtafweergeschut van Amerikaanse wetgevers vanwege bezorgdheid over de nationale veiligheid en privacy rond de app. © Annabelle Gordon, De heuvel Directeur Shou Zi Chew hij zat ongeveer vijf uur ondervraging door voor een House-panel en …
The Chinese and American flags are seen near a TikTok logo in this illustration photo taken on July 16, 2020. Florence Lo | Reuters BEIJING — China has said it would “strongly oppose” a forced sale of TikTok, making clear the government’s involvement with the social media giant as it strives to distance itself from …
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After several years of agreements and plans to limit global warming, we are still way off track. This is one of the basic conclusions of the recent report put out by the world’s most authoritative body on climate science: the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report, formally called the Synthesis Report …
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De succesvolle hoorzitting van de House-commissie met de TikTok-CEO stuitte op een golf van influencers en makers aan beide kanten van de online cultuuroorlogen die naar Capitol Hill kwamen. Op woensdag voegden TikTok-makers, artiesten, eigenaren van kleine bedrijven, opvoeders, ouders en advocaten zich bij Reps. Jamaal Bowman (DN.Y.), Mark Pocano (D-Wis.) en Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) …
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Greenwashing refers to the marketing practice in which companies seek to capitalize on the growing movement in favor of environmentally friendly products by selling products labeled as green that in fact are not. Andrew Aitchison | In pictures | Getty Images The EU has introduced new measures designed to stop companies making unsubstantiated environmental claims …
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Health professionals are investigating an outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant microbe found in certain bottles of lubricating eye drops, or artificial tears. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a total of 68 infections have been reported as of March 14. Three people have died, eight have lost vision, and four have had …
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Een meerderheid van de kiezers van Gen Z zegt in een nieuwe peiling dat hoewel ze zich zorgen maken over de mogelijke invloed van de Chinese regering op de populaire app TikTok voor het delen van video’s, ze zich verzetten tegen een volledig federaal verbod op het platform. Uit een nieuwe peiling van SocialSphere bleek …
China’s peace proposal to end the war in Ukraine is “grossly unfair” because the plan does not respect the country’s territorial integrity, the permanent secretary of the Estonian Defense Ministry has said. Beijing released a 12 point peace plan in February. It is the duty of “the wider global community” to help Ukraine, Kusti Salm …
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Google has a lot riding on this launch. Microsoft partnered with OpenAI to make an aggressive play for Google’s top spot in search. Meanwhile, Google blundered straight out of the gate when it first tried to respond. In a teaser clip for Bard that the company put out in February, the chatbot was shown making …
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