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By Héctor PereiraCaracas, Jan 23 (EFE).- In the space of three years Rulos de Venezuela has grown from a personal Instagram account offering afro hair care tips to a virtual community of more than 20,000 people who use it as a space to discuss discrimination, racism, and female empowerment. Founder...
Davos, Switzerland, Jan 20 (EFE).- Google expects generative artificial intelligence to be the next breakthrough for technology companies after the hype generated by applications like ChatGPT, said company representatives at the World Economic Forum. Tech giants like Microsoft believe that the ChatGPT app, a chatbot capable of answering questions, holding...
Madrid, Jan 19 (EFE).- Poland’s tourism sector took a backseat when millions of Ukrainians fled across the border following Russia’s invasion in February last year. In the country’s eastern regions, hotels and guesthouses were repurposed to first host refugees seeking shelter and then to accommodate the NGOs and media outlets...
Davos, Switzerland, Jan 18 (EFE).- Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has said that artificial intelligence and its cross-platform online space, known as the Metaverse, have “extraordinary potential” in terms of education, the tech giant’s chief product officer said Wednesday. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in...
Davos, Switzerland, Jan 18 (EFE).- Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has identified Europe, India and the United States as key future markets for the tech giant’s Metaverse, the company’s integrated space unifying its three main social media platforms. Nick Clegg, the former UK deputy prime minister...
Davos, Switzerland, Jan 18 (EFE).- Meta, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has not yet decided whether to reinstate the accounts of former US president Donald Trump but will announce its decision soon. Trump’s accounts were suspended after the social media giant accused the former...
Davos, Switzerland, Jan 17 (EFE).- The first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, on Tuesday urged global businesses and political leaders meeting in Davos this week to use their influence and to show resolve and unity in confronting Russia’s aggression against her country. “I am meeting at the Davos forum because...
Davos, Switzerland, Jan 17 (EFE).- Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday warned against allowing far-right parties into governing institutions. Sánchez’s remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos came amid an unfolding controversy back in Spain, after the right-wing coalition government of the Castile and Leon region, led by...
Davos, Switzerland, Jan 17 (EFE).- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will use his country’s turns as chair of the G20, BRICS and South America’s Mercosur trade bloc to strive for agreement in areas such as democracy, peace, sustainability and reducing inequality, his finance minister said here Tuesday. «President...
By Edurne Morillo and Yoko Kaneko Tokyo, 16 Jan (EFE).- The mysteries shrouding Peru’s Nazca Lines have intrigued scientists for decades. Now, a group of Japanese researchers has developed a new theory that the geoglyphs etched into the ground served as paths and routes. The lines forged into myriad figures...
By Nerea González Montreuil, France, Jan 13 (EFE).- A bakery on the outskirts of Paris is combining classic French pastry with anti-capitalist political theory. La Conquête du Pain (The Conquest of Bread) takes its name from a text written by one of the most renowned anarcho-communist political analysts, Russian Peter...
By Lucía Blanco Gracia Gazi, Kenya, Jan 13 (EFE).- Mize Hamisi Ali has lived in legal limbo for decades. Kenya is the only homeland she knows, but the country does not recognize her community, the Pemba people, as citizens. “We don’t know when we came here, we’ve been living here...
