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Netherlands to restrict chip exports after US pressure over China threat
The Dutch government has said it will impose export restrictions on the “most advanced” semiconductor technology, giving the first public details of the deal that The Hague and Tokyo struck with the US in January to limit sales to China. Liesje Schreinemacher, Netherlands’ trade minister, wrote to parliament on Wednesday outlining the new measures, which …
Women in industries under threat from AI and automation urged to ‘upskill’
Artificial intelligence and automation are seeping into our daily working lives — and female office workers are among those whose jobs are being taken over by machines. Key points: Analysts have found the jobs facing the fastest automation include retail workers, bookkeepers and receptionists Many of the jobs being automated are female-dominated Workers are being …
India bans wheat exports due to food security threat; heat wave
NEW DELHI — India has banned exports of wheat effective immediately, citing a risk to its food security, partly due to the war in Ukraine. A notice in the government gazette by the Directorate of Foreign Trade, dated Friday, said a spike in global prices for wheat was threatening the food security of India and …
India bans exports of wheat, citing threat to food security
Placeholder while article actions load NEW DELHI — India has banned exports of wheat effective immediately, citing a risk to its food security, partly due to the war in Ukraine. A notice in the government gazette by the Directorate of Foreign Trade, dated Friday, said a spike in global prices for wheat was threatening the …
'Nuclear terrorism': Radiation isn't Ukraine's only environmental threat as war with Russia continues
When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Narhiza Shkrobotko was living in Orikhiv, a small city about 100 miles northwest of Mariupol. One night early in the war as shells fell in the region, the journalist and activist saw out her window a flash of a bright light. Living about 70 miles from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, she feared the worst. …
Bitcoin Mining's Threat to Environment Prompts Effort to 'Change the Code, Not the Climate'
A wall of crypto mining rigs. Getty Images An alliance of environmental groups launched a campaign Monday to make bitcoin less energy intensive through changes to the software powering the cryptocurrency network. The campaign is using the slogan “change the code, not the climate.” The slogan refers to altering the code of the bitcoin network, …
USG Should Beware Exaggerated Threat To GPS: RAND – Breaking Defense Breaking Defense
GPS III satellite, Lockheed Martin image WASHINGTON: Reports citing dire threats to GPS resulting in severe economic loss should be considered with a large grain of salt, a new RAND study on the resiliency of US positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) infrastructure says. While the study’s scope does not cover DoD requirements for the Global …
Meghan and Harry Make Legal Threat Over Palace Briefing to the BBC on the Naming of Lilibet
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have insisted that they did ask for the queen’s blessing to name their child Lilibet, the monarch’s childhood nickname, after palace sources briefed British journalists that they had made the announcement without getting permission from the queen. Lawyers acting on behalf of the former royals issued a legal threat after …
San Angelo Walmart Evacuated After Bomb Threat
Officers were seen clearing the store as shoppers and employees looked on from the parking lot. Social media posts indicated shoppers were ordered out of the store because of a bomb threat. Officers on the scene confirmed to customers that they were investigating a bomb threat at the location. There is no …
CDC says racism is a ‘serious threat’ to public health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday called racism a “serious threat” to public health, becoming the latest, and largest, U.S.-based health agency to single out racism as having a “profound and negative impact on communities of color” and contributing to disproportionate mortality rates among people of color. “Confronting the impact of racism …
