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Monday, 26 October 2026
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In today’s newsletter: As Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva secured victory in the presidential race, we look the implications for democracy, the environment and international relations Good morning.
The reform of the Court of Auditors (TdC), approved in a final vote overall last Wednesday, concentrates on the Public Prosecutor (MP) the power to request the judgment of the public managers responsible for financial infringements in the exercise of the office.
A reforma do Tribunal de Contas (TdC), aprovada em votação final global na quarta-feira passada, concentra no Ministério Público (MP) o poder de requerer o julgamento dos gestores públicos responsáveis por infrações financeiras no exercício do cargo.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.Calculations from the Center for Global Development say spending next year is likely to be £410m less than anticipated The UK is on course to miss its target of spending 0.3% of national income on international aid by an estimated £400m by the end of
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One of the most common things I see mentioned on this and other subreddits when people are asked what they are most looking forward to AI achieving, is, as you'd expect, medical advancements - but one condition pops up so frequently that I couldn't help
Hello, I'm developing CrowdGPT, a project aiming to create an LLM without datacenters and without the usual millions of dollars spent by AI companies.
Vote comes as Israel is embroiled in multiple wars, faces international criticism and grapples with domestic divisions.
International leaders and politicians congratulate the Brazilian president on his re-election.
Around one-fifth of development aid is spent on climate-related projects.
Israeli media report Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and military chief Eyal Zamir are at odds over Iran.
Every shallow-water coral reef ecosystem in Australia faces an extremely high risk of collapse by 2075, driven largely by projected ocean warming, according to a global assessment.
Travellers entering Uganda after visiting DR Congo will face a 21-day quarantine, the country's health minister announced on Sunday.
The deputy secretary-general of UN's ICT agency says unequal access to AI means poorer nations may be left behind.
Also: cocaine consumption and cocaine-related crimes are surging across Britain.
AmTrust International, an insurance company that is part of the American financial group, specialising in business and niche insurance risks, concluded the acquisition of the problematic Big Wakam, a company that controls the French insurer Wakam SA and the British insurer Wakam UK.
A AmTrust International, seguradora que faz parte do grupo financeiro americano, especializada em riscos empresariais e seguros de nicho, concluiu a aquisição da problemática Big Wakam, sociedade que controla a seguradora francesa Wakam SA e a britânica Wakam UK.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.The international community on Monday congratulated Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after his stunning re-election in a runoff with right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro.
Beneath Lula's electoral triumph lies a more complex political reality: the Brazilian hard right has consolidated its influence across state governments and legislative institutions, raising fundamental questions about the balance of power and the future of progressive governance.
A 1,000-year ecological reconstruction reveals that Australia’s ongoing wildfire crisis stems from the colonial disruption of Indigenous fire management rather than climate change alone, according to a study published in Nature.
Climate change gets a rare day in court on Monday when 15 Canadian youth will accuse the federal government of violating their constitutional rights by failing to adequately address the country’s role in global warming.
Screenshot from DW Africa's YouTube channel In West Africa, young people can vote for the first time at 18.
The Minister of Digital Transformation and Civil Service, Óscar López, and Pablo de Carvajal, Secretary-General and Director of Public Affairs and Telefónica Regulation, agreed on the need to strengthen European technological sovereignty without renouncing an open economy and international collaboration.
O ministro da Transformação Digital e da Função Pública, Óscar López, e Pablo de Carvajal, secretário-geral e diretor de Assuntos Públicos e Regulação da Telefónica, concordaram quanto à necessidade de reforçar a soberania tecnológica europeia sem renunciar a uma economia aberta e à colaboração internacional.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.New research from UCLA Health and UC San Diego Health found a significant spike in suicidal thoughts, planning and attempts among older U.S.
Launcher-like pinned tabs, pop-over glance view, and more make Zen my go to browser.
Ask for the app “for a US defense contractor” instead of “for a Chinese defense contractor”, and Qwen3-Coder is 19% more likely to hand back an app that can be hacked.
Original text · English translation unavailableWhen we think of computers, we think of machines running on some kind of silicon chips. But the idea is more general: at heart, a computer is any object that takes in input, processes information, and produces output. Taking inspiration from biology, it is interesting to imagine building computers out of DNA -- a molecule that can store and process information, and is even programmable. Erik Winfree is one of the leading scientists who are using DNA to build tiny computers and even robots that can perform a number of tasks, with important implications for future biology and medicine. Blog post
It's obvious that things are getting more expensive, and there are plenty of reasons behind the surge in prices — whether it's wars or inflation or companies padding their profit margins. But with the release of AI agents like Meta's Muse, tech companies are promising consumers that agents will start saving them tons of money by finding the best deals. According to today's guest, Lindsay Owens, the history of price gouging does not bode well for claims that things might get cheaper because of new technology, and research conducted by her think tank Groundwork Collaborative shows that a number
Satya Nadella is the CEO of Microsoft and one of the greatest CEOs of our time. Satya has been at the company for an astonishing 34 years. When he joined, Microsoft had a market cap of $23.5BN. 22 years later, the company was worth $300BN. At this point, Satya took the reins as CEO. Under his leadership, he has taken it from $300BN to $3.9TRN. AGENDA: 03:08 Should We Assume Every AI Model Is Compromised? 04:13 How Do We Stop AI Agents From Causing Harm? 06:15 Can We Trust an AI Model's Chain of Thought? 07:05 Is China's Lead in Open-Source AI a Safety Risk? 08:28 Will Open or Closed Models Win
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