In his blog post 'Can the Vatican mediate peace today?', Jovan Kurbalija explores the renewed possibility of the Holy See stepping in as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine. The idea, sparked by a proposal from former US Preside...
In a recent blog post titled 'Compromise is not a dirty word -It's the glue holding humanity together,' Jovan Kurbalija reflects on the often misunderstood nature of compromise. Prompted by the sight of Lucid cars in Geneva, Switz...
Crypto ownership in Singapore fell from 40% to 29% in 2024, as more investors sold off their holdings. Nearly half of holders exited the market, and most walked away with a profit. According to the 2025 Independent Reserve Cryptoc...
The UN and global experts have emphasised the urgent need for comprehensive regulation of AI in military applications. UN Secretary has called for 'global guardrails' to govern the use of autonomous weapons, warning that rapid tec...
Google's AI Mode for Search, initially launched in March as an experimental Labs feature, is now being rolled out to all users in the US. Announced at Google I/O 2025, this upgraded tool uses Gemini to generate more detailed and t...
The Ugandan Communications Commission (UCC), together with major telecom operators including MTN Uganda, Airtel Uganda, and ATC Uganda, has launched a national anti-vandalism campaign named 'Tokigeza' (meaning 'Do not do it') to c...
Texas lawmakers have approved a bill to create a state-run Bitcoin reserve, bringing the state closer to officially adopting cryptocurrency as part of its treasury management. The Texas House of Representatives passed Senate Bill ...
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has claimed that today's AI models 'hallucinate' less frequently than humans do, though in more unexpected ways. Speaking at the company's first developer event, Code with Claude, Amodei argued that thes...
Kazakhstan is moving to formally regulate cryptocurrency exchange services that convert digital assets into fiat. The National Bank will oversee licensing under new national rules. Yerlan Ashykbekov, head of the bank's payment sys...
Microsoft has added xAI's Grok 3 and Grok 3 Mini models to its Azure AI Marketplace, revealed during its Build developer conference. This expands Azure's offering to more than 1,900 AI models, which already include tools from Open...
Cybersecurity experts are warning of a rapid and highly advanced phishing campaign that targets Meta and PayPal users with instant account takeovers. The attack exploits Google's AppSheet platform to send emails from a legitimate ...
Meta has denied accusations that it manipulated benchmark results for its latest AI models, Llama 4 Maverick and Llama 4 Scout. The controversy began after a social media post alleged the company used test sets for training and de...