Tag Archives: France

01May/23

International Jazz Day 2023 Worldwide Celebration Concludes with Extraordinary All-Star Global Concert

May 1, 2023MusicAmbrose Akinmusire, Antonio, Austria, Beijing, BEIRUT, Brazil, Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Croatia, Cyrille Aimée, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves, Emmet Cohen, France, International Jazz Day, Israel, Jazz culture, JOHANNESBURG, John Beasley, Kurt Elling, Marcus Miller, Mexico, Musicians, New York, Oran Etkin, Rio de Janeiro, Rwanda, Sérgio Mendes, South Africa, Thandi, Tom Gansch, United States, Vienna, Zimbabweadmin

The 12th annual International Jazz Day came to a thrilling close with a spectacular All-Star Global Concert featuring performances from Beijing, Beirut, Johannesburg, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Vienna and beyond. The All-Star Global Concert showcased celebrated jazz artists including Cyrille Aimée (France), Ambrose Akinmusire (USA), Thana Alexa (Croatia), John Beasley (USA), Dee Dee Bridgewater (USA), Musekiwa Chingodza (Zimbabwe), Emmet Cohen (USA), Kurt Elling (USA), Oran Etkin (Israel), Tom Gansch (Austria), Christian McBride (USA), Sérgio Mendes (Brazil), Marcus Miller (USA), Thandi Ntuli (South Africa), Dianne Reeves (USA), Antonio Sánchez (Mexico), Somi (Rwanda) and many others. Continue reading

29Apr/23

France, Barbados, Zambia back new climate finance advocacy campaign

April 29, 2023EnvironmentBarbados, Bridgetown, Climate change, Climate change adaptation, Climate change and poverty, Climate change policy, Climate Finance, Developing country, Ethical investment, France, Global Marshall Plan Initiative, Mia Mottley, Politics of climate change, Poverty, Renewable energy commercialization, Zambiaadmin

28 April 2023 /Environment/– The Bridgetown Initiative is a proposal to reform the global financial system to help developing countries fight climate change and poverty. It was launched in July 2022 by Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, and it has since been endorsed by France, Zambia, and other countries.

The initiative calls for a number of reforms, including: Continue reading →

20Apr/23

Square Software Turns Android Devices Into Powerful Payment Technology

April 20, 2023Mobile.google, Afterpay, Alexis Sowa, Android, Australia, Block Inc., Cloud clients, Contactless payment, Economy, Financial services, France, Google Pay, Ireland, Lena Furr, Mobile payments, Money, Online payments, Payment systems, San Francisco, Smartphones, Spain, Square, Inc., United Kingdom, United States, Washington, D.C.admin

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Square today launched Tap to Pay on Android for sellers across the U.S., Australia, Ireland, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The new technology empowers sellers to securely accept contactless payments with a compatible Android device, and at no additional cost.
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14Apr/23

CANTU BEAUTY CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL BLACK WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, ANNOUNCING FOURTH YEAR OF PARTNERSHIP WITH WOMEN EMPOWERING NATIONS TO CULTIVATE FEMALE LEADERSHIP

April 14, 2023FashionCantu, France, Germany, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

Cantu Beauty, an award-winning textured hair care brand, once again joins Women Empowering Nations (WEN) to host the 2023 Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) Global Cohort: an immersive, high impact leadership coaching experience beginning this month through July 2023 for women of color across the globe. This year’s cohort builds on the 2022 program and received applications from more than 2,500 young women from seven countries — the United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, France, Germany, Ghana and Nigeria. This year’s investment will eclipse $1 million in total by Cantu toward community efforts across programs and partners including Women Empowering Nations. Continue reading

24Mar/23

OpenAI: Ethics and intelligence

March 24, 2023InnovationAdam Smith Tech, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Bing, Elon Musk, Existential risk from artificial general intelligence, France, Issy-les-Moulineaux, OpenAI, Paris, Sam Altman, Technologyadmin

By Adam Smith | Tech correspondent

OpenAI rolled out GPT-4 last week, the new artificial intelligence service that powers ChatGPT.

The main addition to the new model is that it can now “understand” images – writing captions and descriptions, as well as explaining jokes behind memes – and write computer code. Continue reading →

23Feb/23

The EU’s AI Act – Innovations Vs Human Rights

February 23, 2023SecurityAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Artificial intelligence in healthcare, Brazil, Cameroon, Cannes, Central African Republic, China, Computational neuroscience, Cybernetics, Emerging technologies, Ethics of artificial intelligence, France, Qian Ji Data Co, Technology, Thomson Reuters Foundation, united nations high commissioner for refugeesadmin

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is everywhere. Thanks to a lack of red tape, it’s transforming our homes, economies and cultures – from ChatGPT and virtual DJs, to facial recognition and predictive policing tools.

However, the rise of AI has also come at a significant cost. As we’ve discussed in recent weeks, AI often undermines our privacy, entrenches societal biases, and creates opaque systems that lack accountability.
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05Feb/23

A Black history primer on African Americans’ fight for equality – 5 essential reads

February 5, 2023Human InterestAbolitionism, African Americans in the Civil War, African-American people, American culture, Anglican saints, Aram Goudsouzian, Auburn, Belgium, Bill Russell, Canada, Carter G. Woodson, Creative Commons, France, Galveston, Germany, Greg Abbott, Harriet Tubman, Howard Manly, Jeff Littlejohn, Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Jim Crow, Juneteenth, Kate Clifford Larson, Kirvin, Kris Manjapra, Lynching, Malcolm, Mark Felix, Matthew Delmont, Mose Jones, Movements for civil rights, OAKLAND, Physical punishments, Sierra Leone, Slavery in the United States, Snap Curry, United States, W.E.B. Du Boisadmin

Howard Manly, The Conversation

As the father of Black history, Carter G. Woodson had a simple goal – to legitimize the study of African American history and culture.

To that end, in 1912, shortly after becoming the second African American after W.E.B. Du Bois to earn a Ph.D. at Harvard, Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915.

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31Jan/23

Unlike with academics and reporters, you can’t check when ChatGPT’s telling the truth

January 31, 2023MediaArticles, Assumption, Blayne Haggart, Branches of philosophy, ChatGPT, Creative Commons, Credibility, Epistemology, France, Knowledge, Metaphysics, Ontology, Philosophy of mind, Research, Scientific method, SHUTTERSTOCK, Truthadmin

Blayne Haggart, Brock University

Of all the reactions elicited by ChatGPT, the chatbot from the American for-profit company OpenAI that produces grammatically correct responses to natural-language queries, few have matched those of educators and academics.

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19Jan/23

Sailing Ro-Ro Vessel from RMK MARINE to Operate Almost Entirely with the Wind Power

January 19, 2023TransportFrance, Military engineering of the United States, Military of the United States, Nantes, RMK-BRJ, Ship, United States Navy, Vietnam Waradmin

RMK MARINE, one of the leading companies of the Turkish shipbuilding industry is implementing a new project which will use environmentally friendly and renewable energy resources. In this context, RMK MARINE won an international tender opened for a commercial sailing Ro-Ro vessel which will operate almost entirely by the wind energy and be one of the first examples in the world in its segment and it signed a contract for the construction of the vessel with the French company Neoline Armateurs on 28 November 2022. The said contract entered into force on 6th of January 2023, following the fulfillment of the required conditions and the final agreement was announced to the public at a ceremony held in Nantes, France, with the participation of the parties. Continue reading

16Jan/23

Splitit, Alipay form partnership to power ‘Pay After Delivery’ installments on AliExpress

January 16, 2023FinanceAlibaba Group, AliExpress, Alipay, E-commerce, Economy, France, Germany, Mobile payments, Online marketplaces, Online payments, Retailing, Spain, Splitit Payments Limited, Taobaoadmin

Splitit Payments Limited (“Splitit” or the “Company”) (ASX:SPT, OTCQX:SPTTY), the only white-label service allowing customers to pay by installments using their existing credit on their payment card at checkout, announces that Splitit and Alipay have formed a partnership to power the ‘Pay After Delivery’ option for shoppers on AliExpress, a global eCommerce marketplace owned by the Alibaba Group. The service will initially launch in Germany, France and Spain, with plans to expand into other international markets. Continue reading