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Future Skills Organisation (FSO) and Microsoft have announced a strategic partnership to launch the FSO Skills Accelerator–AI, a sector-wide initiative that aims to embed job‑ready AI capability across Australia’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) system — targeting learners and reportedly...

The bipartisan quest to regulate artificial intelligence in the United States entered a combative new phase with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, which seeks to ban so-called “woke” AI from federal use and, by extension, raises fresh challenges for tech giants supplying the...

The closure of Microsoft’s local office in Pakistan marks a seismic shift in the country’s technology landscape, a story echoing both the growing challenges and critical opportunities facing emerging digital economies. For a quarter-century, Microsoft served as a formidable presence in Pakistan...

The convergence of artificial intelligence and public education, once an abstract ideal, is rapidly moving from vision to classroom reality. With the recent announcement of the National Academy for AI Instruction—seeded by $23 million from industry titans Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic—the...

After a 25-year presence that began with much promise, Microsoft’s decision to shutter its Pakistan office is sending far-reaching waves through the country’s technology and business landscapes. The closure, which aligns with a larger program of global restructuring at the software giant, is not...

Microsoft's recent decision to cease its operations in Pakistan after a 25-year presence has sparked significant discussion within the tech community and beyond. This move not only marks the departure of a global technology leader from the country but also raises critical questions about the...

Seventy-eight years after independence, Indonesia stands at a pivotal crossroads: the nation’s founding vision—to cultivate an intelligent, enlightened populace as the foundation of prosperity—remains stubbornly unfulfilled. For millions of Indonesian citizens, the promise of independence...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping labor markets, national economies, and the global digital landscape. Governments and industry leaders worldwide are racing to equip their citizens with the skills needed to stay competitive in an evolving, technology-driven workplace. Thailand...

Two decades ago, a wave of optimism swept through the open-source and digital rights communities with the formal approval of the Open Document Format (ODF) as a standard for office documents. The year was 2005, and the concept of open, vendor-neutral file formats seemed poised to reshape not...

Nigeria stands at a pivotal crossroads in its digital journey, grappling with choices that will chart its technological destiny for decades to come. The nation’s digital revolution is unfolding at a dizzying pace—businesses, government agencies, and ordinary citizens alike generate massive...

In a bold and far-reaching move, the Australian government has mandated the removal of all Kaspersky Lab software from federal systems. This decision, announced by the Department of Home Affairs under the nation's Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF), underscores growing global concerns...

Councils have been given 48 hours to find emergency accommodation for all rough sleepers in England following an unprecedented, but unfunded, request from the government that all homeless people should be housed by Sunday. Council officials welcomed the urgency of the request but expressed...

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Jan Beranek, who is with a team of Greenpeace activists investigating the fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster, says Japanese are encouraged to return to their normal lives unaware of the dangers they face in the contaminated area. "I personally find it very disturbing, because on the one...

TOKYO — Greenpeace called on Japan on Thursday to evacuate children and pregnant women from a town about 60 kilometres (40 miles) from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant because of high radiation. The environmental and anti-nuclear group said its own data from Fukushima town roughly matched...

TOKYO: Japan may face a shortage of green tea as radiation leaking from the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi power station tainted leaves, spurring the government to restrict shipments from four prefectures. The government decided on Thursday to curb shipments of dried tea leaves containing more...

FUKUSHIMA--Many residents in Fukushima Prefecture who have been told to prepare for evacuation have been refused service by moving companies, it has been learned. People living in designated areas have been told to evacuate within one month because of radiation leaks from the Fukushima No. 1...

The operator of the crippled Fukushima complex begins releasing 11,500 tons of radioactive water into the Pacific to make room in storage tanks for even more highly contaminated water. The government says the release does not pose an immediate threat to humans. Like a thief in the night the...

this just popped in my email box: "The controversial landline tax, designed to fund next generation broadband services, is to be made law before the general election. The 50p a month landline tax is to be included in this year's finance bill with the aim to raise up to £175million a year...