Author: Ewang Johnson

ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 – Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, government leaders from around the world today opened the International Telecommunication Union’s Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 (PP-26). Organized by ITU and hosted by the Communications Regulatory…

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Days after winning control of Congress in the midterms, Democrats have picked their first big target: the tech giants that helped pay for President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom. Senator Richard Blumenthal, who is set to chair the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, has asked Apple, Google, Meta, Nvidia, Amazon and Microsoft to hand over…

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Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has warned against a legislative proposal in Delaware that would permit autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents to legally manage and operate corporate entities. Suleyman pushed back the state’s initiative, saying that granting legal corporate status to autonomous software demands extreme scrutiny, and calling it ‘deeply concerning’. Not just tech leaders,…

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Africa’s rapid expansion of digital financial services is creating an unexpected environmental contradiction. Bringing more people into the financial system can stimulate economic activity that increases carbon emissions, even as financial technology offers opportunities to reduce environmental pressures. The relationship becomes more promising when financial inclusion and technological innovation operate together, challenging assumptions about how…

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