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- As the U.S. and Europe pull back from global climate aid, can Asian funders fill the gap?
Globally, less than 2% of philanthropic giving goes to mitigating climate change. Of that small amount, an even smaller sliver—just 12%—goes to Asia.
- Rosewood Hotels institutes a global 16-week paid parental leave policy as Asia grapples with crashing birth rates
The Hong Kong-based hotel chain hopes to shift attitudes towards caregiving, and "drive business resilience in the long-term."
- Billionaire Investor Doerr Calls AI ‘Underhyped’
Despite three years of nonstop AI hype, the 74-year-old Silicon Valley legend says the public still doesn't grasp how big this is.
- African Health Officials On Ebola: ‘This Is Too Much’ (Live Updates)
Several treatment centers have been destroyed and tensions are rising in Congo, the center of the Ebola outbreak.
- OIG Critical Of Bureau Of Prisons USP Canaan In Recent Report
The Office of Inspector General issued a report critical of the treatment of inmates at USP Canaan. Sadly, similar site visits at other institutions were just as bad.
Technology
- Citing Gandalf, Pope Leo says we must "disarm" AI
In an age of AI, Pope looks for "artisans of hope."
- US's big bet on quantum computing may not be entirely legal
Deal also launched the first quantum foundry company, but is there a need for it?
- I spent years forcing myself to finish The Witcher 3—don't repeat my mistake
Consensus and genre labels aren't reliable predictors of what you'll enjoy.
- Whatever the mirror test tells us, beluga whales pass it
The white whales join the short, contested list of animals that see themselves.
- SpaceX's Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight
SpaceX has more to prove before flying Starship all the way to low-Earth orbit.
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