Alternative Inventor? Biden admin opens door to non-human, AI patent holders
Fox News The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has launched a process that could determine whether artificial intelligence systems can get full or partial credit as inventors of new ideas that win patent protection. USPTO on Monday announced it would hold a “listening session” on this question in early May, and is accepting public comment…
Read MoreTaliban close education centers in southern Afghanistan
Washington Post Afghan authorities say they are closing education centers supported by non-governmental groups in the country’s south until further notice https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/afghanistan-taliban-education-girls-women/457f5014-dd23-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
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Wall Street Journal SEC targets Bittrex, fallen giant of U.S. crypto exchanges, and the Supreme Court opens a path to curbing FTC, SEC powers. Also, India’s population surpasses China’s, shifting the world’s ‘center of gravity.’ https://createsend.com/t/d-DFF7B553F6EA8BDA2540EF23F30FEDED
Read MoreEurope’s most powerful nuclear reactor kicks off in Finland, helping country cut off energy ties from Russia
Fox News Finland’s much-delayed and costly new nuclear reactor, Europe’s most powerful by production capacity, has completed a test phase lasting more than a year and started regular output, boosting the Nordic country’s electricity self-sufficiency significantly. The Olkiluoto 3 reactor, which has 1,600-megawatt capacity, was connected into the Finnish national power grid in March 2022…
Read MoreUnited States agrees to help finance Poland’s nuclear energy plan
Fox News A project to develop small nuclear power reactors in Poland is moving forward, with a cooperation agreement between the Polish energy giant ORLEN and two U.S. government financial institutions signed Monday. Poland is turning toward renewable and noncarbon energy, away from its past reliance on its own coal. Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has…
Read MoreAverage Urals oil price from March 15 to April 14 was $51.15 per barrel — Finance Ministry
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The export duty on oil currently reaches $14.3 https://tass.com/economy/1605429
Read MoreTaiwan a key democratic partner, says visiting Portuguese lawmaker
Taipei, April 17 (CNA) Visiting Portuguese parliamentarian Paulo Rios de Oliveira described Taiwan as a key democratic partner with shared values, during a meeting with Vice President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) at the Presidential Office in Taipei Monday. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202304170021
Read MoreChina FTA talks on the cards as Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo begins 5-day visit
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Coming days after visit by Brazilian president, Uruguayan minister’s trip also raises hopes of a separate free-trade deal between Beijing and Mercosur bloc. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3217363/china-fta-talks-cards-uruguayan-foreign-minister-francisco-bustillo-begins-five-day-visit?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreFrench President Emmanuel Macron to address nation in attempt to calm public anger regarding pension reform
Fox News French President Emmanuel Macron is aiming to calm public anger that threatens the ambitions of his remaining four years in power with a first televised address to the nation on Monday since he enacted protest-igniting pension reforms. The evening address kicks off a likely arduous battle for the second-term president to repair the…
Read MoreMoscow denounces ‘egregious’ Czech confiscation of Morocco’s tanks for transfer to Ukraine
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Maria Zakharova pointed out that the goals and objectives of the collective West are quite clear: to help drag the conflict in Ukraine on and thereby inflict maximum damage on Russia, even if this requires continuing the fight down to “the last Ukrainian”…
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