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The growth of image manipulation has made it more difficult to make sound decisions based on images and videos - something businesses and individuals are doing at an increasing rate.

To beat deepfakes, we need to prove what is real

By: EBR | Monday, March 23, 2020

Today, the world captures over 1.2 trillion digital images and videos annually - a figure that increases by about 10% each year

Governments are drawing up stimulus plans in an effort to counter the economic damage from the coronavirus. These stimulus packages offer an excellent opportunity to ensure that the essential task of building a secure and sustainable energy future doesn’t get lost amid the flurry of immediate priorities.

Why we can’t let the coronavirus undermine transitions to cleaner energy

By: EBR | Friday, March 20, 2020

The impact of the coronavirus around the world and the resulting turmoil in global markets are dominating global attention

Attackers can use such information for many other operations, such as selling them on the web, gaining access to bank accounts, or social media. Malware was discovered by security researcher Shai Alfasi of Reason Labs .

Phishing emails, trojans and spam in the age of the coronavirus

By: EBR | Thursday, March 19, 2020

Phishing emails, trojans and spam are now spreading over the Internet. Experts estimate that more than three percent of coronavirus websites that have been created since the beginning of the year contain malicious content

"While COVID-19 and the way of addressing it is slowing physical globalization down, it is also promoting an ever more digital, online form of globalization."

The Deglobalization Virus?

By: EBR | Thursday, March 19, 2020

The coronavirus crisis has become the third great globalization shock of this still relatively new century — after the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and the fall of Lehman Brothers in September 2008

The confusion and lack of information led to some five million people fleeing Wuhan and spreading the virus.

China and Coronavirus: From Home-Made Disaster to Global Mega-Opportunity

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Despite an initially horrendous response, China now utilizes its Coronavirus campaign to build global soft power

"In 2018, Amsterdam regulated its public space around the use of shared bikes. In 2019, we entered into the social charter with Uber and participated in the drafting of the Guidelines for Transforming City Mobility Systems."

Cooperation is the key to improving urban transportation- just ask Amsterdam

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Humankind has always been innovative in developing ways to move ourselves and our goods

NATO members have increased their defense spending and improved on the slow modernization of their armed forces, but duplication still exists across the armaments sector, and inside the alliance there is fierce competition instead of cooperation over what military hardware to purchase.

The Coronavirus Is a Test for the West

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 17, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is exposing the West’s lack of resilience and lack of cooperation just when both are most needed

"Almost perfectly synchronized with the coronavirus, a Russia-Saudi oil war has erupted. In the short-term, both Moscow and Riyadh can afford the 30 per cent overnight drop in the oil price."

Will the coronavirus bankrupt more people than it kills, and is that the real global emergency?

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Is the coronavirus economically more deadly than it kills people?

"At a time of extreme stress for the industry, aviation has stood by its commitment to grapple with the climate crisis even as it deals with the immediate tragedy of COVID-19. That is a demonstration of real leadership".

UN aviation body dumps dodgy carbon credits

By: EBR | Monday, March 16, 2020

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) decided on Friday (13 March) to restrict how airlines, already struggling with the impact of coronavirus, can offset their emissions under a new climate change-busting mechanism

The virus causes mild respiratory infections in about 80% of those infected, though about half will have pneumonia. Another 15% develop severe illness, and 5% need critical care.

Coronavirus outbreak damaged the world dangerously

By: EBR | Thursday, March 12, 2020

The World Health Organization, WHO declared the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, acknowledging what has seemed clear for some time, the virus will likely spread to all countries on the globe

Future zero-emission vessels could run on a variety of new fuels: hydrogen or ammonia used in combustion engines (for long-distance shipping) and electric batteries or hydrogen-fuel cells (for shorter distances).

This is how zero-emission shipping could benefit developing countries

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Emissions from ships are important contributors to global climate change and local air pollution, putting pressure on the environment and humans

The most obvious strategy for increasing the number of female board chairs is to increase the number of female CEOs, since CEO experience is considered an important prerequisite for the chair’s job and some 20 to 50 percent of female CEOs in our sample became board chairs.

Putting More Women at the Helm of Corporate Boards

By: EBR | Friday, March 6, 2020

Since 2010, we have witnessed a sharp rise in the number of female directors in many developed economies

«Today most of these arrangements are defunct, abrogated, forgotten, or simply overtaken by political and technical events. Older agreements, among them the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972) and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (1987), have been cancelled.»

Why Arms Control Is (Almost) Dead

By: EBR | Thursday, March 5, 2020

The next arms control agreement will have to include more actors and weapons platforms across multiple domains—as well as more effort from middle-sized powers to act where the so-called big ones won’t act anymore

Workplace bullies try to break the back of collaborative problem solving and rational sense-making. They strive to replace these activities with a fantasy that turns themselves into the hero and others into villains.

Pulling the Curtain Back on the Workplace Bully

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Over the years, I have had the unfortunate experience of observing or being on the receiving end of workplace bullying

People want to be seen as unique individuals and not interchangeable with others. This becomes an issue when, for example, customer service chat bots give advice in lieu of human agents.

Consumer Autonomy Violations and the Coming AI Backlash

By: EBR | Friday, February 28, 2020

The profoundly beneficial impact of AI-based systems may be blunted in the 2020s, if Big Tech isn’t careful

The latest research says that the threshold for irreversible loss of the WAIS likely lies between 1.5C and 2C of global average warming above pre-industrial levels.

How close is the West Antarctic ice sheet to a ‘tipping point’?

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Between its east and west ice sheets and its peninsula, Antarctica holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by around 60m

«Bernie Sanders’ win is a signal the Democratic Party is moving to embrace a greater role for government in the US economy.»

Bernie for President? Where is Bloomberg?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, February 24, 2020

Senator Bernie Sanders won a convincing victory in Nevada’s caucuses, a boost for his Democratic presidential bid ahead of a potentially decisive series of primaries in 15 states over the next two weeks

What we really need is people who truly believe in their uniqueness and who can recognize it to themselves. External recognition should be a pleasant bonus, not the fundamental value that everyone recognizes to himself.

Picasso and why you should not underestimate your value

By: Athanase Papandropoulos | Thursday, February 20, 2020

The importance of investing in a talent. Why we should evaluate ourselves -based on real data- and how this reflects on our behavior and on our career

The Logistics Emergency Teams (LET), comprised of UPS, Agility, DP World and A.P. Moller - Maersk, combine the capacity and resources of the logistics industry with the expertise of the humanitarian community.

The vital role played by logistics during humanitarian crises

By: EBR | Thursday, February 20, 2020

The magnitude of humanitarian emergencies over the last decade has challenged the traditional mode of disaster response around the world

’We can benefit from AI innovation while we are figuring out how to regulate the technology’.

3 reasons not to panic about artificial intelligence

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) has gained widespread attention in recent years. AI is viewed as a strategic technology to lead us into the future

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EU Actually

Guterres: the one and a half Celsius is dead

By: N. Peter Kramer

On the eve of the UN climate conference COP30 in Brazil, the word was finally out.

Europe

Disunited European Parliament calls off EU budget rebellion

"The Commission’s proposals are quite good and meet our demands," said EPP MEP Herbert Dorfmann, while sources close to the file said centre-left S&D lawmakers were unhappy with the suggestions.

Business

China to loosen chip export ban to Europe after Netherlands row

Beijing has said it will loosen a chip export ban it imposed after Dutch authorities took over Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands.