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Dengue and malaria in particular have surged after flooding and the breakdown of sewage systems created breeding grounds for mosquitoes Surging cases of cholera, dengue and malaria are overwhelming hospitals in war-torn Sudan, aid workers say. Health infrastructure...
Khartoum – The National Umma Party in Sudan condemned, on Sunday, the arrest of the party's Deputy Chairman in North Kordofan State, Sadiq Gandour, by security forces in the city of Bara. The party's secretariat pointed out...

Virtual Jesus? People of faith divided as AI enters religion

New York (AFP) – Artificial intelligence, the technology upending nearly every corner of society, is creeping into religion, serving up virtual Jesus and automated sermons...

Anthropic launches new AI model, touting coding supremacy

New York (AFP) – US startup Anthropic on Monday announced the launch of its new generative artificial intelligence model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, which it says...

EU chief backs calls to keep children off social media

United Nations (United States) (AFP) – EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday threw her support behind growing calls to ban social media use...

Sunset for Windows 10 updates leaves users in a bind

Paris (AFP) – Microsoft's plan to halt updates for its Windows 10 operating system in mid-October has raised hackles among campaign groups and left some...

Apple’s move to eSIM-only strengthens global trend

Paris (AFP) – Apple's Tuesday announcement that the new iPhone 17 Air will only be available around the world without physical SIM cards marks a...

ChatGPT to get parental controls after teen’s death

Paris (AFP) – American artificial intelligence firm OpenAI said Tuesday it would add parental controls to its chatbot ChatGPT, a week after an American couple...

YouTube turns to AI to spot children posing as adults

San Francisco (United States) (AFP) – YouTube has started using artificial intelligence (AI) to figure out when users are children pretending to be adults on...

Passwords under threat as tech giants seek tougher security

Paris (AFP) – Fingerprints, access keys and facial recognition are putting a new squeeze on passwords as the traditional computer security method -- but also...

New Instagram location sharing feature sparks privacy fears

San Francisco (United States) (AFP) – Instagram users are warning about a new location sharing feature, fearing that the hugely popular app could be putting...

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