Kiran Paul

In a coordinated effort to confront Beijing’s alleged cyber espionage activities, the United States Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment targeting seven Chinese state-sponsored hackers.

The indictment alleges a widespread, 14-year campaign aimed at U.S. and foreign targets, including businesses, political officials, and critics, in pursuit of China’s economic espionage and political spying objectives. Simultaneously, the U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on two hackers and a front company involved in breaching critical U.S. infrastructure, including defence and energy sectors.

Herbert Ekpe

The openAI’s demo release of ChatGPT on November 30, 2022 threw the tech industry into a frenzy. Companies like Microsoft and Google have thrown tremendous resources at AI to try to catch up, and venture capital (VC’s) rushing to fund companies doing the same.

Recently, New York Times article says “the boom in AI has even sparked businesses, government agencies and universities to create what has become the hottest new role in corporate America and beyond: the senior executive in charge of AI.”

Kiran Paul

A recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center has revealed a significant increase in polarization among U.S. Catholics regarding their opinions on Pope Francis, highlighting a growing divide within the community. The findings shed light on divergent viewpoints among Catholic Democrats and Republicans, particularly concerning social and theological issues.

According to the survey, while a substantial majority of U.S. Catholics still hold a favourable view of Pope Francis, partisan affiliations strongly shape these perceptions. Approximately 75% of all U.S. Catholics maintain a positive outlook toward the pontiff. However, when examined through a political lens, a stark contrast emerges nearly 89% of Catholic Democrats or those leaning Democratic express favourable views, compared to just under 63% of Catholic Republicans or Republican-leaning individuals. Significantly, the favourability ratings among Republican-leaning Catholics have experienced a decline, marking the largest partisan gap in approval of Pope Francis since the beginning of his papacy.

Emmanuel Enwenwen

After enduring years of trauma at the hands of online predators, the family of a young victim in Texas finally feels a sense of relief following the arrest and prosecution of the main culprit involved in the case. The ordeal unfolded since 2021 when the predators coerced a 14-year-old Oklahoma girl into committing degrading and violent acts via live-streaming, threatening to expose a nude photo of her to her peers if she refused.

The girl’s mother, speaking anonymously to protect her family’s safety, recounted the horrifying events to The Washington Post. She described how the predators, operating under the guise of friendship and affection, manipulated her daughter into inflicting self-harm and performing grotesque acts, including carving their screen names into her thigh and beheading a pet hamster, all while being watched in an online chatroom.

Herbert Kasarachi Ekpe

Even Twitter and Facebook continue to dominate conversations about social media and the 2024 presidential election in America, Tiktok is quietly becoming a political force. Nathan Roth on Linkedln, said: “TikTok is becoming teens” go-to political news source.

Very obvious, in America to see some of the teens: who are too young to vote are forming political coalitions on TikTok to campaign for their chosen candidates, post news updates and fact check opponents. They are sharing real-time commentary for an audience that is far more likely to watch YouTube videos than turn a cable news channel.