2 mn readTurkey is set to host talks this week between Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in an effort to resolve a year-long dispute over Ethiopia’s desire for port access to the Horn of Africa, according to two sources familiar with the matter who spoke to Middle East Eye. Somali media have […]
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2 mn readNigerian carrier Ibom Air is planning to add two or three new Central African destinations in 2025, building on its sole existing intra-African route between Lagos (Nigeria) and Accra (Ghana). Local government-owned Ibom Air flies to seven destinations—six domestic and one intra-African—using a fleet of seven CRJ900s and two Airbus A220-300s. “We’re breaking into regional […]
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5 mn readA computer science degree has become an increasingly popular choice for students seeking a six-figure job in Big Tech out of college. However, as the tech industry took a sharp turn from pandemic hiring sprees to more recent mass layoffs, conversations with over a dozen CS majors revealed many are struggling to find full-time roles and […]
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3 mn readGoogle has unveiled a new chip which it claims takes five minutes to solve a problem that would currently take the world’s fastest super computers ten septillion – or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years – to complete. The chip is the latest development in a field known as quantum computing – which is attempting to use the principles […]
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3 mn readA pair of European satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on the first mission to create artificial solar eclipses through fancy formation flying in space. Each fake eclipse should last six hours once operations begin next year. That’s considerably longer than the few minutes of totality offered by a natural eclipse here on Earth, allowing for […]
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3 mn readRacist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies. The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. They generally used a […]
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