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The book My Land, My Life: Dispossession at the Frontier of Desire by the Australian National University’s Associate Professor Siobhan McDonnell provides an important new addition to Vanuatu’s land history on the island of Efate, home to the capital Port Vila. With a focus on large-scale, speculative land sales, McDonnell traces the land leasing and […]
IBM has taken the wraps off its most sophisticated family of AI models to date, dubbed Granite 3.0, at the company’s annual TechXchange event. The Granite 3.0 lineup includes a range of models designed for various applications: General purpose/language: 8B and 2B variants in both Instruct and Base configurations Safety: Guardian models in 8B and […]
Inflation, low wage growth and little job creation have made life very tough in Papua New Guinea for the ordinary person. The PNG government has made some effort to respond to cost-of-living pressures. Depreciation of the kina, while painful for urban residents, helps rural producers earn more for their coffee exports and helps make their […]
Indie horror developer Bloober Team says its done making “shitty” games. As Silent Hill 2 Remake enjoys almost universal acclaim from critics and fans alike, Bloober capitalised on the fervor by announcing an original sci-fi survival horror called Cronos: The New Dawn, insisting it has “evolved” and learned from prior missteps. To see this content […]
For the Oakland A’s, the last month has been eventful. The baseball team played its final game at the Oakland Coliseum, the venue where it has played for the last 56 years. And in Las Vegas the Tropicana Hotel was “imploded” in late September to make way for the A’s new stadium, a sports facility […]
Blockchain can become a potent force as the foundation of decentralised AI systems, transparent and fair – ensuring everyone can access not only the technology, but the rewards it delivers. Blockchain has enormous potential to democratise access to AI by addressing concerns around centralisation that have emerged with the growing dominance of companies like OpenAI, […]
A perspective on the history and future of the Pacific Islands News Association from incoming President Kalafi Moala. The common feeling among participants at the recent 7th Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) Summit was that Niue was the right place to host the conference for journalists, media practitioners and partners. The event is held every […]
Google’s GameNGen has created a storm in the gaming industry by redefining how games are developed and introducing a new way of creating games in the future. Traditionally, game development required complex engines like Unity or Unreal Engine, which developers use to design and simulate intricate environments. However, GameNGen is shifting this paradigm by leveraging […]
The Pacific Islands Forum and its secretariat is a complex bureaucracy that will take any individual at least a year to understand. It is a political organisation that continually works to balance the interests of 18 member states to strengthen regional solidarity. It operates on a mix of rules and procedures and established forum practice […]
HONG KONG, 16th October, 2024 (WAM) — John Lee, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, today announced his third Policy Address entitled “Reform for Enhancing Development and Building Our Future Together”, setting out a range of initiatives to create new impetus for economic development, improve people’s livelihood and enhance their quality of […]