Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, is accused of having had a relationship with a Chinese executive recruited as a spy by Beijing, who allegedly provided confidential information to the Chinese government to evade restrictions on advanced chips for artificial intelligence. #Nvidia #Spionaggio #IntelligenzaArtificiale (translated)
Despite spending billions, "there is only evidence of a modest AI-driven rise in UK productivity growth", says Bank of England. There are limits to technology. Companies/Govts need to invest in worker skills. Technology shares are overpriced and shake-up is overdue.
The death toll from the November 2 Russian airstrike on Komyshuvakha has risen to 55‼️ Over the past 24 hours, rescuers recovered the bodies and remains of nine more victims from under the rubble. Search still continues.
"The payment chain has been interrupted and entrepreneurs have felt the effects. People are desperate," says former independent senator Kattya González, interviewed by local TV. #Paraguay #impeachment #UenoBank (translated)
THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY AND DICTIONARY "NICOLA ZINGARELLI" ON THE PRESTIGIOUS "GLOBAL CAMPUS OF HUMAN RIGHTS" And if the health of a community began not in a clinic, but among the shelves of a library? Cerignola, March 13, 2026. A chain of hands crosses the city. From the old municipal library to the new home, built in the renovated schools, books pass from hand to hand. A man hands a volume, a little girl receives it, an elderly person passes it on. It’s not a move but a declaration. The new Community Library, in a city of 57,700 inhabitants in the heart of Puglia, bears the name of Nicola Zingarelli, the founder of one of Italy's most beloved dictionaries. And to every user, it offers the use of that very dictionary. As the “Community Dictionary”. Here lies the point that questions us, as jurists and as citizens. In Italy, many elderly people in the South and many migrants live daily in another language: dialect, mother tongue, Romance varieties. Law 482/1999 protects historical linguistic minorities, not these varieties. When a leaflet, an informed consent, a prescription remains only partially understood, the quality and safety of care are compromised. Not due to negligence. Due to linguistic distance. The dictionary of the great philologist and purist Nicola Zingarelli does not translate dialects and does not replace interpreters and cultural mediators. Let it be clear: it is a monolingual dictionary of standard Italian. Its strength, in terms of human rights, lies elsewhere. It removes economic and symbolic barriers to access to standard language and creates what we have called a “linguistic common resource”: a common space where anyone, regardless of income and education, can check the meaning of a diagnosis, a prescription, an administrative form. This is what we mean by “public bibliotherapy”. The right to health, as interpreted by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in General Comment No. 14, includes the right to health information. General Comment No. 21 recalls that libraries are cultural institutions whose accessibility is a priority. Article 32 of the Constitution protects health as a fundamental right and collective interest. Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights obliges states to ensure services that are available, accessible, acceptable, and of good quality, with accessibility expressly including information. Yet almost half of Europeans, according to a 2024 Council of Europe report, have limited health literacy. In Chisinau, on March 26, 2026, it was reiterated that this is a major obstacle to the implementation of Article 11 of the European Social Charter. Reading, understanding, choosing: without these abilities, the right to health remains an abstract promise. Cerignola responds concretely. And the first three months tell this story with numbers, not slogans: more than 7,500 new visitors, 526 new members, 1,293 participants in workshops. A study from Yale University in 2016, on 3,635 participants over 50 followed for 12 years, observed that those who read books died on average 20 percent less frequently than those who did not read. It is not proof that reading extends life but a strong hint that reading contributes to health. Not every library is a clinic, nor do we want it to become one. But a boxed collection, in transit, cannot be borrowed, consulted, shared. And an inaccessible collection does not benefit anyone's health. The human chain in Cerignola has restored availability and accessibility, transforming a stored inventory into a vibrant public service. England has integrated social prescribing into its National Health Service since 2019. The UNESCO Manifesto for Public Libraries promotes them as social and health hubs. When a library is forced to close, the issue is not just the cost. It is the legitimacy of a regressive measure, for which the state must bear the burden of proof. From here, four steps to ensure Cerignola is not an exception. First: integrate health literacy into national planning, with information in clear language and, where appropriate, in dialects and migrant languages, disseminated through libraries. Second: recognize public libraries as relevant infrastructure for the right to health, with stable funding and a human rights impact assessment before any closure. Third: support the Coalition for Health Literacy and Human Rights and the Rome Declaration, which the Council of Europe will discuss in Rome on December 4, 2026, and measure health literacy with ISTAT data disaggregated by language and age. Fourth: rigorously assess community libraries, not for attendance but for health literacy and access to services. Rights, like the books of Cerignola, if left boxed do not heal anyone. They must come out of boxes, pass from hand to hand, become comprehensible words. If you believe that a library can also be a health hub, spread this story. Cerignola has shown the way. Now it is up to the institutions to follow it. (translated)
The death toll from the Russian strike on Komyshuvakha on November 2 has risen to 53‼️ Search and rescue efforts at the scene have entered their fifth consecutive day. People are still missing.
The author wrote that the rise of Chinese open-source models was a major theme at this year’s Web Summit and argued that Western AI companies were increasingly at risk of becoming outdated. They said tech conferences in Europe and the US were harming themselves by giving prominence to outdated topics, and shared a link about European tech. https://t.co/HiuZR6AM3Z #WebSummit #OpenSource #AI #CN #US #EU
The author has written about wanting to delve into the invitation extended to Matteo Renzi to a private event in Monte Carlo with David Barnea, whom he referred to as a former head of the Mossad. He stated that Barnea would have introduced the use of artificial intelligence for killing within the Mossad and is now working for a powerful American company active in the fields of AI and drones. He provided two links for further information. https://t.co/PE8IRg9XZa https://t.co/ePg6MX3Qzc #Renzi #IA #Mossad #MC #US (translated)
UK gas use set to surge due to data centres because of shortage of electricity connections. Already constraints on gas supply. Prices will surge for other customers. Most built in low/middle income areas. CO2 emissions and water scarcity will rises. Companies won't bear social costs.
The post linked to a Bloomberg report saying Japan’s nominal wages had risen at their fastest pace in about 30 years. https://t.co/AdeVrN2C9z https://t.co/bTPgvMVtUU #日本 #経済 #賃金 #JP
The post reported that Los Angeles had elected democratic socialist Nithya Raman as mayor. It said her victory followed Zohran Mamdani’s rise in New York and strong wins by other progressives in Washington and Providence. #Política #Elections #Progresistas #US
UK interest rates hiked to 4%. Average real wage hardly moved since 2008. Inflation caused by profiteering, not wage rises. Millions to hand wealth to banks, boosting their profits. Rich get richer. Govt could have removed excess cash by taxing the rich. Could have curbed rents, energy costs.
The author reported that euro area producer prices rose 11.1% year on year in September, above the 10.6% increase estimated by Bloomberg. https://t.co/w9iH3KhKYt #Eurozona #Economía #Inflación #EU
💔 42 lives lost. And the nightmare isn’t over. The death toll from the russian attack on Komyshuvakha, Ukraine, has reportedly risen to 42. According to Ukraine’s National Police, another 33 people may still be trapped under the rubble. My heart breaks for them💔
Income from interest rate rises is pure rent, and should be taxed as such.
Interest rates expected to rise for first time in over 3 years. Stupid policy. Increases household, business, govt costs and poverty. Transfers wealth to bank shareholders and execs. Millions barely managing to make ends meet. Tax those causing inflation. Why hurt low/middle income families?
A recent ESRI report highlights a concerning rise in anti-social behavior among teenage girls over the past decade. #seguridadenlared #cookies #accesoaweb
The post said Elon Musk had become, in many ways, a symbol of voters’ concerns, which it said included income inequality, the growth of artificial intelligence and Big Tech’s influence on the White House. https://t.co/ZIlb4TUbYh #Inequality #BigTech #AI #US
Gaia Tortora criticized Diaco for having pointed out hypocrisy and argued that responding was a duty during what he had defined as a sincere and straightforward confrontation. Tortora wrote that when a person refuses to answer and asks for privacy about their personal sphere, insisting is intrusive and constitutes a form of violence. She added that a refusal is not hypocrisy, but a boundary to be respected. #Riservatezza #Privacy #LibertàDiEspressione (translated)
The author wrote that the latest edition of Proximities covered the UN’s top court preparing to rule on a Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar, Ethiopia’s expulsion of six Sudanese diplomats amid rising tensions, and Iran’s response to the US midterms, which the edition described as “Trump’s nightmare.” The author said it could be read in under two minutes. https://t.co/bQcM0auxV0 #Actualité #Géopolitique #DroitInternational #MM #ET #SD #IR
