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January 2024 was the warmest January on record

January 2024 was the warmest January on record

Lifestyle & Social, Science & Technology
According to recent data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), January 2024 has been identified as the warmest January globally on record. The average ERA5 surface air temperature for the month was 13.14°C, surpassing the 1991-2020 average for January by 0.70°C and exceeding the temperature of the previous warmest January in 2020 by 0.12°C. This marks the eighth consecutive month where the recorded temperatures set new records for their respective months. Although the global temperature anomaly for January 2024 was lower compared to the last six months of 2023, it remained higher than any anomalies recorded before July 2023. In relation to a pre-industrial reference period (1850-1900), January 2024 was notably warmer, registering a 1.66°C increase in comparison to the est...
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by Emmanuel BempongNo Comments
GTA 6: Trailer for new game revealed after online leak

GTA 6: Trailer for new game revealed after online leak

International, Lifestyle & Social, Science & Technology
The trailer for the sixth game in the Grand Theft Auto series has finally been revealed after fans waited over a decade for news on the hotly anticipated game. Set in Miami-inspired Vice City, it is a story of love and crime between lead protagonist, Lucia, and an unnamed male. Rockstar unveiled the trailer 15 hours early, after it leaked online. It teases a 2025 release which means fans will still have to wait to play.ADVERTISEMENT The sixth main game in the series will be the sequel to 2013's smash hit GTA V, which became the second best-selling video game of all time, following Minecraft. There have been seemingly endless rumours and leaks for the past decade about GTA VI. The mere confirmation that a trailer was coming - an announcement of an announceme...
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Ghana to get 5G by next year – NCA

Ghana to get 5G by next year – NCA

Ghana News, Science & Technology
The Director General of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Joe Anokye, has revealed that 5G wireless data communication will soon be made available to mobile carriers. He, however, hinted at a policy revision to make this possible. "We have made sure that the spectrum required for five 5G is available. There are few policies that must be made as to exactly how spectrum will be made available. "It is very complicated, because of the way the market is, we don't want to proceed and only one entity will have the capability of acquiring the 5G," he explained. Mr Anokye said this at the 12th R.P Baffour memorial lectures organized by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. Mr Anokye again stressed the need for infrastructural boost ...
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MTN Ghana implements upward review of price of voice and data services

MTN Ghana implements upward review of price of voice and data services

Ghana News, Science & Technology
Scancom PLC (MTN Ghana) has implemented an upward review of its voice and data prices for most of its products and services for both pre-paid and post-paid customers. The new pricing takes effect on Tuesday, November 28. The price review impacts voice, SMS (text messaging) and data including Fiber Broadband and Fixed Wireless Access (4G Router/Turbonet) customers. According to the telco, "The review has become necessary due to increased operational costs. The review will allow MTN Ghana to continue to make the investments required to sustain its business going forward." Explaining the reason for the increase, the Chief Commercial Officer for MTN Ghana, Noel Kojo-Ganson, said it was due to market pressures. “We are very mindful of the challenging economic conditions and the i...
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by Emmanuel BempongNo Comments
Sam Altman: Ousted OpenAI boss to return days after being sacked

Sam Altman: Ousted OpenAI boss to return days after being sacked

International, Science & Technology
OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman will return as boss just days after he was fired by the board, the firm has said. The agreement "in principle" involves a new board members being appointed, the tech company added. It comes after Mr Altman was sacked on Friday triggering an open letter from staff who threatened to resign unless he was reinstated. "I am looking forward to returning to OpenAI," Mr Altman said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. He added: "I love OpenAI, and everything I've done over the past few days has been in service of keeping this team and its mission together. He added the firm would build on its "strong partnership with Microsoft." Last week, the board decided to remove Mr Altman, which led to co-founder Greg Brockman's resignation, sending the star AI comp...
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OpenAI staff demand board resign over Sam Altman sacking

OpenAI staff demand board resign over Sam Altman sacking

Features, International, Science & Technology
Staff at OpenAI have called on the board of the artificial intelligence company to resign after the shock dismissal of former boss Sam Altman. In a letter, they question the board's competence, and accuse it of undermining the firm's work. They also demand Mr Altman's reinstatement. But Mr Altman now has a job at Microsoft and seems to want to stay. He and Microsoft boss Satya Nadella see OpenAI's success as vital, he added.ADVERTISEMENT "Satya and my top priority remains to ensure OpenAI continues to thrive," he tweeted. "We are committed to fully providing continuity of operations to our partners and customers. The OpenAI/Microsoft partnership makes this very doable." The sacking on Friday of a man who is one of the leading figures in artificial intelligence (AI) shocke...
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OpenAI to name ex-Twitch chief Emmett Shear as new boss

OpenAI to name ex-Twitch chief Emmett Shear as new boss

Science & Technology
OpenAI is reportedly set to name Emmett Shear as its interim chief executive just 48 hours after the chaotic firing of boss and co-founder, Sam Altman. The board dismissed Mr Altman on Friday, saying it had lost confidence in him, and named OpenAI's chief technology officer, Mira Murati, as its interim chief executive. But now Mr Shear appears set to be the latest boss of the company. Mr Altman helped launch the firm which created the popular ChatGPT bot. There was speculation he could return, reportedly following a backlash from staff and investors. But on Sunday evening, OpenAI's board said it "firmly stands by its decision as the only path to advance and defend the mission of OpenAI," according to an internal memo, seen by The New York Times. On Monday, Microsoft chief...
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Meta OKs deleting Threads without losing Instagram

Meta OKs deleting Threads without losing Instagram

Lifestyle & Social, Science & Technology
Changes are being rolled out to the Threads app that will enable users to delete their account while keeping the linked Instagram account. An Instagram account is required to sign up to the Twitter-like app, but users were frustrated that it was impossible to delete Threads alone. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri revealed the change in a post on Threads. Initially hailed as a "Twitter-killer", Threads struggled to sustain early record-breaking growth.ADVERTISEMENT In October Mark Zuckerberg, the head of parent-company Meta, revealed that three months on from its July launch the app was attracting around 100 million monthly users - down by more than a half. When Threads was first revealed it was seen as a direct challenge to the Elon Musk-owned X, formerly known as Twitter. ...
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Canada bans Chinese app WeChat from government devices

Canada bans Chinese app WeChat from government devices

International, Science & Technology
Canada has announced it will ban WeChat on government devices. The Chinese-owned app is sometimes referred to as the "everything app" - like WhatsApp, Facebook, Amazon and Tinder all in one. However Western governments have security concerns about it, mainly that the app could be used to spy on users. The BBC has reached out to Tencent, the company that owns WeChat, for comment but has not yet received a response.ADVERTISEMENT WeChat is one of the most used apps in the world. It is ubiquitous in China and also popular in Southeast Asia and within Chinese diaspora communities. Canada's ban is effective immediately. Still, there is no evidence that government information has been compromised through WeChat, the president of Canada's Treasury Board, Anita Anand, said in a st...
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World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says

World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says

Education, International, Science & Technology
The world is on an "unstoppable" shift towards renewable energy but the phase down of fossil fuels is not happening quickly enough, a new report says. The International Energy Agency, the global energy watchdog, predicted renewables would provide half of the world's electricity by 2030. But it warned that emissions were still too high to prevent temperatures rising above a key threshold of 1.5C. And the report said investment in fossil fuels needed to be cut in half. What is net zero and how are the UK and other countries doing?Record surge in days over key 1.5C warming limit The Paris-based energy agency's report, released on Tuesday, was not all doom and gloom. It praised the significant progress countries had made in expanding renewable energy and supporting consumers wit...
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