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YouTube Pick: Tom Scott turns Predator Free 2050 into a clear lesson about impossible public goals
This week’s YouTube pick is Tom Scott’s “This is impossible, but New Zealand is trying anyway.” The video looks at New Zealand’s Predator Free 2050 ambitio
Police AI should not be restarted quietly when public trust is the whole point
RNZ reports that police use of AI has restarted after officers used unapproved models. The same report says one of the systems was 45 percent inaccurate on
The Ebola alert is a reminder that global health security still depends on boring systems
Xinhua reported that a Chinese vice premier addressed a high-level meeting on an Ebola outbreak, and also reported that China updated its Ebola prevention
El Nino in the Pacific is not only weather. It is a planning test for small islands
RNZ reports on what the arrival of El Nino means for the Pacific Islands, noting that the event occurs when ocean temperatures become warmer than usual and
China’s cross-border e-CNY push is payment plumbing, not a headline currency war
Xinhua reported that 26 financial institutions have signed on as direct participants with e-CNY Center International. The headline sounds like another chap
Immigration New Zealand’s biometrics failure is a warning about invisible IT risk
RNZ reports that the Public Service Commissioner is investigating integrity issues after an independent report found major flaws in MBIE’s handling of an I
New Zealand’s FENZ funding review is really a question about who pays for public safety
RNZ reports that Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden has directed officials to explore a new funding model for Fire and Emergency New Zealand. The
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