Futurology

Russian government oil revenues plunged nearly 50 percent in the first five months this year, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo has said, six months since a price ceiling was enacted.

Top executives at artificial intelligence (AI) companies, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, joined experts and professors on Tuesday in arguing that "the risk of AI leading to the extinction of humanity" is rising. They urged policymakers to equate this with the risks posed by pandemics and the outbreak of nuclear war.

Leading figures in the field of artificial intelligence technology development, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, have suggested pausing the training of AI-based systems until reliable security protocols are developed and implemented.

Within just a few hours, millions of people around the world would die if a nuclear war between Russia and NATO broke out. At least that's what the Plan A simulation created by Princeton researchers claims.
The simulation was originally prepared for an exhibition at the Bernstein Gallery in Princeton in 2017, and was uploaded to YouTube in 2019.

Ravaging the four corners of the globe, the coronavirus has destroyed global markets beyond repair in a way that is incomparable to any global crisis in recent history.
Recovery is only possible through a collective global effort under the leadership of the United States, China and the European Union in cooperation with other major powers on the world stage.

Τhe Israeli Professor and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari is optimistic about the scientific developments in the battle against coronavirus yet at the same time expresses his concern for the digital technologies that are all of a sudden introduced in peoples' daily lives due to the pandemic.

Greece went through a decade of trials and tribulations due to political parties' lack of foresight and the inability of political leaders in every critical transitional phase to comprehend the economic realities and assume their responsibilities.

As South Africa faces a serious water crisis, the country's water and sanitation minister urged people on Oct. 28 to use water sparingly before they start facing severe water restrictions.

Business experts, researchers and academics from Turkey and Germany will gather in Berlin to discuss cooperation opportunities on artificial intelligence (AI) and industry 4.0. 

A 53-year-old camera operator has been killed while filming a flare throwing contest in the southwestern Greek city of Kalamata Sunday.

The deadly accident happened around 9.15 p.m. Sunday.