Gaza war: how South Africa's genocide case against Israel is shaping up
Jan 17, 2024 03:44 am UTC| Law
Over the past few days, South Africa has made its case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, accusing the Israeli government of committing genocide with its 100-day assault on Gaza. With the death toll...
Jan 15, 2024 03:42 am UTC| Technology Law
Artificial intelligence (AI) will have serious societal impact globally. So it is more urgent than ever that state leaders cooperate to regulate the technology. There have been various calls already: the Bletchley...
Indian Court Favors PepsiCo on Potato Patent for Lay's Chips
Jan 11, 2024 09:35 am UTC| Business Law
An Indian court has recently overturned the decision that revoked PepsiCo Inc.s patent for the potato variety used to produce its famous Lays potato chips. The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights (PPVFR)...
What a recent court ruling on Canada's Citizenship Act means for 'lost Canadians'
Jan 11, 2024 03:35 am UTC| Law
In December 2023, Ontarios Superior Court determined that whats known as the second-generation cut-off rule in the federal Citizenship Act violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by discriminating on the basis...
Jan 11, 2024 03:27 am UTC| Law Business
In 1954, the Guardians science correspondent reported on electronic brains, which had a form of memory that could let them retrieve information, like airline seat allocations, in a matter of seconds. Nowadays the idea...
Rent regulations are no silver bullet, but they would help make renting fairer
Jan 10, 2024 08:52 am UTC| Business Law Real Estate
Virtually every week brings news of rising rents or a story of still more renters forced out of their homes by unmanageable rent increases. The Australian Bureau of Statistics says rents climbed 6.6% in the year to...
Google Battles $1.67 Billion Lawsuit Over AI Patent Infringement
Jan 10, 2024 07:34 am UTC| Business Technology Law
Google is battling a lawsuit claiming it infringed patents related to processors used for artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Singular Computing, founded by Joseph Bates, seeks $1.67 billion in damages for allegedly...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects