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Analysis: AI Is Killing the Cheap Smartphone
In 2026, the International Data Corporation, which tracks the smartphone market, predicted that worldwide smartphone shipments would fall 13 percent, their largest single-year decline ever.
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Viewpoint: AI in Global Health Is a Familiar Story With an Uncertain Ending
Opinion: Without foundational investments in data systems, governance, and capacity, AI in global health risks becoming the latest promising innovation to fail in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Press Release: Direct Carbon Pricing Covers Nearly One Third of Global Emissions
Just over 29% of global greenhouse gas emissions worldwide are now covered by direct carbon pricing. This would increase to around one-third if instruments currently under development are implemented in several more major emerging economies.
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- Environment
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Anthropic, Gates Foundation Launch $200 Million Partnership for AI in Health and Education
The news follows a $50 million pact that the Gates Foundation and OpenAI announced in January to support 1,000 African clinics and communities with AI by 2028.
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- Education, Health Care, Technology
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Viewpoint: As AI Reshapes Development Research, Investing in Data Must Be a Key Priority
"One day, AI may become Newton. But it can never pull data from thin air. The question is not whether AI will shape development research—it will and already is. The question is whether we invest now in the foundations that give it something to work with."
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7 Shifts That Could Unlock Millions of Blue Jobs in the Ocean Economy
More than 50 million jobs could be added to the ocean economy — or nearly 40 million jobs could be lost — depending on whether countries invest in sustainable industries, worker training and healthy marine ecosystems.
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Analysis: Five Times AI Hallucinations Embarrassed Governments
From the Trump administration’s “formatting errors” to South Africa’s historic policy withdrawal, AI confabulation is infiltrating official documents.
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PepsiCo and Talusag Announce Low-Carbon Ammonia Attribute Agreement to Help Accelerate Fertilizer Decarbonization
The initial agreements span PepsiCo’s Europe, Sub Saharan Africa, Asia Pacific, and global teams, representing approximately 30,000 metric tons of low-carbon ammonia, with an option to purchase an additional 41,000 metric tons.
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- Agriculture
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