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Ukraine in the dark as nation’s energy crisis worsens

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8 months ago

October 20, 2022

Ukraine in the dark following Moscow’s recent attacks on the nation’s energy infrastructure

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky held a crisis meeting on his country’s energy breakdown, with much of Ukraine in the dark.

“We are working to create mobile power points for the critical infrastructure of cities, towns and villages,” Zelensky said. “We are preparing for various scenarios.”

Ukrainian energy officials will now launch emergency blackouts, in a bid to prevent the grid from overloading.

Around 40 per cent of the country’s critical power infrastructure has been damaged, as a result of Russian missiles.

Repairs works are underway, but in the meantime the country will experience nation-wide consumption restrictions.

“Of course, we will do everything possible to restore normal energy capabilities of our country. But this requires time and our combined effort,” Zelensky said.

Ukraine’s president is appealing to Ukrainians to become careful about electricity consumption.

“Please do not turn on unnecessary electrical appliances. Please limit electricity consumption on those appliances that require a lot of energy,” he added. “Tomorrow it is very important that consumption is as conscious as possible. Then the schedules of stabilisation outages will be shorter.”

During the address, Zelensky also thanked Ukraine’s armed forces for their success in shooting down Russia’s kamikaze drones and cruise missiles.

233 ‘Shaheds’ and dozens of missiles have been shot down by Ukraine’s military in just a few months. This includes 10 Iranian-made drones.

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The Great Resignation vs. The Great Burnout

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1 hour ago

June 2, 2023

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As employees recover from the height of the pandemic, the Great Resignation has come to light

The pandemic saw the term ‘the great resignation’ coined as thousands of people resigned from their jobs across the U.S. in 2021 and 2022.

Karin Reed, the author of ‘Suddenly Hybrid said the great resignation was a period of employees taking control of their future.

“A lot of people realised in their current environment they were not happy with what they were doing with their job. They chose to vote with their feet and go elsewhere,

In other parts of the world, a spike in resignations was not reported.

However, a higher degree of workers began reporting post-Covid burnout, as they made a return to the office.

“There’s been a blurring of the lines. You have work that’s not confined by a physical space.

“Instead of closing the computer and walk away, our computer is in the next room.”

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Everything you need to know about music NFTs

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3 hours ago

June 2, 2023

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Music NFTs are unique digital items comprised of a visual element like NFTs but also have a musical component.

Some analysts believe that music NFTs are the future of the music industry, while others say they might just be a fad that’s here today and gone tomorrow.

NFTs are non-fungible tokens. They are unique digital assets that live on the blockchain and can either be one-of-a-kind or one copy of many.

So, what are music NFTs?

Well, they are unique digital items comprised of a visual element like NFTs but also have a musical component. They also live on the blockchain and can be bought and sold.

Some analysts believe that music NFTs are the future of the music industry, while others say they might just be a fad that’s here today and gone tomorrow.

Les Borsai, the Co-Founder of Wave Financial joined us to discuss.
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AI creates a song imitating Drake and The Weeknd

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3 hours ago

June 2, 2023

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A big surprise for music fans when they heard a new song featuring Drake and The Weeknd. But there’s a catch!

The viral song was created by artificial intelligence.

A new song that sounds like Drake and The Weeknd has gone viral, but it was created by artificial intelligence.

Now, there’s a crusade against AI music.

The song,“Heart on My Sleeve”was created by artificial intelligence and quickly racked up millions of views on TikTok, Spotify, and YouTube.

Record label, Universal Music Group (UMG) is not happy about the song that used AI-generated vocals to simulate pop music artists Drake Graham and The Weeknd.

UMG flexed their muscle and forced the song featuring some of its biggest artists to be removed from Spotify and TikTok.

According to reports, UMG is taking it a step further and sent letters to Spotify, Apple Music, and other music streamers requesting they block AI tools from training their models on the melodies and lyrics of UMG artists.

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