“So what?” Richard Martin, a US-based pan-Africanist, shot back on LinkedIn, dismissing another user who dared to call a trending speech of Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, by its real name: a deepfake. It was the kind of fiery anti-imperialist speech delivered by Muammar Gaddafi at the United Nations in 2009. “You ask, … The post The Deepfakes Moving Africa Carry European Fingerprints appeared first on HumAngle.| HumAngle
The first call to prayer in Malumfashi, northwestern Nigeria, was barely finished when gunmen stormed the Unguwan Mantau area. It was around 5 a.m. on Aug. 19, and the small mosque was full of worshippers, old and young men, all bowed in devotion, when the attack happened. It was a moment chosen for maximum shock … The post After Katsina Mosque Attack, Familiar Question Returns: Do Peace Deals Work? appeared first on HumAngle.| HumAngle
L’action politique est un art de réalisation. D’où l’urgence de réfléchir en profondeur avant d’agir quand un phénomène nouveau vient bouleverser les| Jean-Luc Mélenchon Le blog
There is a lot to criticize about symbolic capitalists and their social order. However, it isn't all bad news.| Musa al-Gharbi
L’augmentation des faillites constatée au premier semestre va rester la tendance des prochains mois, anticipe une analyse de Scope Ratings publiée ce 21 août.| L'Agefi
Une enquête de Spendesk met en évidence les gains possibles avec une meilleure sélection des fournisseurs et l’usage accru de factures.| L'Agefi
Une table ronde organisée récemment par Clifford Chance a fait le point des dispositifs limitant les impacts des attaques et incidents cyber.| L'Agefi
This morning I was reading a chapter about the architecture of ITK in a book called The Architecture of Open Source Applications (Volume 2). ITK is the Insight Toolkit, a large library for image analysis in C++, specifically aimed at medical applications. Most of its functions work on images of …| Cris’ Image Analysis Blog
OpenCV is undoubtedly the most popular library for image processing and computer vision. According to its website, OpenCV is a highly optimized library with focus on real-time applications. That is, it is built to do real-time computer vision, not precise measurement. This means that OpenCV prioritizes speed over precision. There …| Cris’ Image Analysis Blog
We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite will be published October 8, 2024 by Princeton University Press.| Musa al-Gharbi
Israel's core objectives in Gaza are dismantling Hamas and liberating their hostages. 3 months in, at extreme cost, neither goal is achieved.| Musa al-Gharbi
Contemporary social conflicts and dysfunctions turn on how people relate to the knowledge economy and associated institutions/ professionals| Musa al-Gharbi
What is an Ecommerce affinity analysis? Why is it important? How can you take action with it? Find the answers to these questions in this blog post.| The Data Point
Mainstream politicians on both sides of the aisle are wary of populism, however many American voters remain hungry for it.| Musa al-Gharbi
Post-2011, there was a 'Great Awokening' among knowledge economy professionals. Contemporary data suggest it may now be ending.| Musa al-Gharbi
U.S. college professors are not representative of America writ large, and are not even approaching parity. What would it take to change that?| Musa al-Gharbi
In "The Loneliest Americans" Jay Caspian Kang explores the struggles and contradictions that come with identifying as 'Asian American' today| Musa al-Gharbi