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10,000 Google staff set to police YouTube content: chief.

Google is to deploy a staff of 10,000 to hunt down extremist content on its YouTube platform following recent criticism, the video-sharing site’s chief executive told Britain’s Daily Telegraph Tuesday. Susan Wojcicki admitted in the broadsheet that “bad actors” had used the website to “mislead, manipulate, harass or even harm.” British Prime Minister Theresa May has put pressure on internet giants to root out online radical material following a spate of terror attacks, while YouTube last week pulled 150,000 videos of children after lewd comments about them were posted by viewers. Wojcicki claimed that her company had developed “computer-learning” technology to identify extremist videos, and that it could also be used to identify content that risked children’s safety. “We will continue the growth of our teams, with the goal of bringing the total number of people across Google working to address content that might violate our policies to over 10,000 in 2018.” Last we...

Syria’s Assad calls US-backed Kurdish fighters ‘traitors’.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called US-backed Kurdish fighters “traitors” Monday, ramping up the rhetoric against the forces controlling more than a quarter of the country. “When we talk about those referred to as ‘the Kurds’, they are in fact not just Kurds. All those who work for a foreign country, mainly those under American command… are traitors,” he said. “This is how we see these groups working for the Americans,” he said. Assad had criticised the semi-autonomous Kurds in the past, but his latest remarks, released by the presidency on social media, were more virulent than usual. The Kurdish minority accounts for an estimated 15 percent of Syria’s population and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) control a large chunk of territory in the country. Both Damascus, backed by Russia, and the Kurds, backed by a US-led coalition, have fought the Islamic State group in recent months. Bu...

The year the ‘caliphate’ collapsed.

2017 will be remembered as the year the Islamic State group’s ultra-violent statehood experiment was terminated, but Iraq and Syria are now left staring at ruined cities and daunting challenges. The jihadist group lost its two main hubs, Mosul in Iraq and Raqa in Syria, earlier this year and is now only clinging to the dregs of a “caliphate” that spanned territory the size of Britain three years ago. The proto-state shrank all year as a hail of air strikes conducted by Iraq with its US-led allies and Syria with its main Russian backer paved the way for an inexorable territorial reconquest. This month, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced that for the first time in four years IS controlled no significant territory in Iraq. In neighbouring Syria, some work remains to be done, but IS holds only scattered and isolated pockets. In Iraq, the West threw its weight behind Abadi, who has defied the odds to keep his seat and gain internal credibility as he steered...

Emir Sanusi wants public officers undergo drug test.

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called for a law that would compel public officers and traditional rulers to undergo drug test in the country. He made the call at the Senate Roundtable on drug abuse held in Kano on Monday. NAN reports that the event is organised by the Senate in order to address drug abuse epidemic in the country. He said the call was necessary in order to ensure that anybody was not allowed to hold political office and traditional leadership positions. “I am ready to submit myself for the drug test. “I suggest that ministers, governors and traditional rulers should go for drug test because when youths understand that they cannot be governors, ministers or senators if they are drug addicts, they will be into their senses. “The country is facing a great danger because the fight against drug abuse has to be taken seriously if we are to succeed,’’ he said. While calling for effective implementation of the laws against drug abuse...

Nvidia Containerizes GPU-Accelerated Deep Learning.

We often talk about hybrid cloud business models, but virtually always in the context of traditional processor-bound applications. What if deep learning developers and service operators could run their GPU-accelerated model training or inference delivery service anywhere they wanted? What if they could do so without having to worry about which Nvidia graphics processor unit they were using, whether their software development environment was complete, or whether their development environment had all the latest updates? To make that happen, Nvidia's GPU Cloud , aka "NGC," pre-integrates all the software pieces into a modern container architecture and certifies a specific configuration for Amazon Web Services. Nvidia will certify configurations for other public clouds in the future. Nvidia built NGC to address several deep learning challenges. Foremost is that deep learning developers have been having trouble staying current with the latest frameworks and optimizing ...

Modi declares victory for ruling party in state elections.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday declared victory for his party in two state elections, including a closely-fought race in his stronghold of Gujarat where the charismatic leader fronted the campaign. Modi thanked voters in Gujarat, his home state of around 60 million in India’s west, and in the northern Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh, for backing the ruling Hindu national party in the polls. “I bow to the people of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh for their affection and trust in BJP,” Modi posted on his Twitter account, using the initials of his Bharatiya Janata Party. “I assure them that we will leave no stone unturned in furthering the development journey of these states and serve the people tirelessly.” His rival Rahul Gandhi, who just two days ago replaced his mother Sonia at the helm of the main opposition Congress party, conceded defeat in Gujarat and congratulated the BJP on its win. ...

Trump to lay out ‘America First’ security strategy.

President Donald Trump is set to lay out Monday a new National Security Strategy built upon his trademark “America First” slogan, which is expected to have economic security at its core. The US leader, who has dismantled the legacy of Barack Obama on issues ranging from climate change to free trade, and isolated Washington on the world stage, will unveil what is being billed as a comprehensive vision for tackling America’s complex security challenges. The new document, released periodically by the presidency, “affirms the belief that America’s economic security is national security,” an administration official said. It also reflects a determination to push for balance in US economic relations with the rest of the world, especially China. “The greatest weapon we have is our strong GDP,” the official said, citing Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. Trump has taken an aggressive stance on trade. He vows to reduce bilateral trade deficits, particularly with China, and has sa...