Innovation & Technology

05

Sep

COVID19, CUBA, Soberana 01, vaccine

Cuba aspires to vaccinate its entire population

BY: Alexis Bandrich Vega* PEJOURNAL - Soberana 01 has been called the phase I-II clinical trial that will validate the efficacy of the Cuban vaccine candidate against COVID-19, which began to be applied to a group of volunteers on August 24. The works are developed by the Finlay Vaccine Institute, which has more than 30 years of experience in vaccine development and a long history of cooperation with the Pasteur Institute of Iran. Initially, work began with 20 volunteers from two population groups, between 19 and 59 years old and another from 60 to 80, to whom different doses of…

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02

Sep

antibody, CODE Genetics, coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccine

Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts

PEJOURNAL - Antibody that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly as some earlier reports suggested, scientists have found. Tuesday’s report, from tests on more than 30,000 people in Iceland, is the most extensive work yet on the immune system’s response to the virus over time, and is good news for efforts to develop vaccines. If a vaccine can spur production of long-lasting antibodies as natural infection seems to do, it gives hope that “immunity to this unpredictable and highly contagious virus may not be fleeting,” scientists…

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29

Aug

Facebook, militia page, operational mistake, Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg says Facebook’s failure to remove militia page an ‘operational mistake’

PEJOURNAL - Facebook Inc (FB.O) made an “operational mistake” in not acting sooner to remove a page for a militia group that posted a call to arms in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the company’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday. The social media company said on Wednesday it had removed the page for the Kenosha Guard, and an event listing there for Armed Citizens to Protect Our Lives and Property as it violated the company’s policy against “militia organizations”. Facebook’s action came after two people were shot and killed during protests in the town on Tuesday night, part of three nights of…

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29

Aug

Arab World, Barakeh, Iran, Israel, nuclear power plant, United Arab Emirates

The First Nuclear Power Plant in Arab World

BY: Daniel Ranjbar PEJOURNAL - The United Arab Emirates grew to be the first Arab Country to open a Nuclear Power Plant on Saturday, raising concerns about the long-term consequences of introducing more nuclear programs to the Middle East. Two other countries in the region — Israel and Iran — already have nuclear capabilities. Israel has an unacknowledged nuclear weapons arsenal and Iran has a controversial uranium enrichment program that it insists is fully for peaceable purposes. The U.A.E., a tiny kingdom that has grown to be a regional heavyweight and international enterprise center, said it constructed the plant to…

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20

Jul

analysis of signals, Artificial Intelligence, decision-making, foreign policy, public expectations, scenario-making

Artificial Intelligence in Foreign Policy

PEJOURNAL - The world of politics is like a game of chess, based on evaluating scenarios and predicting the best reaction or the best move of the pieces; but the chess of the political world is more complex as many actors with explicit and implicit preferences participate in it and their declarative and practical approaches are not necessarily the same; Internal changes in countries’ policies, including shifts in power and changes in the structure of rent resources, affect the strategies, tactics, and behavior of actors, and ultimately, it is difficult to understand the distinction between signal (signaling a particular motivation…

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16

Jul

Barack Obama, Elon Musk, FBI, Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian, Reuters, Twitter, Twitter hacking

Reuters: FBI is leading an inquiry into the Twitter hack

PEJOURNAL - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading a federal inquiry into the Twitter hacking, two sources familiar with the situation said to Reuters, after hackers seized control of accounts belonging to Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian and others in what appeared to be a bitcoin scam. Earlier the FBI had said: “We are aware of today’s security incident involving several Twitter accounts belonging to high profile individuals. The accounts appear to have been compromised in order to perpetuate cryptocurrency fraud.” The FBI’s San Francisco division is leading this inquiry into the Twitter hacking, as more Washington lawmakers called…

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14

Jul

EU, Fitbit, Google, Reuters

Reuters: Google offers data pledge in bid to win EU okay for Fitbit buy

PEJOURNAL - Alphabet Inc’s Google has offered not to use health data of fitness tracker company Fitbit to help it target ads in an attempt to address EU antitrust concerns about its proposed $2.1 billion acquisition, the U.S. tech company said late on Monday. The bid, announced in November last year, would help Google take on market leader Apple and Samsung in the fitness-tracking and smart-watch market, alongside others including Huawei and Xiaomi. “This deal is about devices, not data. We appreciate the opportunity to work with the European Commission on an approach that safeguards consumers’ expectations that Fitbit device…

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10

Jul

China, Chinese apps, Galwan Valley, India, Ladakh region, pejournal, Political Economy Journal, Sino-Indian, Xiaomi

Political Economy Journal: India-China border skirmish: A conflict that led to ‘Boycott China’ campaign in India

BY : Chaitra Arjunpuri * PEJOURNAL - When acclaimed innovator and Ramon Magsaysay and Rolex Awards winner Sonam Wangchuk released a video calling for “Boycott Made in China” on 28 May 2020, as a response to Chinese aggression along the Line of Control (LAC) in Ladakh region, not many realized how popular it would become. Set in Leh with the Himalayas and river Sindhu in the backdrop, Wangchuk sitting on a stone, appealed to people to boycott products made in China, “software in a week and hardware in a year”. “Within one week I am getting rid of my phone, which is made…

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10

Jul

Arash rocket, Defense Ministry, Iran military, military equipment, Rocket

Iran Military Forces Improve Accuracy of Homegrown Rocket

Iran military forces have turned a 122mm homegrown rocket into a guided weapon by increasing its accuracy, a commander said. Speaking to Tasnim, Director of the Jihad Research Organization General Ali Koohestani said the ‘Arash’ 122mm rocket has become a weapon with pinpoint accuracy following the recent tests. The commander said the Iran military experts have managed to transform Arash into a guided rocket, saying the homegrown rocket has hit the targets with pinpoint accuracy in a series of recent tests on the field. The Arash 122mm rockets can now hit the targets with an accuracy of 7 meters, he…

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06

Jul

Geopolitica, Militarisation, Space, USA

Geopolitica: US Begins Active Militarisation Of Space

BY: Leonid Savin - On 19 June, the unclassified section of the Pentagon’s new space defence strategy was released, and it clearly states that the US views the environment as a field of operations. The publicly available document is short in length, but it clearly shows the position and intentions of the US military with regards to space – to achieve and retain US military superiority. In the spirit of previous strategies and doctrines, Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, none of which will give US citizens a peaceful night’s sleep, are once again used as justification. The moulding of public…

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