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 North Korea has notified Japan of a plan to launch a rocket carrying a space satellite between Nov. 22 and Dec. 1, which would be the third attempt by Pyongyang to put a military spy satellite in orbit after two failures this year. 

   A still photograph shows what appears to be North Korea's new Chollima-1 rocket being launched in Cholsan County, North Korea, May 31, 2023 

WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - A Chinese chip designer, part-owned by the country's top sanctioned chipmaker, is purchasing U.S. software and has American financial backing, relationships that underscore the difficulty Washington faces applying new rules meant to block American support for Beijing's semiconductor industry.

The company, Brite Semiconductor, offers chip design services to at least six Chinese military suppliers, a Reuters examination of company statements, regulatory filings, tenders and academic articles by People's Liberation Army (PLA) researchers and institutions found.

 This photo taken on November 8, 2023, shows Zhang Zewei, founder of AI firm Super Brain which specialisess in digital replicas of the dead, has footage of him taken by a colleague as he demonstrates the creation of a video using artificial intelligence in Jiangyin, China's eastern Jiangsu province. - At a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places it on a black granite gravestone and plays a recording of his son. They are words that the late student never spoke, but brought into being with artificial intelligence. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / TO GO WITH STORY: CHINA-SCIENCE-DEATH-AI, FOCUS BY MATTHEW WALSH - TO GO WITH STORY: China-science-death-AI, FOCUS by Matthew WALSH 

MTN Group and Tomorrow.io have announced a partnership to deliver early weather warnings across Africa.

According to a statement from MTN, the collaboration, with support from Microsoft, will harness satellite monitoring, AI, mobile connectivity, and cloud computing to provide critical early warning information.

The agreement was reached on the sidelines of COP 28. Through the partnership, MTN noted that its customers would be able to receive early warning notifications about severe weather events, generated through Tomorrow.io’s weather intelligence and Microsoft Azure, via its range of mobile services.

According to the firm, the partnership will initially launch in Western Africa, before expanding to other markets.  “By establishing the service, the partnership will seek to collaborate with local meteorological departments in participating countries to enable users with access to additional critical weather information.” 

MTN Group and Tomorrow.io have announced a partnership to deliver early weather warnings across Africa.

According to a statement from MTN, the collaboration, with support from Microsoft, will harness satellite monitoring, AI, mobile connectivity, and cloud computing to provide critical early warning information.

The agreement was reached on the sidelines of COP 28. Through the partnership, MTN noted that its customers would be able to receive early warning notifications about severe weather events, generated through Tomorrow.io’s weather intelligence and Microsoft Azure, via its range of mobile services.

According to the firm, the partnership will initially launch in Western Africa, before expanding to other markets.  “By establishing the service, the partnership will seek to collaborate with local meteorological departments in participating countries to enable users with access to additional critical weather information.”