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Chinese online discount retailer Vipshop recently became ensnared in controversy after customers accused the company of selling fake Gucci belts. Although Vipshop claimed that the belts were authenticated by a third company as genuine, the goods were marked as fake by other platforms and companies, sparking public concern about other goods sold on the platform. The controversy came to light after some media recently reported a consumer surnamed Guo from Shandong province purchased a Gucci belt on Vipshop in March. The belt, originally priced at 4,300 yuan ($656), was sold at 2,948 yuan and labeled as "100 percent genuine". After receiving the belt, Guo found he had wrongly measured his waist, so he tried to resell it via resale platform Dewu. However, after commissioning a third-party appraisal agency, the platform told Guo that the belt was counterfeit and could not be sold as a second-hand product. Followed by Guo's case, a number of consumers who purchased the same batch of … [Read more...] about Online discount retailer accused of selling fake Gucci belts

Google has worked for years to position itself as a responsible steward of AI. Its research lab hires respected academics, publishes groundbreaking papers, and steers the agenda at the field’s biggest conferences. But now its reputation has been badly, perhaps irreversibly damaged, just as the company is struggling to put a politically palatable face on its empire of data. The company’s decision to fire Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell — two of its top AI ethics researchers, who happened to be examining the downsides of technology integral to Google’s search products — has triggered waves of protest. Academics have registered their discontent in various ways. Two backed out of a Google research workshop, a third turned down a $60,000 grant from the company, and a fourth pledged not to accept its funding in the future. Two engineers quit the company in protest of Gebru’s treatment and just last week, one of Google’s top AI employees, a research manager named Samy Bengio who … [Read more...] about Google is poisoning its reputation with AI researchers

Ericsson ranks highest in the 5G network infrastructure market in the latest Frost Radar™, leveraging its current leadership in 4G network infrastructure market. According to Frost & Sullivan, the 5G network infrastructure market includes radio access networks (RAN), transport networks and core networks, which may include one or more edge networks. In its latest report, Frost & Sullivan independently plotted the top 20 companies from a field of more than 100 global industry participants. These companies either lead the market overall, lead a market segment, or were thought leaders in certain segments. The Frost Radar™ reveals the market position of companies in a particular industry using their Growth and Innovation scores as highlighted in the Frost Radar™ methodology. Denis Brunetti, Head of Ericsson Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos states “At Ericsson, we continue to invest in R&D to build best in class and innovative product solutions for our customers. Being … [Read more...] about Ericsson, market leader in global 5G network infrastructure

Do Van Chien named President of VFF Central Committee Do Van Chien, President of the VFF Central Committee for the ninth tenure, speaks at the meeting in Hanoi on April 12 Do Van Chien, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Party Delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), has been assigned as President of the VFF Central Committee for the ninth tenure (2019-2024). The VFF Central Committee held a meeting in Hanoi on April 12 to discuss the appointment of its President and additional members to its Presidium. All in attendance agreed to assign Chien as a member of the VFF Central Committee and its Presidium, and President of the VFF Central Committee for the ninth tenure. His predecessor, Politburo member Tran Thanh Man, was recently elected Vice Chairman of the 14th National Assembly (NA). In his inauguration address, Chien said the VFF should push ahead with performing its duties in the election of deputies to the 15th NA and all-level … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES APRIL 13

What is your daughter learning about herself from Selfie Culture? Source: GraciniStudios/Pixabay In a world where 50 percent of 6- to 8-year-olds say they want thinner bodies, 80 percent of 10-year-olds have already been on a diet , and the median age of onset of anorexia is 12.3 years, even the youngest girls are receiving the message that their bodies are not okay as they are. Given this backdrop, it is hard for parents of adolescent girls to know what to say and do. How do you respond when your 12-year-old daughter believes that she isn’t measuring up to current ideals that tell her she has to be as thin and sexy as possible? How do you help her resist overwhelming pressures to diet, over-exercise, and obsess about how many “likes” she can get on her carefully posed selfies? And ultimately, how do you protect your daughter from the harm that can result from believing she is never good enough as she is? These are big questions with no easy answers. But we need to address … [Read more...] about Body Impossible: Relentless Online Pressures for Girls