Guterres urges leaders to invest in peace as conflicts deepen
The UN Secretary-General appealed on Wednesday for world leaders to invest in peace as violence, division and conflict exacerbate suffering worldwide.
Month: September 2026
Record number of attacks on education, global fund warns
While September traditionally marks the start of the school year across the northern hemisphere, a staggering 93 million children are not in class at all amid an unprecedented number of attacks on learning, education experts warned on Wednesday.
Before You Click Submit: Why AI Users Need To Pause
AI generates polished outputs in seconds, creating momentum that can make it tempting to move quickly toward completion. This article explores the value of pausing before taking ownership of AI-assisted work to consider whether it is truly ready to submit, publish, share, or use. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. Artificial Intelligence Source: eLearning Industry Read More
From Disconnected AI Tools To Integrated Authoring With A Single Platform
In 2026, the direction of AI-powered authoring is becoming clearer: shifting from automating isolated tasks to building a more connected production workflow. In this article, we explore what that looks like in practice, using the latest iSpring Suite AI upgrade as an example. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. Artificial Intelligence Source: eLearning Industry Read More
Google Chrome will now ship security updates every two weeks, thanks to AI
Chrome will get new updates every two weeks to minimize real-world attacksSmaller, incremental changes should also make it easier to track any issuesOther major browsers are also shifting to two-weekly release cycles Google has confirmed that Chrome has officially moved from a four-week Stable release cycle to a two-week one, with effect from September 8 2026 with the launch of Chrome 153. Besides adding new features, the main objective is for Google to give us performance and security fixes more promptly in an era of increased complexity and heightened vulnerabilities. And it’s exactly those security concerns that pushed Google to want to double Chrome’s update frequency in the first lace, with the company now having to deal with a higher volume of patches than ever before. Chrome will get updates every two weeks Together with a higher volume of attacks in general, Google has also benefitted from AI-powered vulnerability discovery tools, giving developers more work to do […]
Ships and seafarers increasingly caught in the crossfire of unrelated wars
The global shipping industry is facing a “genuinely unprecedented” convergence of maritime crises, with vessels and seafarers increasingly used as “leverage” in conflicts that have nothing to do with them.
AI datacentres pose growing threat to electricity systems worldwide
Use of data-intensive technologies – in particular artificial intelligence (AI) data centres – is growing faster than electricity infrastructure can handle, the UN’s economic commission for Europe has warned, raising concerns about the future reliability and resilience of energy systems worldwide.
UN chief demands Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon amid Nabatieh escalation
The Secretary-General has condemned mounting civilian casualties in southern Lebanon and called on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanese territory, as fighting intensifies in and around Nabatieh.
Ebola response in eastern DR Congo must include food aid, WFP says
As Ebola sweeps across the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ensuring families meet their basic food needs is crucial to halt the spread of the deadly disease.
‘This is not 1945’: General Assembly president gavels open new session aimed at restoring global trust
The UN General Assembly gavelled open its 81st session on Tuesday at UN Headquarters as the incoming president pledged to restore public trust in the institution during a time of war, humanitarian crises and intensifying climate change.
How High Performers Create Hidden Knowledge Bottlenecks
Organizations often invest heavily in training while the expertise behind their best decisions remains concentrated in just a few experienced employees. Drawing on research into tacit knowledge and organizational learning, this article explores how L&D teams can identify knowledge bottlenecks. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. Learning And Development Source: eLearning Industry Read More
The Real AI Divide Isn’t Adoption. It’s Learning Velocity.
Nearly every organization now uses AI, so adoption no longer tells companies apart. What will is whether a company can turn new AI capability into changed practice faster than the technology arrives, which makes learning infrastructure, not model selection, the real strategic variable. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. Artificial Intelligence Source: eLearning Industry Read More