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  • NewsAFP

    Old video shows attack on Botswana minister’s car, not a robbery in Nigeria

    As Abuja experienced an upsurge in violent crimes in recent months, a social media account claimed that a video showed a robbery at a traffic stop in Nigeria's capital city. But the claim is false: AFP Fact Check found that the video had been online since February 2022 and was of an attack on Botswana’s health minister Edwin Dikoloti.

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    Charity warns Italy's ban on NGO planes risks lives

    A migrant rescue charity warned Thursday that a new Italian ban on using surveillance planes to spot migrant boats in distress in the Mediterranean could endanger lives.Sea Watch warned the planes do not only play a vital role in spotting boats at risk of sinking, they also document the behaviour of the Libyan coastguard, often accused of violence towards migrants.

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  • BusinessReuters

    Arm shares fall as tepid forecast takes shine off AI optimism

    Bets that Arm will benefit from a surge in AI computing have doubled the chipmaker's share price since its initial public offer last September, giving it a market value of about $110 billion. "This is a typical case of ARM not being able to live up to heightened expectations," said CFRA Research analyst Angelo Zino, adding that Arm's business is overtly reliant on the smartphone market, which has recently shown slower growth. UK-based Arm, which earns by licensing its chip designs and through

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  • NewsMalay Mail

    Rewcastle-Brown says ‘still considering’ return to Malaysia after court order compelling her presence to face Terengganu Sultanah’s lawsuit

    PETALING JAYA, May 9 — Sarawak Report editor and founder, Clare Rewcastle-Brown, said that she is “still considering” re...

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  • BusinessReuters

    Roblox cuts annual bookings forecast on muted player spending

    Roblox cut its annual bookings forecast on Thursday, in a sign that people were dialing back on spending within its video-gaming platform amid an uncertain economic outlook and elevated levels of inflation. The lowered forecast marks the latest downbeat report from the gaming industry, which has laid off hundreds of employees and shut studios this year to cope with declining demand. Electronic Arts also gave a weak revenue forecast earlier this week.

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    Greg Gutfeld Makes Truly Vile Comments About 'Sex God' Trump And Stormy Daniels

    The Fox News host offered a deeply misogynistic take on the adult film star's testimony about her alleged affair with Trump.

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  • TechnologyReuters

    TikTok to label AI-generated images, video from OpenAI and elsewhere

    TikTok said on Thursday it would start using a technology aimed at helping it label images and video generated by artificial intelligence and uploaded to the video sharing service. TikTok said it would adopt "Content Credentials," a digital watermark that denotes how images were created and edited. The Content Credential technology was spearheaded by Adobe but is open for other companies to use and already has been adopted by companies such as ChatGPT creator OpenAI.

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