Sun 19 February 2023: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday that the U.S. government has had conversations with Elon Musk about the use of Starlink satellite internet in Ukraine. SpaceX this month said it has taken steps to prevent Ukraine’s military from using the company’s Starlink service for controlling drones in the region during the country’s war with Russia. Asked during […]
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Sat 18 February 2023: As ChatGPT-driven Bing search engine shocked some users with its bizarre replies during chat sessions, Microsoft has now implemented some conversation limits to its Bing AI. The company said that very long chat sessions can confuse the underlying chat model in the new Bing Search. Now, the chat experience will be […]
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Sat 18 February 2023: The White House says 90 percent of Wagner Group fighters killed in Ukraine since December were convicts. Since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the Wagner mercenary force has suffered more than 30,000 casualties, with around 9,000 of those members dying in combat, according to claims made by the United States. […]
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Sat 18 February 2023: In a warning that the technology “could have unintended consequences,” nations including the United States and China asked for immediate action to limit the development and growing use of artificial intelligence in conflict. A two-day meet in The Hague involving more than 60 countries took the first steps towards establishing international rules on […]
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Fri 17 February 2023: Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad bin Jaber Al Thani, the chairman of one of Qatar’s biggest banks, has confirmed a bid to buy Manchester United. The move comes ahead of Friday’s 22:00 GMT ‘soft deadline’ for submitting proposals. Al Thani, chairman of one of Qatar’s biggest banks, has long been expected to […]
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Fri 17 February 2023: Marina Yankina, an official in the Russian Ministry of Defence for the Western Military District, was found dead after having fallen down 16 storeys in St Petersburg, according to a report by The Independent. Marina reportedly played a crucial role in boosting financial support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. The publication reported […]
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Fri 17 February 2023: Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), his family says, nearly a year after the Die Hard franchise star retired from acting because aphasia had hampered his cognitive abilities. “Since we announced Bruce’s diagnosis of aphasia in spring 2022, Bruce’s condition has progressed and we now have a more specific diagnosis: […]
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Fri 17 February 2023: In a first for Europe, Spain just passed a law allowing women who experience very painful periods to take paid “menstrual leave” from work. The bill on sexual and reproductive rights that the Parliament approved on Thursday is a part of a larger package that also permits anyone 16 years of […]
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Fri 17 February 2023: Chinese video-sharing app TikTok plans to establish two more data centers in Europe, according to a senior executive, which might allay worries about the security of user data and lessen regulatory pressure on the company. TikTok has been attempting to reassure governments and authorities that users’ personal information cannot be accessed and […]
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Thu 16 February 2023: The potential economic effects of the earthquake in Turkiye could result in a loss of up to 1 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product this year, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said in a report published on Thursday, Reuters reports. The Bank added this is a “reasonable estimate” due to […]
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