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Lebanon, a country that has been in economic turmoil for months, was hit by one of the biggest tragedies of the modern world, last Tuesday when a devastating explosion at the Port of Beirut killed over 150 people and wounded thousands of residents. The explosion was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate at the ...
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World’s first gigawatt-scale floating solar power system launches off China’s eastern coast. The 1,223-hectare installation has annual output of 1.78 billion kilowatt-hours. China has expanded its renewable energy portfolio with a pioneering floating solar power installation in the Yellow Sea. The one-gigawatt facility, activated by state-owned utility CHN Energy, transforms unoccupied ocean space into a... Read more » Read more ›
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly met with Trump, who previously threatened to jail the Facebook founder. Read more ›
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While the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are not expected to launch for 10 more months, there are already plenty of rumors about the devices. Below, we recap key changes rumored for the iPhone 17 Pro models so far: Aluminum frame: iPhone 17 Pro models are rumored to have an aluminum frame, whereas the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro models have a titanium frame, and... Read more ›
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No Man's Sky didn't get off to the smoothest of starts, but eight years after its controversial launch, Hello Games' exploratory space sim has reached a significant milestone, finally gaining enough favourable player reviews on Steam to shift its overall rating to "Very Positive". Read more Read more ›
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Mark Zuckerberg. | The Verge | Photo by Tom Williams via Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met President-elect Donald Trump for dinner at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday. “It’s an important time for the future of American Innovation,” Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in a statement shared with The Verge. “Mark was grateful for the invitation to join President Trump for dinner and the opportunity to meet with members of his... Read more ›
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Some women are playing poker to help build their risk-taking and negotiating skills, which in turns helps them in their careers. Read more ›
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Amazon has developed new generative artificial intelligence that can process images and video in addition to text, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter and two people who spoke with Amazon about its plans. The model could help customers search video archives for certain scenes, say a winning basketball shot, using simple text prompts. In developing the new model, Amazon is showing that it still hopes its... Read more ›
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Western officials believe that Moscow likely orchestrated the Baltic Sea incident as part of growing efforts to cripple key maritime infrastructure. Read more ›
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With Apple Intelligence, Apple is aiming to make Siri smarter than ever before. The personal assistant is going to be able to learn more about you, do more in apps, and hand over the reins to a smarter virtual assistant when needed. Some new Siri features are available now, while some won't be coming until 2025. This guide highlights everything that's new with Siri thanks to Apple Intelligence. Updated Siri... Read more ›
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"No condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the safety of the community," a judge wrote in denying bail. Read more ›
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Republicans and the banking industry have accused the CFPB of regulatory overreach because it doesn't follow the usual congressional budget process. Read more ›
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Traveling for the holidays doesn't have to mean leaving your favorite streaming channels at home. My go-to streaming stick gets a big discount for Black Friday. Read more ›
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On Thursday, tens of millions of Americans will partake in a national ritual many of us say we don’t especially enjoy or find meaning in. We will collectively eat more than 40 million turkeys — factory farmed and heavily engineered animals that bear scant resemblance to the wild birds that have been apocryphally written into […] Read more ›
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A U.S. federal appeals court ruled that sanctions against Tornado Cash, a crypto transaction anonymization service, must be abandoned, stating that its immutable smart contracts do not constitute "property" under U.S. law and that the Treasury overstepped its authority. The ruling is available here (PDF). CoinDesk reports: The decision answers a controversial privacy debate on whether the government -- via a sanctions list maintained by the U.S. Treasury Department --... Read more ›
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The Miss Universe first runner-up, Chidimma Adetshina, earned Nigeria's highest-ever placement. She shared her tumultuous pageant journey with BI. Read more ›
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Pickings may be slim in the City of 100 Lakes, but with Spectrum, Frontier and T-Mobile on the map, most households can find a reliable connection. Read more ›
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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said her country would go after the US with its own tariffs if Donald Trump pushed ahead with his. Read more ›
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The 110-year-old ship was brought to its resting place in Indonesia and turned into a hotel in 2019. Read more ›
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Get the latest beauty tech deals from across the web. Save on skincare tech, hair dryers, multi-stylers, and more during Black Friday. Read more ›
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A machine learning librarian scraped public posts and created a searchable AI training dataset, without consent of users. Read more ›
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Talabat, the leading food and grocery delivery platform in the region, launched its IPO earlier this month on the Dubai Financial Market and announced its price range of AED 1.5 to 1.6 per share on Tuesday. The company will offer 3.49 billion shares, representing 15 percent of its total share capital, which implies a valuation ... Read more ›
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Jada, the Saudi fund of funds, by Public Investment Fund, has invested in the second fund of Seedra Ventures, a local fund manager that invests in startups across the Middle East & North Africa. The fund completed its first close in the second quarter earlier this year. The size of the commitment by Jada was ... Read more ›
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Dubai-based digital gift card marketplace YOUGotaGift has been acquired by Giftee, a Japanese digital gifting platform. The deal, which was announced earlier this month, closed on Friday with Giftee acquiring a 91% stake for $28.1 million, valuing the company at $30.9 million. The remaining 9% stake is held by YouGotaGift’s CEO and founder Husain Makiya, ... Read more ›
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Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has launched Moniify, a digital business and finance news platform focused on emerging markets, investing tens of millions of dollars in the venture. The Dubai-based platform, which launched today, aims to provide business and finance news content targeting young professionals and entrepreneurs in emerging markets. The platform features a modern interface ... Read more ›
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