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X users report global outage: monitoring site

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 21, 2023 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of global users of X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday reported…

Dogs, antennas and honey for Japan’s big bear problem

By Simon Sturdee and Harumi Ozawa KARUIZAWA, Japan, Dec 21, 2023 (AFP) - Thousands of bears are being shot in…

US bans pharmacy Rite Aid from facial recognition use

WASHINGTON, Dec 19, 2023 (AFP) - Pharmacy group Rite Aid was ordered Tuesday to stop using facial recognition for the…

French hybrid electric plane picks up US order

French start-up Aura Aero announced Tuesday that US regional airline JSX has signed a letter of intent to purchase 50…

Record-breaking cold hits northern China

Temperatures in cities across northern China hit record lows on Wednesday, as authorities issued an alert for extreme cold across…

OpenAI releases guidelines to gauge ‘catastrophic risks’ of AI

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI published Monday its newest guidelines for gauging "catastrophic risks" from artificial intelligence in models currently being developed. The…

Blue Origin returns to space after year-long hiatus

By Issam AHMED Blue Origin launched its first rocket in more than a year on Tuesday, reviving the US company's…

Meta accused of mishandling Israel-Hamas war posts

NEW YORK, Dec 19, 2023 (AFP) - Meta's independent oversight board on Tuesday criticized the social media titan of removing…

Mapping bedbugs: S. Korean blockchain engineer fights infestation with data

https://youtu.be/oUO-8Egu_Vk By Claire LEE SEOUL, Dec 19, 2023 (AFP) - When news broke about a bedbug outbreak in his native…

The feline frontier: NASA sends cat video from deep space

https://youtube.com/shorts/ybLpG0B8mAc?feature=share By Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, Dec 18, 2023 (AFP) - NASA on Monday announced it had used a state-of-the-art laser…

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