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Musk's Twitter tags US radio NPR as 'state-affiliated'
Twitter drew the anger of venerable US radio broadcaster NPR on Wednesday after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk tagged the news giant as a state-backed entity.
Switzerland scraps Credit Suisse execs' bonuses
The Swiss government said Wednesday it would scrap the outstanding bonuses of Credit Suisse's executive board following the bank's implosion and emergency takeover by rival UBS. The government -- which engineered the merger -- said the move was due to the top-level management's "responsibility" for the decline of the 167-year-old institution.
French pension talks end in 'failure' ahead of new protests
French unions on Wednesday said last-ditch talks with the prime minister to ease tensions over a divisive pension reform were a "failure" and called for record turnout at protest rallies the next day.
AI better than humans at key heart test: study
Artificial intelligence is better than humans at assessing heart ultrasounds, the main test of overall cardiac health, the most rigorous trial yet conducted on the subject found on Wednesday. The test is the main way to measure how well a heart is functioning.
Operation Cookie Monster: police shut huge cybercrime site
A global police operation has shut down one of the world's largest online marketplaces where cybercriminals can buy stolen identities and passwords, international law enforcement said on Wednesday. Europol said the "unprecedented law enforcement operation" had taken down "one of the most dangerous marketplaces selling stolen account credentials to hackers worldwide."
For deaf Ukrainians, smart watches can be life-saving
It took a second for Andrii Yeger, a deaf Ukrainian, to realise that the waves of energy he felt were coming from a Russian rocket landing near his car. Yeger is a volunteer at the Ukrainian Society for the Deaf (UTOG), which has helped many through war's added hardships.
US private hiring, services activity cool in March
US private employers slowed their hiring pace in March while services sector activity eased, separate surveys showed Wednesday, in signs that the economy is cooling following efforts to contain inflation. "Our March payroll data is one of several signals that the economy is slowing," ADP chief economist Nela Richardson said in a statement on Wednesday.
AI bot ChatGPT faces growing scrutiny in Europe
France's data regulator said on Wednesday it had received two complaints about the AI program ChatGPT, as European authorities deepened their scrutiny of the chatbot days after Italy banned it.
Nintendo 'needed to be involved' in new Mario movie, says Miyamoto
When Shigeru Miyamoto first created a princess-rescuing plumber more than four decades ago, Nintendo's future mascot was just a collection of pixels who didn't have a flamboyant Italian accent -- or even a name. According to Miyamoto, the idea for a film emerged from a major strategic shift by Nintendo around a decade ago, to make its games "more character-driven."
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