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ECB set to hike again with inflation stubbornly high
ECB set to hike again with inflation stubbornly high
by  AFP

Another interest rate hike appears a near certainty when ECB policymakers meet Thursday as inflation remains high, but the central bank faces increasing discontent among countries scared high interest rates will hurt growth. The sequence of rate hikes does not look like it will stop this week, despite moves by other central banks to slow the tempo of increases.

In age of AI, women battle rise of deepfake porn
In age of AI, women battle rise of deepfake porn
by  AFP

Photo apps digitally undressing women, sexualized text-to-image prompts creating "AI girls" and manipulated images fueling "sextortion" rackets -- a boom in deepfake porn is outpacing US and European efforts to regulate the technology.

'Barbie' trounces 'Oppenheimer' at N.American box offices in 'historic' weekend
'Barbie' trounces 'Oppenheimer' at N.American box offices in 'historic' weekend
by  AFP

With legions of pink-clad moviegoers swarming theaters, Warner Bros.' The coincidental same-day release of the two starkly different but highly anticipated films -- one following an iconic doll ready to paint the world pink and the other about the scientist who helped invent the atomic bomb -- created a pop-culture phenomenon that transcended the individual marketing for either film.

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