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After backlash, Twitter now calls NPR -- and BBC -- 'government-funded'
After backlash, Twitter now calls NPR -- and BBC -- 'government-funded'
by  AFP

Twitter has backtracked after an uproar for labeling the US radio network NPR as "state- affiliated media" and now calls it "government-funded." The change in how Twitter refers to Washington-based National Public Radio happened quietly overnight Saturday and comes after the network complained that the term "state-affiliated" was disparaging and inaccurate.

The camera never lied... until AI told it to
The camera never lied... until AI told it to
by  AFP

An amateur photographer who goes by the name "ibreakphotos" decided to do an experiment on his Samsung phone last month to find out how a feature called "space zoom" actually works. The feature, first released in 2020, claims a 100x zoom rate, and Samsung used sparkling clear images of the Moon in its marketing.

Small US banks use enlarged deposit guarantee to compete with giants
Small US banks use enlarged deposit guarantee to compete with giants
by  AFP

In the wake of the latest US banking meltdown, small lenders might appear vulnerable to an exodus of depositors fleeing for larger banks. Federal data shows that some depositors at small banks did head for the exits, moving some $120 billion in a single week into larger banks sometimes viewed as too big to fail.

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