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Italy's Meloni revives contentious Sicily bridge plan
Italy's Meloni revives contentious Sicily bridge plan
by  AFP

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's cabinet passed a decree Thursday relaunching a controversial project to build a huge, multibillion-euro bridge linking Sicily to the mainland. At 3.2 kilometres (two miles) long, the bridge "will represent the flagship of Italian engineering," said Transport Minister Matteo Salvini.

Meta maps way to 'kill' online deception campaigns
Meta maps way to 'kill' online deception campaigns
by  AFP

Meta on Thursday released a framework for exposing and combating malicious online campaigns from election lies to terrorist recruitment. Meta remains under pressure to do more to combat misinformation, particularly campaigns aimed at swaying election outcomes.

Microsoft applies AI powers to Excel, Outlook
Microsoft applies AI powers to Excel, Outlook
by  AFP

Microsoft pressed on with its AI revolution on Thursday, announcing that it would apply the powers behind ChatGPT to its iconic Excel, Word and Outlook programs. Microsoft is pouring billions of dollars into OpenAI, the company that is building the technology that powers ChatGPT and that released its latest version, GPT-4, on Tuesday.

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