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Seeing is believing? Global scramble to tackle deepfakes
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions -- the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader.
US sports stars named in lawsuit over FTX's deceptive practices
AFP, Published on 17/11/2022
» NEW YORK - High-profile US sports stars and personalities have been named in a lawsuit over deceptive practices targeting investors who became victims of the stunning collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
FTX collapse gives crypto sector 'another black eye'
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» NEW YORK: Even for a sector regularly rocked by bankruptcies, the collapse of FTX –- a cryptocurrency platform worth $32 billion at the beginning of the year -- came as a shock.
Cryptocurrency platform FTX files for bankruptcy
AFP, Published on 12/11/2022
» NEW YORK: Crisis-struck cryptocurrency platform FTX has gone bankrupt in the United States and its chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried has resigned, it said Friday, the latest blow in a saga that has reverberated across the digital currency landscape.
US seizes $3.4 bn in bitcoin stolen from Silk Road
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» NEW YORK: The US government announced Monday it had seized $3.4 billion in bitcoin from a real estate developer who stole the cryptocurrency from the dark web marketplace Silk Road a decade ago.
NFTs and burning paintings at new Damien Hirst show
AFP, Published on 23/09/2022
» LONDON: The latest show by Damien Hirst displays thousands of the provocative British artist's colourful spot paintings... many of which he will set on fire after selling them in digital form as NFTs.
El Salvador marks 1st year of Bitcoin use as confidence wanes
AFP, Published on 07/09/2022
» EL ZONTE, El Salvador: A year ago, El Salvador began accepting Bitcoin as legal tender following a controversial and much-criticised decision by President Nayib Bukele.
Has blockchain found a use beyond crypto trading?
AFP, Published on 15/08/2022
» PARIS: The bitcoin boom spawned new billionaires and videos of beach parties and Lamborghinis. The crypto crash brought devastation for small investors and bankruptcy for many companies.
US tech titans stumble after pandemic boom
AFP, Published on 29/07/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon and Apple were a relative bright spot in a week of otherwise lackluster earnings results for an industry reckoning with the end of heady pandemic-era growth.
EU readies for end of Russia gas, warns won't pay in rubles
AFP, Published on 03/05/2022
» BRUSSELS - The European Union warned member states Monday to prepare for a possible complete breakdown in gas supplies from Russia, insisting it would not cede to Moscow's demand that imports be paid for in rubles.