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Taylor Swift's 'Life of a Showgirl' launches with global promotion
Reuters, Published on 03/10/2025
» LOS ANGELES — Superstar Taylor Swift's latest studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," arrives Friday with a promotional blitz that includes midnight sales at Target stores, a release party at movie theatres around the globe and pop-up experiences in New York and Los Angeles.
AI-piloted warplane faces off against human fighter pilot
Reuters, Published on 11/06/2025
» PARIS — Sweden's Saab and German defence startup Helsing have conducted combat testing of a Gripen E warplane flown by artificial intelligence (AI) against a real fighter pilot, they said on Wednesday, in a step forward in European efforts to compete on autonomy in defence.
Apple fined $570m, Meta $228m for breaching EU law, risking Trump fury
Reuters, Published on 23/04/2025
» BRUSSELS — Apple was fined 500 million euros (US$570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros ($228 million), as European Union (EU) antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech.
Legendary singer, songwriter Kris Kristofferson dies aged 88
Reuters, Published on 30/09/2024
» NEW YORK - Kris Kristofferson, who became one of the most influential American singer-songwriters of his time with works such as "Me and Bobby McGee," as well as becoming a successful actor, died on Saturday at the age of 88, according to a family statement.
Tech activists write code to save migrants
Reuters, Published on 27/02/2024
» LONDON - When a migrant rescue non-profit asked Nik Zemke if he could design an app to pinpoint ships in distress in the Mediterranean, the German web developer headed to a hackers' convention to look for like-minded volunteers.
Rice farmer makes art with plantings that depict cats
Reuters, Published on 18/12/2023
» BAN KHON SUNG, Chiang Rai: A sleeping cat hugs a fish in a picture seen from the air, picked out in sprouting rainbow seedlings in a rice field in northern Chiang Rai, illustrating a traditional proverb about abundance.
Google to allow app developers to use rival payment systems, to cut fees
Reuters, Published on 19/07/2022
» BRUSSELS: Alphabet unit Google says it will cut fees to 12%, from 15%, for non-gaming application developers on its Google Play App Store that switches to rival payment systems, as it moves to comply with new European Union tech rules.
Swiss 'zero star hotel' offers sleepless nights
Reuters, Published on 23/06/2022
» SAILLON, Switzerland: "I couldn't sleep," and "my room was too noisy," may be complaints hoteliers dread from guests, but for the Riklin brothers that is the entire point of their latest 'zero star hotel' art installation.
U2's Bono gives concert in Kyiv metro
Life, Reuters, Published on 10/05/2022
» Irish rock group U2's frontman Bono and his bandmate The Edge performed a 40-minute concert in a metro station in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday and praised Ukrainians fighting for their freedom from Russia.
Hollywood actress Jolie visits Lviv, trip interrupted by sirens
Life, Reuters, Published on 03/05/2022
» Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited the Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, going to the station to meet people displaced by the war with Russia before later leaving after air-raid sirens sounded.