NAIROBI, Kenya — Thousands of mostly young people demonstrated Thursday in Kenya’s capital and across the country against new tax proposals by the administration of President William Ruto in its annual budget legislation. The protests are driven by concerns that higher taxes will exacerbate the cost of living, which is already a issue for many...
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Brittney Griner ‘blessed’ to return to Europe for Olympics
Andscape at the Olympics is an ongoing series exploring the Black athletes and culture around the 2024 Paris Games. Brittany Griner is back in Europe for the first time since being detained in Russia. But this time with USA Basketball’s women’s national team, she feels safe with her sisters and she is focused on a...
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In Silicon Valley, Democrats Are Invigorated by Biden’s Withdrawal
Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen and others have endorsed Donald J. Trump. But President Biden’s withdrawal has re-energized Democrats across the tech industry and may blunt that momentum.
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Global CrowdStrike Outage Proves How Fragile IT Systems Have Become
While in some corners of Silicon Valley people worry about the risks of A.I., a simple failed software update caused a worldwide outage.
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CrowdStrike-Microsoft Outage: What Caused the IT Meltdown
Airlines, hospitals and people’s computers were affected after CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company, sent out a flawed software update.
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Microsoft says 8.5M systems hit by CrowdStrike BSOD, releases USB recovery tool
Enlarge / A bad update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software crashed millions of Windows PCs last week. (credit: CrowdStrike) By Monday morning, many of the major disruptions from the flawed CrowdStrike security update late last week had cleared up. Flight delays and cancellations were no longer front-page news, and multiple Starbucks locations near me are...
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Astronomers discover technique to spot AI fakes using galaxy-measurement tools
Enlarge / Researchers write, “In this image, the person on the left (Scarlett Johansson) is real, while the person on the right is AI-generated. Their eyeballs are depicted underneath their faces. The reflections in the eyeballs are consistent for the real person, but incorrect (from a physics point of view) for the fake person.” (credit:...
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Bride and Groom Go Viral With Crochet Wedding Ensembles
Crochet creator Tymesha Triggs is definitely turning heads with her latest work — her own wedding dress. Triggs also designed and created looks for her groom as well as the wedding party! Triggs even accessorized her look with crochet earrings and gloves, while her hubby donned a crochet top hat. Triggs dropped images of her...
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Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race; endorses Kamala Harris
After a drumbeat of calls to drop his reelection bid, President Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 race. The president endorsed his VP, Kamala Harris, as the Democratic nominee. A number of Democrats praised Biden’s decision, including Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin who said the president put his “country first.” Michigan Gov. Gretchen...