Beijing (AFP) Feb 9, 2026
Cinematic clips generated by ByteDance's latest artificial intelligence video model have sparked an online buzz for the Chinese company that recently ceded majority control of TikTok in the United States.
ByteDance is best known globally as the company behind TikTok, but it is also a major AI player in the world's second largest economy.
Its new video creation model, called Seedance 2.0,
Dubai (AFP) Feb 9, 2026
The UAE's G42 will take part in a project worth up to $1 billion to build data centres in Vietnam, it said on Monday, underlining the Gulf state's AI ambitions.
G42, chaired by the UAE president's brother, joins Vietnam's FPT Corp and Viet Thai Group in the consortium to develop three data centres.
The agreement, signed in Ho Chi Minh City, is "backed by consumption commitments of up to
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 9, 2026
The EU executive told Meta on Monday that it must let rival AI chatbots use its WhatsApp platform, after an antitrust probe found the US giant to be in breach of the bloc's competition rules.
The European Commission said a change in Meta's terms had "effectively" barred third-party artificial intelligence assistants from connecting to customers via the messaging platform since January.
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Baghdad (AFP) Feb 9, 2026
A fire at a key oil refinery killed one worker and injured six others on Monday in northern Iraq, authorities said.
The fire erupted at an upgrading unit in the Baiji refinery, once the country's largest oil refinery, in Salaheddin province.
The Iraqi government's security media unit said in a statement that firefighters had extinguished the fire.
It added that "one worker was killed
Santiago, Chile (AFP) Feb 10, 2026
Move over ChatGPT - on Tuesday, Chile will launch Latam-GPT, an open-source artificial intelligence model designed to combat biases built by the primarily US-centric industry.
Developped by the Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA), Latam-GPT uses millions of data points collected in Latin America to showcase the continent's cultural diversity.
The program seeks t
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2026
A new axis based grid model illustrates how independent spatial, temporal, and parametric axes can be combined to describe complex earth observation data sets in a single coherent framework.
The representation separates space, time, and measured parameters into distinct axes, then aligns them in a unified grid that can accommodate a wide range of satellite and in situ measurements collecte
Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar
Keir Starmer has insisted the government wants Anas Sarwar to be the next first minister even after the Scottish Labour leader’s ambush.
Sarwar became the most senior figure in the party to call for the prime minister to resign on Monday, after calling an emergency press conference.
He said the UK’s leadership had to change after Starmer’s decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US – despite Mandelson’s known ties to dead paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Читать дальше...
On Safer Internet Day a NGO has launched a school program in Delhi that aims to help students discuss online safety and digital harm. The initiative reaches nearly 45,000 students in 45 schools. It focuses on technology-facilitated gender-based violence. The program brings digital safety into classrooms for students in Classes 8 to 12.
The Skims co-founder shared a video of herself and her sisters Khloé Kardashian and Kylie Jenner attempting to complete the popular "Titanic Challenge."
For some, Bad Bunny's halftime show represented more than just a performance.
Deshaun Watson, who in 2022 reached confidential settlements with 20 women over sexual misconduct lawsuits, has discovered the result of the final two of nearly 30 cases against him.
Pala sub-court has now directed the Erumely and Manimala police to investigate the complaints into the alleged forgery
The former Duke of York moved to Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate last week.
The Indian Air Force, or IAF, is currently facing a serious problem. It is supposed to have 42 fighter squadrons to protect the country's vast borders. A squadron typically has around 18 to 20 aircraft. But right now, the IAF has only about 29 squadrons. That is a gap of 13 squadrons, which is a very worrying number. India shares borders with Pakistan on the west and China on the north, and tensions along both these fronts have been rising in recent years.
Jeff Johnson’s daughter is believed to have been murdered by her husband in their home on Saturday
A poll has identified the top 30 reasons couples argue in the home from the biggest issues to even the smallest things which can cause tension
Bitcoin crisis of confidence: Bitcoin hovers near $70,000 after a sharp sell-off, with analysts deeming it a "crisis of confidence" rather than a structural issue. Despite a 45% dip from its peak, spot ETFs saw limited outflows. Institutions continue buying, and a year-end target of $150,000 is projected, though some see a potential dip to $50,000.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Casey Wasserman, the entertainment mogul, are among facing blowback amid the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
Antalya'nın Alanya ilçesinde baraj havzasına düşen yağışların artmasıyla Dim Barajı tam doluluğa ulaşırken, barajda kontrollü su tahliyesi yapılmaya başlandı.
Annie Guthrie is one of Nancy Guthrie’s three kids. The Tucson grandmother vanished over a week ago.
Tantric behind Delhi car deaths His former clients died mysteriously or vanished
TCS Infosys pay stuck at Rs lakh experts cite graduate oversupply
The Met Office has explained why the UK has faced persistent heavy rain in 2026
Senator Sunday Katung partners with Project C.U.R.E. to assess and revive neglected Southern Kaduna hospitals, aiming to improve healthcare infrastructure. Read More: https://punchng.com/senator-partners-us-group-to-revive-southern-kaduna-hospitals/