U.S. federal judge dismisses gamers’ lawsuit against Microsoft over $69billion Activision deal

Microsoft Corp on Monday won dismissal of a private consumer antitrust lawsuit over its $69 billion proposed purchase of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard Inc, but the plaintiffs were given 20 days to refine their legal challenge. A federal judge in San Francisco ruled that the lawsuit from a group of video game plaintiffs… Read More U.S. federal judge dismisses gamers’ lawsuit against Microsoft over $69billion Activision deal

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Uganda’s parliament passes law criminalizing identification as LGBTQ

Uganda’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ, handing authorities broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence. More than 30 African countries, including Uganda, already ban same-sex relations. The new law appears to be the first to outlaw merely identifying as… Read More Uganda’s parliament passes law criminalizing identification as LGBTQ

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Google unveils chatbot service Bard to rival ChatGPT, announces AI search engine plans

Google owner Alphabet Inc on Monday said it will launch a chatbot service and more artificial intelligence for its search engine as well as developers, an answer to Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) in their rivalry to lead a new wave of computing. Microsoft, meanwhile, said it planned its own AI reveal for Tuesday. The cascade of… Read More Google unveils chatbot service Bard to rival ChatGPT, announces AI search engine plans

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Hundreds dead, thousands injured as major earthquake hits central Turkey and northwest Syria

More than 1,300 people were killed and thousands injured on Monday when an earthquake struck central Turkey and northwest Syria, collapsing apartment blocks and heaping more destruction on Syrian cities already devastated by years of war. The magnitude 7.8 quake, which hit in the early darkness of a winter morning, was the worst to hit… Read More Hundreds dead, thousands injured as major earthquake hits central Turkey and northwest Syria

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Former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev undergoes successful heart surgery

Former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has undergone a successful heart surgery and his life is not in danger, his spokesman Aidos Ukibay said on Friday. Ukibay’s tweet followed reports by Kazakh media that Nazarbayev, 82, who ran the oil-rich country for three decades, was hospitalised. Nazarbayev resigned as president in 2019 and lost his remaining… Read More Former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev undergoes successful heart surgery

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Kenyan security forces kill ten al Shabaab fighters

Kenyan security forces have killed 10 fighters from Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist group in eastern Kenya, a government official said on Thursday. They also recovered rocket propelled grenades and improvised explosive devices after fighting the militants on Wednesday in the village of Galmagalla in Garissa county, said Thomas Bett, deputy county commissioner of the Bura… Read More Kenyan security forces kill ten al Shabaab fighters

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Seven dead as al Shabaab militants attack military base in central Somalia

Islamist al Shabaab militants on Friday killed at least seven soldiers at a Somali military base in a town re-captured by the government, the information ministry and militant group said. The attack was eventually repelled, an officer at the base in the central Somali town of Galcad said. He said the dead included the base’s… Read More Seven dead as al Shabaab militants attack military base in central Somalia

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