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Inception, which is building diffusion-based AI models for code and text, raised a $50M seed led by Menlo and releases an update to its Mercury coding model  —  With so much money flooding into AI startup…

For Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk, the moment she discovered her husband Charlie Kirk had been shot was, in her words, an “unbelievable nightmare.”

At the Dubai AI Tour, Microsoft announced a $15.2 billion investment in the UAE and launched Microsoft Elevate UAE, aiming to upskill over 300,000 students, educators, and government employees in AI. The event showcased local startups, interactive AI e…

The amendment is likely to pass as the ruling coalition has the necessary two-thirds majority in both houses of Parliament.

Mexican women outraged by public sexual assault on their president  The GuardianMexico president to seek charges after being groped on street  BBCMexico’s President Sheinbaum takes legal action after groping incident  CNNS…

Mexican women outraged by public sexual assault on their president  The GuardianMexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street  The New York TimesMexico’s President Sheinbaum takes legal action after gro…

Mexican President Sheinbaum to press charges after man gropes her on walk  Fox NewsMexico president to seek charges after being groped on street  BBCMexico’s President Sheinbaum takes legal action after groping incident  C…

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, a prominent big tech critic, as co-chair of his all-women transition team. Khan was born in the UK to Pakistani parents and moved to the US when she was …

Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:
Internal documents: Meta projected in December 2024 that 10.1% of its annual ad revenue, or $16B, came from fraudulent ads, including $7B from “higher risk” ads  —  Meta projected 10% of its 2024 re…