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Feb 2, 2023
Thursday
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International
British workers unite in the largest strike in a generation
Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, train drivers, and university lecturers have walked off their jobs to demand better pay and working conditions in the largest coordinated strike action in a generation as wages fail to keep pace with soaring inflation.
Iranian couple handed prison sentence for dancing in the streets
Each was charged with “spreading corruption and vice,” and “assembly and collusion with the intention of disrupting national security,” receiving sentences of ten and a half years, according to the activist group Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
US to get expanded military base access in the Philippines
Andrew Tate loses appeal against 30-day detention in Romania
U.S.A
Biden and McCarthy Discuss Debt Limit as Financial Crisis Looms
President Biden told Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday that there was room for discussion about addressing America’s deficit, even as he insisted that Congress would have to pass a debt-limit increase with no strings attached to avoid a financial cataclysm.
The AP’s African American History course still has a lot to teach students
The College Board’s announcement Wednesday of a revised curriculum for its new AP African American Studies course, after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis rejected the initial curriculum, has partisans aflutter. Conservatives celebrated the changes — including the removal of topics like Movement for Black Lives, scholars associated with critical race theory, and the Black queer experience — as a victory for DeSantis in the culture wars. Liberals denounced the curriculum, the first of its kind, as a “watering down” of necessary truths and an erasure of the Black experience.
California Threatens to Blow Up a Deal to Save the Colorado River
North Korea Shuts Door on US Talks, Raising Risk of Provocations
North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the door remains shut for talks with the US on winding down its atomic arsenal, setting the stage for renewed provocations by pledging to respond to what it saw as threats from Washington
Ice Storm Blamed In At Least 7 Deaths In Texas; Power Outages Top 350,000
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023: all the news and updates from the event
The Galaxy Book3 Ultra is Samsung’s shot at the MacBook Pro
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Book3 Ultra, a 16-inch workstation laptop with a 120Hz OLED screen, an H-Series Core i7 or Core i9, and an RTX 4050 or 4070 GPU.
Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm Team Up to Build a New Mixed-Reality Platform
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Plus, starting at $20 per month
OpenAI today launched a new pilot subscription plan for ChatGPT, its text-generating AI that can write convincingly human-like essays, poems, emails, lyrics, and more. Called ChatGPT Plus and starting at $20 per month, the service delivers a number of benefits over the base-level ChatGPT, OpenAI says, including general access to ChatGPT even during peak times, faster response times, and priority access to new features and improvements.
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BUSINESS
Asia first person to lose $90Bn and left the richest person in place
Shares in Adani Enterprises, often described as the incubator of Adani businesses, plunged 28% on Wednesday, bringing its losses since the Hindenburg report to more than $18 billion. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone dropped 19%. Both stocks marked their worst day ever.
Meta shares surge nearly 20% as Zuckerberg pledges to make 2023 a ‘year of efficiency’
Our management theme for 2023 is the ‘Year of Efficiency’ and we’re focused on becoming a stronger and more nimble organization,” Zuckerberg said as part of the release of Meta’s fourth-quarter earnings report.
Biden moves to slash U.S. credit card fees, app charge
The White House on Wednesday was due to announce fresh efforts to slash credit card late fees and drive down the prices that Apple Inc and Google parent Alphabet Inc charge on mobile app stores, part of a larger policy drive to promote competition in consumer markets, officials said.
ENTERTAINMENT
Netflix Now Offers Spatial Audio on 700-Plus Titles — but Only for Customers on the Most Expensive Plan
Netflix is hoping audiophiles will upgrade to the $20-per-month Premium tier to gain access to the streamer’s full collection of content that supports spatial audio.
Spatial audio, in theory, provides a 360-degree audio experience, including reproducing sounds that are designed to come from behind the viewer.