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'Grand Theft Auto VI' release set for late 2025
'Grand Theft Auto VI' release set for late 2025

Rockstar Games parent Take-Two Interactive on Thursday said the eagerly awaited video game "Grand Theft Auto VI" will be released in fall of 2025. Critics have from the beginning accused Grand Theft Auto of glorifying violence and encouraging players to engage in criminal behavior – allegations Take-Two executives have denied.

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German union calls on Amazon workers to strike on 'Black Friday'
German union calls on Amazon workers to strike on 'Black Friday'
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Union Verdi called on workers at online retail giant Amazon in Germany to go on strike on the annual "Black Friday" shopping extravaganza, in their battle for better working conditions. "The workers at Amazon have renamed Black Friday as Make Amazon Pay Day," she added.

In Nigeria's Muslim north, sharia police change tack on influencers
In Nigeria's Muslim north, sharia police change tack on influencers
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Tiktoker Murja Kunya once ran afoul of sharia police in Nigeria's northwest city of Kano, where "hisbah" units enforce Islamic law that runs alongside common law. "The meeting with Murja Kunya and other Tiktokers is a change in Hisbah strategy in dealing with the immoral online content," Sufi said.

Jan 6 tapes revive false claims of FBI involvement
Jan 6 tapes revive false claims of FBI involvement
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A newly-released mass of security footage from the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol has reignited a host of long-debunked conspiracy theories -- with conservative lawmakers and media personalities getting in on the act. "Trump calls the January 6 insurrectionists in prison 'hostages,' plays their 'anthem' at his rallies and promises to pardon them all," she said.

Sam Altman's return ushers in new era at OpenAI
Sam Altman's return ushers in new era at OpenAI
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Sam Altman's shock return as chief executive of OpenAI late Tuesday -- days after being sacked -- caps a chaotic period that highlighted deep tensions at the heart of the Artificial Intelligence community.

The fallen kings of crypto
The fallen kings of crypto
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Binance boss Changpeng Zhao has become the most powerful cryptocurrency figure to fall in a two-year period chaotic even by the standards of the notoriously volatile industry. An outspoken celebrity in the crypto world with 8.7 million followers on X, Zhao became the richest known figure in the nascent industry.

Sam Altman to return as OpenAI CEO after shock ouster
Sam Altman to return as OpenAI CEO after shock ouster
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ChatGPT creator OpenAI announced Tuesday that Sam Altman would return as its CEO, days after his shock dismissal plunged the pioneering artificial intelligence firm into crisis. Altman said on Tuesday that his return had Nadella's backing.

Polarized world threatens open internet: ICANN
Polarized world threatens open internet: ICANN
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After 25 years of keeping the internet strong and stable, the nonprofit ICANN -- responsible for its technical infrastructure -- is warning that increasingly polarized geopolitics could start cracking the foundations of the online world. "We are living in an increasingly nationalistic, polarized world," Costerton said.