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Big firms with $7 tn exit climate investment pressure group
A pair of large investment companies with nearly $7 trillion in assets, said Thursday they exited a climate change investor initiative that aims to pressure companies to quickly cut carbon emissions.
ChatGPT's OpenAI reveals text-to-video tool
OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and image generator DALL-E, said it was testing a text-to-video model called Sora that would allow users to create realistic videos with a simple prompt. The model could also take an existing still image and generate a video from it, the company said.
Rod Stewart banks $100 million for song catalog: report
Rod Stewart, the singer whose hits include "Maggie May," is the latest artist to sell the rights to his music, The Wall Street Journal said Thursday. The paper said Irving Azoff's Iconic Artists Group acquired Stewart's interests in his recorded music and publishing catalog, as well as some rights to his name as likeness, for a tidy sum of nearly $100 million.
World Bank approves $300 mn in new funding for Afghanistan
The World Bank's executive board has approved $300 million in new funds for Afghanistan, which it will deploy outside the control of the Taliban authorities, the development lender confirmed Thursday.
Four Xbox exclusives heading to rivals in big shift
Microsoft on Thursday shook up the video game world with word it is making some once-exclusive Xbox video games available for play on rival consoles. Microsoft makes Xbox consoles along with game software, with titles such as hit "Halo" exclusive to its hardware.
Itumeleng Khune wishes late sis a heavenly birthday in emotional Instagram post
Itumeleng Khune shared a heartwarming note on Instagram, wishing his late sister, Mapula, a heavenly birthday. South Africans joined him in celebrating.
'Sahil Omar': A forever criminal falsely linked to US shooting
"Sahil Omar" is 44, an illegal immigrant and has a Muslim-sounding name -- an apparently fictitious punching bag falsely linked to a slew of US crimes including the latest mass shooting in Kansas City. "At least one of the Kansas City Chiefs parade shooters identified as Sahil Omar, a 44 year old illegal immigrant," said one post on X, without offering any evidence.
TikTok videos capture woman destroying V-Day gift from ex, SA feels for her: "Shame she's hurt"
An angry woman was captured in a TikTok video destroying Valentine's gifts that she got from her ex-lover. South African TikTokkers felt sorry for her.
Musk fights US state of Delaware after Tesla pay debacle
Elon Musk is on the warpath against Delaware and its powerful business court, moving his SpaceX company out of the eastern US state after a judge struck down his $56 billion compensation package at Tesla. The move came just weeks after Judge Kathaleen McCormick voided his eye-watering compensation package at Tesla, taking sides with a shareholder who claimed the entrepreneur was overpaid.
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