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GameStop extends wild ride on Wall Street
New York (AFP) - GameStop continued its wild Wall Street ride on Monday with dizzying ups and downs seemingly powered by online chatter about the struggling video game retailer with a devoted fan base. GameStop shares were up 70 percent at one point in morning trades, after ending last week with a surge in price and rocketing some 800 percent in the past three months. Shares that were trading at $2.80 in April of last year topped $100 during morning trade on the New York Stock Exchange, despite analysts warning that GameStop's retail model is out of touch with market trends. In highly volatile...
AFP
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Twitter unveils 'community-driven' effort to fight misinformation
San Francisco (AFP) - Twitter announced a new initiative Monday to enlist users to flag misinformation on its platform through a project known as Birdwatch. Birdwatch will be operated separately from Twitter while allowing users to identify tweets which may be false or misleading, the platform said of its new effort to stem false and harmful content. The project comes with Twitter and other social networks under fire for failing to stem manipulation and misinformation about elections, the Covid-19 pandemic and other issues. The move aims "to broaden the range of voices that are part of tacklin...
AFP
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GameStop extends wild ride on Wall Street
New York (AFP) - GameStop continued its wild Wall Street ride on Monday with a dizzying climb seemingly powered by online chatter about the struggling video game retailer with a devoted fan base. GameStop shares were up 70 percent at one point in morning trades, after ending last week with a surge in price and rocketing some 800 percent in the past three months. Shares that were trading at $2.80 in April of last year topped $100 during a high-volume morning session on the New York Stock Exchange, despite analysts warning that GameStop's retail model is out of touch with market trends. Investor...
AFP
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US leading race in artificial intelligence, China rising: survey
Washington (AFP) - The United States is leading rivals in development and use of artificial intelligence while China is rising quickly and the European Union is lagging, a research report showed Monday. The study by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation assessed AI using 30 separate metrics including human talent, research activity, commercial development and investment in hardware and software. The United States leads, with an overall score of 44.6 points on a 100-point scale, followed by China with 32 and the European Union with 23.3, the report based on 2020 data found. The r...
AFP
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Google offers facilities for US vaccination sites
San Francisco (AFP) - Google said Monday it would make its facilities available for Covid-19 vaccination sites as part of a new initiative to help speed the rollout of inoculations in the United States. Chief executive Sundar Pichai made the announcement as part of a $150 million initiative to promote vaccine education and equitable access. "To help with vaccination efforts, starting in the United States, we'll make select Google facilities -- such as buildings, parking lots and open spaces -- available as needed," Pichai said in a blog post. "These sites will be open to anyone eligible for th...
AFP
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Malaysia extends tax relief on tech purchases, accelerating digitalization
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