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The Most Hated Man in America Is Back. This Time, He’s Betting Against Everyone. Martin Shkreli spent seven years becoming a punchline. Now he is running a one-man short-selling operation from his apartment, live-streaming his trades to tens of thousands of followers and lobbying the White House for a pardon, all while insisting the world misread him from the start.... https://impactnews-wire.com/the-most-hated-man-in-america-is-back-this-time-hes-betting-against-everyone/

Xi Jinping Promotes China as AI Partner for Developing Countries Chinese President Xi Jinping has positioned China as a leading artificial intelligence partner for developing countries, calling for greater international cooperation and warning against excessive security restrictions that could limit access to advanced technologies.... https://impactnews-wire.com/xi-jinping-promotes-china-as-ai-partner-for-developing-countries/

Inside the Hidden World of Men Who Pay Strangers to Humiliate Them A woman snaps her fingers during a video call. Without hesitation, the man on the other end opens his phone and sends another payment.... https://impactnews-wire.com/inside-the-hidden-world-of-men-who-pay-strangers-to-humiliate-them/

UN Warns that Congo Burial Practices Could Further Spread Ebola The United Nations' International Organization for Migration (IOM) has warned that transporting the bodies of Ebola victims across communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo is increasing the risk of further spreading the virus.... https://impactnews-wire.com/un-warns-that-congo-burial-practices-could-further-spread-ebola/

Twenty Nine Countries Launch Global AI Cooperation Body Twenty-nine countries have signed an agreement establishing the World AI Cooperation Organisation. The new intergovernmental body is designed to strengthen international collaboration and global governance of artificial intelligence as competition over the technology intensifies.... https://impactnews-wire.com/twenty-nine-countries-launch-global-ai-cooperation-body/

Nigeria Launches $552 Million World Bank Backed Education Programme Nigeria has launched a $552 million basic education programme backed by the World Bank and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), as the government steps up efforts to improve learning outcomes in the country.... https://impactnews-wire.com/nigeria-launches-552-million-world-bank-backed-education-programme/

Canva Founders are Sending $150 Million in Cash Directly to Malawi’s Poorest Canva founders Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht are investing $150 million in an unconditional cash transfer programme in Malawi, expanding what organisers say is the largest initiative of its kind in a low-income country.... https://impactnews-wire.com/canva-founders-are-sending-150-million-in-cash-directly-to-malawis-poorest/

Uber’s $14.8 Billion Deal Gives it Control of Glovo in Kenya Uber Technologies' proposed $14.8 billion acquisition of German food delivery company Delivery Hero would give the U.S.... https://impactnews-wire.com/ubers-14-8-billion-deal-gives-it-control-of-glovo-in-kenya/

Who Gets Laid Off? Meta Sued by Workers For Letting AI Sack Them  Meta Platforms is facing a lawsuit from 26 current and former employees who allege the company used an internal artificial intelligence system to help identify workers for layoffs, disproportionately affecting employees who had taken maternity, parental or medical leave.... https://impactnews-wire.com/who-gets-laid-off-meta-sued-by-workers-for-letting-ai-sack-them/

Open Source AI Models Have a Stolen Goods Problem For years, the pitch behind open source artificial intelligence was simple: unlike the black boxes built by OpenAI or Google, these models could be downloaded, inspected, and run by anyone, a transparent alternative to corporate AI.... https://impactnews-wire.com/open-source-ai-models-have-a-stolen-goods-problem/

How Khalil Rihan Became the Power Broker Behind Gabon’s Mining Boom Khalil Rihan holds no government post and appears on no official organisation chart. Yet since the August 2023 coup that brought General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema to power, he has become, by multiple accounts, the most consequential private citizen in Gabon's economy, and, with his French son-in-law, a dominant force in the country's gold sector.... https://impactnews-wire.com/how-khalil-rihan-became-the-power-broker-behind-gabons-mining-boom/

Malaysia’s Banks Are Adopting AI But Few Trust It For Decisions Malaysian banks are deploying artificial intelligence for tasks ranging from customer onboarding to fraud detection, but only one in four financial institutions trust AI enough to use its outputs in decision-making, highlighting the governance and talent challenges slowing adoption, a new industry study showed.... https://impactnews-wire.com/malaysias-banks-are-adopting-ai-but-few-trust-it-for-decisions/

These African Currencies Are Under Pressure Several African currencies, including the Ghanaian cedi, Nigerian naira and Ugandan shilling, are facing renewed pressure as stronger demand for the US dollar, widening trade deficits and external financing challenges weigh on foreign exchange markets across the continent.... https://impactnews-wire.com/these-african-currencies-are-under-pressure/

Nvidia Has Launched a New AI Model Nvidia has unveiled a new artificial intelligence model for robots and vision AI agents, announcing partnerships with Japanese industrial and healthcare companies, which expands its push into the country's physical AI market.... https://impactnews-wire.com/nvidia-has-launched-a-new-ai-model/

Analysts Warn Chinese Investors to Brace for South Korea Stock Turmoil Volatility in South Korea's stock market is prompting investors to reassess risks across Asia, with analysts warning that the sharp swings in Seoul could spill over into Chinese equities and influence capital flows across the region.... https://impactnews-wire.com/analysts-warn-chinese-investors-to-brace-for-south-korea-stock-turmoil/

SpaceX Shares Slide Ahead of Critical Starship Test SpaceX shares fell to around their $135 initial public offering price ahead of the company's latest Starship launch, reflecting growing investor caution as the rocket maker prepares for a test flight widely seen as critical to its long-term growth ambitions.... https://impactnews-wire.com/spacex-shares-slide-ahead-of-critical-starship-test/

Kamel Ghribi Proves that only true Leaders Should be Celebrated Nowadays, awards have become so commonplace that they often struggle to distinguish genuine achievement from influence, popularity or commercial success.... https://impactnews-wire.com/kamel-ghribi-proves-that-only-true-leaders-should-be-celebrated/