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Apple plays it safe on AI despite Wall Street pressure
Apple plays it safe on AI despite Wall Street pressure
by  AFP

Apple on Monday remained on its cautious path to embracing generative AI even as rivals race ahead with the technology and Wall Street expresses doubts over its strategy. Wall Street analysts remain divided on Apple's prospects, with the stock down about 17 percent since the start of the year, wiping over $600 billion from its market value and far outshone by its Big Tech rivals.

Warner Brothers Discovery will split company to build streaming
Warner Brothers Discovery will split company to build streaming
by  AFP

Warner Brothers Discovery announced Monday that it would split into two companies as it seeks to better position itself for the streaming era amid declines in the conventional cable business. Warner Brothers Discovery's plan to split itself up comes after Comcast in November announced it would spin off cable television channels, including CNBC and MSNBC, into a new company.

Kenya's plus-size fashion show says 'big is beautiful'
Kenya's plus-size fashion show says 'big is beautiful'
by  AFP

In African wax print dresses and tight-fitting evening wear, the "plus-size" models strutted up the runway in Kisumu, western Kenya, in a special event designed to celebrate the beauty of larger women. "But I am here portraying... not just any beauty, not just plus-size beauty, but the African beauty in me," added Odire, who swayed her hips on the runway in a leopard-skin skirt.

TikTok says to increase investment in Britain
TikTok says to increase investment in Britain
by  AFP

TikTok plans to raise its investment in the UK, its biggest community in Europe, with the creation of 500 more jobs, the Chinese-owned social media giant announced Monday. Around half the UK population, more than 30 million people, use TikTok each month, making it the platform's "largest user-community in Europe", the statement added.

Defence or environment? London faces spending choices
Defence or environment? London faces spending choices
by  AFP

Torn between growing geopolitical tensions and constrained public finances, Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves is set to unveil feared trade-offs in a government spending review on Wednesday. Reeves, the chancellor of the exchequer, is to detail day-to-day spending plans in her review to parliament on Wednesday.