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Iraqis marvel at ancient Iraq in new 'Assassin's Creed' game
Iraqis marvel at ancient Iraq in new 'Assassin's Creed' game
by  AFP

Iraqi gamers celebrated the release Thursday of the latest instalment of the "Assassin's Creed" action-adventure saga, set in ninth century Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate. Haider Jaafar, who heads the Iraqi Federation of Electronic Sports, said the new "Assassin's Creed" game "will reach millions of people" and give foreign audiences "a positive image of the origins of Baghdad".

Musk's X strips headlines from news links
Musk's X strips headlines from news links
by  AFP

Elon Musk's social media platform X has stripped headlines from news articles shared by users, in a move likely to further worsen relations with media groups. Instead of seeing a headline along with a picture, users now see only a picture with a small watermark.

Taiwan to probe firms over Huawei chip plants in China
Taiwan to probe firms over Huawei chip plants in China
by  AFP

Taipei has said it will investigate if Taiwanese firms that helped Huawei build semiconductor factories violated US sanctions against the Chinese tech giant. The four Taiwanese companies are helping Huawei develop an "under-the-radar network of chip plants" in China, Bloomberg reported this week.