Africa's week in pictures: 3-9 May 2024
A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
Images subject to copyright
Also, Shohei Ohtani hit his first walk-off as a Dodger, and Kody Clemens' bat came through for the Phillies.
The metals market is on fire as gold and copper hit new records, while silver reached a 12-year high.
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Volkswagen’s Audi premium group is pushing deeper into the Chinese market with domestic partnerships, signing a deal with state-owned SAIC to develop new EVs for the mainland. This comes as global rivals like GM and Ford look to minimize losses in the region.
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Jolla has taken the official wraps off the first version of its personal server-based AI assistant in the making. The reborn startup is building a privacy-focused AI device -- aka the Jolla Mind2, which TechCrunch exclusively revealed at MWC back in February. In the two+ months since we saw the first 3D-printed prototype of Jolla's AI-in-a-box, considerable hype has swirled around other consumer-focused AI devices, such as Humane's Ai Pin and the Rabbit R1.
Dalton Del Don reveals the top widely available hitters fantasy baseball managers should consider adding for Week 8.
OpenAI is removing an AI voice from ChatGPT that many believe sounds like Scarlett Johansson. The company didn't give a clear explanation for the decision.
Basketball analyst Dan Titus breaks down what the teams and stars who were booted from the NBA Playoffs must do to remain in good fantasy standing next season.
Researchers found that LLMs were easily to jailbreak and can produce harmful outputs.
Dating app maker Bumble has acquired Geneva, an online platform built around forming real-world groups and clubs. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the announcement comes shortly after Bumble revealed that it would be pursuing acquisitions to drive growth, with CEO Lidiane Jones (who joined Bumble from Slack last year) noting on a recent earnings call that the company would consider the "value add" of an acquisition and how it might align with its own business goals. "There’s certainly a lot of interesting technology companies across the industry that we’re constantly looking at, but we immediately look at if it actually aligns and accelerates with our long-term mission here," Jones said on the company's Q1 earnings call this month.
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Wrapping up the best, the wildest and the weirdest from this week in golf.
We drive the 2024 BMW X5 M Competition and pick out a few things about the driving, the tech and the interior that stick out to us, mostly as good.
2025 Porsche Cayenne range adds more standard kit, Turbonite accents, and a GTS trim with even more performance. Prices run from $86,695 to $205,795.
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The Lamborghini Huracan's successor will swap the naturally-aspirated V10 for an 800-horsepower twin-turbo V8 that's part of a hybrid system.
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