Woman arrested in Iran after stripping during anti-harassment protest | Iran newsthirst.

Amnesty International has called on authorities in Iran to “immediately and unconditionally” release a female student who was arrested after stripping to her underwear in what the organisation described as a public protest against harassment relating to the country’s strict dress code. The incident took place after the woman, who has not been identified, reportedly…

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Nvidia supplier SK Hynix posts record quarterly profit on strength of AI boom newsthirst.

SK Hynix Inc. signage at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Monday, April 22, 2024. SK Hynix is scheduled to release earnings figures on April 25. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korea’s SK Hynix, one of the world’s largest memory chipmakers, posted record quarterly earnings…

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Zuckerberg approved Meta’s use of ‘pirated’ books to train AI models, authors claim | Mark Zuckerberg newsthirst.

Mark Zuckerberg approved Meta’s use of “pirated” versions of copyright-protected books to train the company’s artificial intelligence models, a group of authors has alleged in a US court filing. Citing internal Meta communications, the filing claims that the social network company’s chief executive backed the use of the LibGen dataset, a vast online archive of…

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