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United Arab Emirates says it will leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartel

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it will leave OPEC effective May 1, stripping the oil cartel of one of its largest producers and further weakening its leverage over global oil supplies and prices.

The UAE's decision had been rumored as a possibility for some time, as it pushed back in recent years against OPEC production quotas it felt had been too low — meaning it wasn't able to sell as much oil to the world as it had wanted.

Regional politics are also likely at play. The UAE has had increasingly frosty relations... Read More

Robot dogs with Musk and Zuckerberg heads roam around Berlin museum in Beeple's new exhibit

BERLIN (AP) — Robot dogs with hyper-realistic silicone heads modeled after world-renowned figures — including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso — can be seen roaming around a Berlin museum, occasionally “pooing” printed images of their surroundings which they've previously captured with integrated cameras.

The animals are part of an interactive installation by American artist Beeple (Mike Winkelmann) currently showing at Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie.

Each printed image shows a snippet of reality transformed by AI to... Read More

Belarus frees prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut in a 10-person prisoner swap

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland that saw a total of 10 people freed as the authoritarian leader of Belarus seeks improved relations with the West, officials in both countries said Tuesday.

Poczobut, a correspondent for the influential Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and a leading figure among Belarus’ Polish minority, was serving eight years in prison in a case condemned as politically motivated.

His 2021 arrest after covering pro-democracy rallies in Belarus drew widespread He... Read More

Summer Movie Preview: Jon Favreau wants to inspire a new generation to fall in love with Star Wars

Jon Favreau has been dreaming about making a Star Wars movie for most of his life.

He was 10 and half when the first film was released in theaters in 1977, which he went to see with his dad. From the opening shot of that Imperial Star Destroyer filling the screen, he was forever changed. It made him fall in love with the movies: The wonder, the world, the spectacle and the shared experience.

By the time “Return of the Jedi” came out he’d even found a job that was a little closer to the action: Movie theater usher.

For a screenwriter, director, actor and... Read More

Sinking AI stocks and higher oil prices weigh on Wall Street

NEW YORK (AP) — Slumping AI stocks and another climb in oil prices because of the Iran war are helping to halt Wall Street’s record-setting rally on Tuesday.

The S&P 500 slipped 0.5% from its latest all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which has less of an emphasis on technology stocks, held up better and was up 116 points, or 0.2%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite fell 1% from its own record.

Stocks enmeshed in the artificial-intelligence industry led the way lower. Nvidia, whose chips are powering much of the AI revolution, sank... Read More

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United Arab Emirates says it will leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartel

Robot dogs with Musk and Zuckerberg heads roam around Berlin museum in Beeple's new exhibit

Belarus frees prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut in a 10-person prisoner swap

Summer Movie Preview: Jon Favreau wants to inspire a new generation to fall in love with Star Wars

Sinking AI stocks and higher oil prices weigh on Wall Street

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