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Robert Hur: Special Counsel Confirms White House Asked Him to ‘Revise’ Descriptions of Biden Memory Lapses as President Told Him He Had ‘No Idea’ How They Ended Up in His Home
White House attorneys requested former special counsel Robert Hur to "revise" descriptions of President Biden's memory lapses before the release last month of Hur's report defending his decision not...
OUE declares final, special dividends amid halving of H2 profit to S$40.9 million
PROPERTY developer OUE on Thursday (Feb 29) posted earnings of S$40.9 million for the second half of the fiscal year ended December 2023, down 59.6 per cent from S$101.2...
Riverstone’s Q4 net profit rises 60.7% to RM67.5 million; recommends special dividend
RIVERSTONE Holdings delivered a 60.7 per cent jump year on year (yoy) in net profit to RM67.5 million (S$19.1 million) for the fourth quarter to December, as a dip...
Delfi H2 net profit down 14.1%; special dividend proposed on rising confidence, strong net sales
CHOCOLATE confectionery company Delfi on Tuesday (Feb 27) posted a net profit of US$21.1 million for the six months ended Dec 31, 2023, marking a 14.1 per cent decrease...
The staff shortage in India’s special effects industry
"Complex VFX-heavy scenes are using AI to quickly generate low resolution CGI [computer generated imagery] backgrounds, characters, effects simulations and camera motion. Within hours, not months, the final product...
Airbus plans special dividend, takes new space charge
EUROPE’S Airbus unveiled a special dividend on Thursday after posting higher 2023 results, buoyed by resurgent demand for jetliners and despite a fresh charge of 200 million euros (S$289.2...
Column: The George Carlin auto-generated comedy special is everything that’s wrong with AI right now
I knew it was going to be bad. By the time I sat down to watch the thing, much of the internet was already furious that a “state-of-the-art-entertainment AI”...
George Carlin’s daughter slams AI-generated comedy special: ‘No machine will ever replace his genius’
Kelly Carlin, the daughter of comedian George Carlin, is slamming an AI-generated comedy special mimicking the voice of her late father. On Tuesday, it appeared that the comedian, who...
