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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki passed away after a two-year battle with non-small cell lung cancer, her husband Dennis Troper announced. Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai shared his tribute on social media, highlightingiGoogle's early history, including advocating for the acquisition of YouTube in 2006.

board member, Omid Kordestani, sued the social media company owned by Elon Musk on Friday, claiming that the billionaire refused to cash out more than $20 million worth of shares. Kordestani, who joined Twitter's board in 2015 and helped oversee the sale of the company to Musk in 2022, received most of his compensation in stock. But after Musk bought the company, now called X, he refused to pay Kordestani for those shares, the lawsuit said. X «seeks to reap the benefits of Kordestani's seven years of service to Twitter without paying him for it,» said the suit, which was filed in California Superior Court in San Francisco.

green bonds and also help expand the broader debt market. To enable companies to issue Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) bonds locally, the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) chief general manager Dimple Bhandia talked about the need for an enabling framework for such green bonds within the country, at an Assocham event Friday.

Jules Bouyer, an Olympic diver from Paris had become an overnight sensation after Olympic viewers and netizens gasped at his revealing swimsuit, which he donned while appearing for diving events at the Paris Olympics. There were concerns and questions by traditionalists around the reason why these swimsuits were not being banned from the Olympic Games for being too revealing and vulgar in nature.

Breakdancing in Paris has become an incredibly popular event, with the most of its viewing, following and cheering happening online, or on social media. This 'sport', being played at the Paris Olympics 2024, typically similar to an art form, is one of New York's oldest dance forms, typically seen on the streets since the 1950's and holds a massive amount of popularity, which is why Americans are in complete awe of the breaking event in the Paris Olympics 2024. However, there is one individual, who has been responsible for ensuring that this becomes one of the biggest entertainment of the Paris Olympics this year.

Sierra Sur de Jaén mountain range. The man allegedly poured water on the paintings to get a clearer photo for social media.

Ola's first foray into the electric bike segment. The new motorcycle will join the company's existing lineup of electric two-wheelers, including the S1X, S1 Air, and S1 Pro, which have already gained traction in the Indian market.Although specific details about the bike remain scarce, Ola Electric has been generating buzz by teasing various design aspects on social media.

X by Elon Musk have amassed nearly 1.2 billion views this year, a watchdog reported Thursday, highlighting the billionaire's potential influence on the highly polarized White House race. Ahead of the November election, researchers have raised alarm that X, formerly Twitter, is a hotbed of political misinformation. They have also flagged that Musk, who purchased the platform in 2022 and is a vocal backer of Donald Trump, appears to be swaying voters by spreading falsehoods on his personal account.

Social network X has suspended its much-criticised harvesting of European users' personal data to train its artificial intelligence program, Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) said Friday. The DPC, which acts on behalf of the European Union, said in a statement that it «welcomes X's agreement to suspend its processing of the personal data contained in the public posts of X's EU/EEA users which it processed between 7 May 2024 and 1 August 2024, for the purpose of training its AI 'Grok'.» The DPC, which is working in collaboration with European regulators, has made an urgent High Court application for violation of EU rules on data protection (GDPR).

Shiv Swarajya Yatra", kickstarting its campaign for the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra, a day after the ruling NCP rolled out its own mass outreach programme. The NCP (SP)'s yatra started from the historic Shivneri Fort, the birthplace of legendary Maratha warrior-king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, in Junnar tehsil of Pune district. «By taking the blessings of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj here at the Shivneri Fort, we are starting our yatra with a resolve to bring back people's government (rayateche rajya) in the state,» Maharashtra NCP chief Jayant Patil declared on the occasion.

Raven Saunders identifies as a non-binary and become a topic of major conversation around this year's Olympics, which was quite problematic and controversial, while some others have encouraged the athletes' spirit, which had earlier won a silver medal in the women's shot put at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

On the BSE, Rajdarshan Ind(down 9.99 per cent), Aryan Shares & Stock(down 9.99 per cent), Ventura Text(down 9.97 per cent), Jet Infraventure(down 9.84 per cent) and Kiran Syntex(down 9.55 per cent) stood among the top losers in today's trade.

BEIJING — A hazardous goods container exploded Friday on a cargo ship in China's high-traffic Ningbo Port, Taiwanese vessel owner Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation told CNBC in a statement.

Independence Day, the Indian national flag is being sold in post offices all around the country as part of the Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyan 3.0. The Government of India has launched the campaign two years back to encourage all citizens to hoist the National Flag in their houses. The flags are available in India Post from August 1 to August 13, according to the website. On July 28, 2024, the Prime Minister encouraged the public in his most recent Mann Ki Baat episode to hoist the Tiranga at home in observance of Independence Day and to carry on the «Har Ghar Tiranga» tradition, which has seen a significant increase in public participation over the previous two years.

European Commission investigation into social media platform X could take its handling of harmful content related to the recent UK riots into account, a spokesperson said. Last month, European Union officials issued charges against X, owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, under the Digital Services Act (DSA), which requires very large online platforms to do more to tackle illegal content and risks to public security. While Britain has not been a member of the EU since 2020, harmful content in breach of DSA rules shared in Britain may have been seen by users in Europe, constituting a potential breach of the law.

The week may have begun with a market-wide crash, but through the dip, investors have been getting a head start by purchasing Shiba Shootout ($SHIBASHOOT) tokens in Web3’s most exciting new presale.

ABC News says Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have agreed to a Sept. 10 debate

'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' has predicted a very grim economic future for California. Taking to X, Robert Kiyosaki has warned that California faces a dire fiscal situation, it may go broke.

Pakistan Army chief Gen Asim Munir on Thursday warned against attempts to create chaos in the cash-strapped country, saying the armed forces will foil any such move and safeguard national integrity. His remarks came after many teasing comments appeared on social media, often comparing Pakistan's situation with that of Bangladesh where a popular uprising swept away a government which had won a landslide electoral victory. «If someone tries to create chaos in Pakistan, by God, we will stand before him. No power in the world can harm Pakistan because this country is built to last,» Gen Munir was quoted as saying by the Inter-Services Public Relations, the army's media wing. Addressing a conference of Islamic clerics here, the army chief reiterated the military's dedication to preserving peace and stability in the country.

In its half-year results today (8 August), the trust explained SDR restricts the use of certain sustainable terms in products accessible to retail investors, effective from December 2024. IHR added: «The word ‘Impact' is specifically proscribed unless the primary aim of the business is social impact, as measured by a high threshold of reporting requirements. „To avoid confusion and to comply with these new requirements, the company will change its name in the coming months and will provide further details in due course.“ 'Not easy but doable': The implications of adopting an SDR la...