Kenyan jeans factory to fire workers as US deal expires

[ad_1] The United Aryan textile factory in Nairobi employs thousands of workers by selling jeans to the US. Photo: SIMON MAINA / AFPSource: AFP A Kenyan factory making jeans for US stores will start firing hundreds of workers this week as American lawmakers failed to renew Africa’s duty-free access in …

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Meta launches ‘Vibes,’ a short-form video feed of AI slop

[ad_1] In a move no one asked for, Meta is introducing “Vibes,” a new feed in the Meta AI app and on meta.ai for sharing and creating short-form, AI-generated videos. Think TikTok or Instagram Reels, but every single video you come across is essentially AI slop. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg …

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Thousands of Indian bank transfer records found online

[ad_1] A data spill from an unsecured cloud server has exposed hundreds of thousands of sensitive bank transfer documents in India, revealing account numbers, transaction figures, and individuals’ contact details. Researchers at cybersecurity firm UpGuard discovered in late August a publicly accessible Amazon-hosted storage server containing 273,000 PDF documents relating …

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In India’s Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia is for sale

[ad_1] Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one-storey home crammed into a tangle of alleys. Photo: Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFPSource: AFP Stencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai’s Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya. “I was born here, my father …

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Trump signs executive order to facilitate TikTok deal

[ad_1] President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that essentially approves the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations to an American investor group in order to keep the social media app operational in the country. Vice President JD Vance said that the deal would value TikTok US at “around $14 …

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Canada signs historic free trade agreement with Indonesia

[ad_1] Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto called the agreement a “historic moment” during an official visit to Ottawa. Photo: Dave Chan / AFPSource: AFP Canada has signed a bilateral free trade agreement with Indonesia, which aims to eliminate or reduce tariffs on over 95 percent of Ottawa’s exports to its largest …

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Inside the Box: Aaron Levie on reinvention at Disrupt 2025

[ad_1] At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, Box CEO and co-founder Aaron Levie takes the Disrupt Stage for a candid conversation on what invention really looks like inside a public company, what AI is changing (and not changing) in enterprise software, and why …

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