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Neptune is one of the latest short form video apps on the block that seeks to compete with major players such as Tiktok, Instagram reels and YouTube shorts. The app, currently in beta, has attracted attention from hundreds of thousands of users, as it features 970 testers and 400,000 people on its waitlist, according to the company. Neptune announced Monday that it is preparing to launch the app on the App Store next week. It plans to roll it out to the Google Play Store in about six months. The startup was founded by Ash Leaderlin, who has a background…

Rights activists and some jurists condemn the law, claiming it effectively criminalizes LGBTQ+ expressions.The Hungarian Parliament has approved a constitutional amendment that allows the government to ban all public events hosted by LGBTQ+ groups. The amendment, passed Monday, formalizes the law introduced earlier this year banning such gatherings, including Budapest’s annual Pride March. Critics are considered to be another authoritarian rush by Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban’s right-wing government. Human rights activists and some legal scholars have condemned the law and argued that LGBTQ+ expressions in public are effectively criminalized. The Orban government has consistently argued that the law defends…

After a quiet stretch, SPAC trades are beginning to drip. On Monday, Kodiak Robotics said it was merged with ARES Acquisition Corp II on a deal valued at $2.5 billion. The newly formed company is called Kodiak AI. Once the transaction is closed, it is expected to bring about approximately $551 million from ARES Acquisition’s trust account. This adds to $110 million in new support from big names such as Soros Fund Management, Ark Investments and Ares Management. “The combined entity called Kodiak AI will receive approximately $551 million in cash in its trust account for the ARES acquisition upon…

Rental giant Hertz has begun notifying customers of data breaches, including personal information and driver’s licenses. The rental company, which also owns the Dollar and Thrifty brand, said in a notice on its website that the violation was linked to one of the vendors’ cyberattacks between October 2024 and December 2024. Stolen data varies from region to region, but mainly includes HERTZ customer name, date of birth, contact information, driver’s license, payment card information, and worker’s compensation claims. Hertz said a few customers photographed the Social Security numbers in violation, along with identification numbers issued by other governments. Notices regarding…

Egypt and Qatar are key intermediaries in consultations to end the war with the Gaza Strip, expressing “significant concern” over the escalation of violence and death in Israel’s beautiful Palestinian territory, highlighting their continued efforts to achieve a ceasefire. In a joint statement released Monday when Egypt’s President Abdel Fatta El-Sisi visited Qatar, Cairo and Doha reiterated their support for the Arab-supported reconstruction plan. The claims face US and Israel’s calls to abolish territory that critics and rights groups call ethnic cleansing. The two countries also announced their intention to “collaborate with regional and international partners to coordinate humanitarian and…

Nawaf Salam met with Ahmed al-Sharaa to discuss the past political killings under the expulsion of border security, refugees and Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.On his first official visit to Syria, Lebanon Prime Minister Nawaf Salam held talks in Syrian President Ahmed Alshara and Damascus to reconcile relations between the two countries, which have been tense for decades. Monday’s diplomatic shuttle marks the highest level of Lebanese delegation visiting Syria since Beirut took office in February, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was appointed by opposition forces. Lebanese officials described it as “the key to modifying relationships between the two countries based on…

Openai launched a new model family on Monday called the GPT-4.1. Yes, “4.1” – it’s as if the company’s nomenclature is already not confusing enough. There are GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 MINI, and GPT-4.1 NANO. All of these say “Excel” after coding and instructions. Although available in Openai’s API, the multimodal model, rather than ChatGpt, has a million context windows. This means that you can get around 750,000 words (longer than “war and peace”) in one session. GPT-4.1 arrives as an effort by Openai rivals like Google and Anthropic Ratchet to build sophisticated programming models. Google has recently released the Gemini 2.5…

Openai said Monday that it will soon reduce availability of GPT-4.5, the largest AI model in history, via APIs. GPT-4.5 was released only in late February. Developers will be able to access GPT-4.5 through Openai’s API until July 14th. The company says it will then need to move to another model in Openai’s catalog. Openai has a GPT-4.1 installed and was released as a replacement that was released on Monday. “[GPT-4.1] Openai spokespersons offer similar performance to GPT-4.5 at a much lower cost than KPT-4.5.”[W]eWill [be] We will condemn GPT-4.5 and prioritize building future models. ” To be clear, GPT-4.5…

CHICAGO (AP) — For the first time in more than a decade, Chicago public school teachers have signed new contracts without a strike. threat On a strike. The four-year contract includes salary hikes, employment of more teachers, and class size restrictions.Negotiations between the Chicago Teachers Union and the district did not escalate this time, but there was unprecedented confusion surrounding the unusual year’s talk. The drama included the school principal’s termination and the entire board of directors Resignation and Historical elections It tested the power of the union.Chicago is currently facing uncertainty in the Trump administration Reducing education A looming…

The British Association of Specialist Congress Organizers (ABPCO) has released its latest economic impact report. The data show that post-Covid growth continues throughout its membership in 2024. The results are based on responses from 59 member organizations, which are about half of ABPCO membership. This is the second year of the report and provides benchmarks for the same period last year. Important findings 62% of their members managed an event portfolio that exceeded £1 million. 10% exceeded £10 million. 80% managed a portfolio that exceeded £500,000. A total of 1,020,000 delegates were welcomed at 6,336 events. The sector provided 7,500…