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Buoy meets satellite: Kristen Stewart brings bizarre AI romance to Sundance

Buoy meets satellite: Kristen Stewart brings bizarre AI romance to Sundance

Can artificial intelligence feel loneliness, or even love? And what would it think of us after humans have gone?

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LA Times staff walk out over job cut threats

LA Times staff walk out over job cut threats

Unionized journalists at the Los Angeles Times walked off the job Friday for the first time in the paper's 142-year history, after management said it planned significant job cuts to help plug a gaping financial hole.

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Salah ruled out of two AFCON games as Senegal, Cape Verde reach last 16

Salah ruled out of two AFCON games as Senegal, Cape Verde reach last 16

Record seven-time champions Egypt were dealt a major blow on Friday as captain Mohamed Salah was ruled out of two Africa Cup of Nations games with a hamstring injury, while holders Senegal and Cape Verde qualified for the last 16.

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Tanzania sack coach Amrouche after he is banned for Morocco comments

Tanzania sack coach Amrouche after he is banned for Morocco comments

Tanzania fired coach Adel Amrouche on Friday after he was banned for eight matches and fined $10,000 over comments about Morocco, a Confederation of African Football (CAF) official told AFP.

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Glasgow end dismal Toulon's Champions Cup hopes

Glasgow end dismal Toulon's Champions Cup hopes

Glasgow put Toulon out of their Champions Cup misery on Friday with a 29-5 victory to secure a place in the last-16 and leave the French side with a fourth loss in four games.

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Guinea beat Gambia to close on AFCON last 16

Guinea beat Gambia to close on AFCON last 16

Aguibou Camara's second-half goal gave Guinea a 1-0 win over Gambia at the Africa Cup of Nations on Friday, a result that left them on the brink of securing a place in the last 16.

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Argentina expels family of Ecuadoran fugitive drug lord 'Fito'

Argentina expels family of Ecuadoran fugitive drug lord 'Fito'

Argentina on Friday expelled the wife and children of Ecuadoran fugitive Adolfo Macias, the drug lord known as "Fito," as a manhunt for the gangster continued.

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Salah ruled out of two AFCON games with hamstring injury

Salah ruled out of two AFCON games with hamstring injury

Liverpool and Egypt star Mohamed Salah has been ruled out of the next two Africa Cup of Nations games with a hamstring injury, his country's football association said Friday.

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US tech stocks lead Wall Street rally as S&P 500 posts new record

US tech stocks lead Wall Street rally as S&P 500 posts new record

Wall Street stocks rallied Friday, with the tech sector logging major gains while the Dow and broad-based S&P 500 hit new highs.

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Pierce to land NFL Raiders head coach job: reports

Pierce to land NFL Raiders head coach job: reports

The Las Vegas Raiders are finalizing a deal to appoint Antonio Pierce as the NFL team's head coach after his successful spell as interim head coach, according to multiple media reports on Friday.

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