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Horse Sport of Ireland 

Lyle and Giraldo live Olympic dream

Star of the Co Down overcomes emotions to produce on biggest stage Abigail Lyle already felt like a winner by becoming an Olympian but the Banbridge athlete admitted that she had to win a battle with her emotions beforehand before combining with the equine love of her life, Giraldo for an excellent score of 69.441 in the Dressage Individual Grand Prix in Paris today. Lyle and the 13-year-old gelding known as Arty by a team that includes Lyle’s fiancé and Giraldo’s groom Mark McVicar, were almost... Читать дальше...

The Verge 

Meta to pay $1.4 billion settlement with Texas over facial recognition and photo tags

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Texas announced a massive settlement with Meta over the use of facial recognition on Facebook, resolving a lawsuit filed in 2022 claiming that the “Tag Suggestions” feature on photos uploaded to Facebook violated the state’s Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier (CUBI) Act and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Meta has agreed to pay $1.4 billion over five years to settle the suit, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office said today.

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France24.com (en) 

Palhinha cherishing 'second chance' with Bayern move

Bayern had been poised to sign Palhinha in 2023 and the defensive midfielder had even posed in the club's strip for promotional pictures, but the transfer from Premier League club Fulham fell through. At his official unveiling as a Bayern player on Tuesday, Palhinha said he "didn't think Bayern would come back for me". "When the transfer didn't happen, it was a disappointment for me and my family. It was a hard one to digest," added the Portuguese. Palhinha signed a contract extension with Fulham... Читать дальше...

Kxan.com 

New poll shows most Texas voters support private school subsidies

A new survey of Texas voters revealed seemingly contradictory feelings about a contentious issue that could dominate next year's legislative session. Majorities told pollsters recently they not only agree with arguments against private school subsidies, but ultimately they also still support the state creating these programs for families.

New York Post 

Microsoft investigates new outages in 365 services after global CrowdStrike debacle

Microsoft said Tuesday that is probing outages impacting its 365 office applications and services after the global CrowdStike chaos earlier this month. The tech giant said some of its 365 services are experiencing problems that are keeping customers from using the cloud-based apps, which include Word, PowerPoint and Outlook. “We’re currently investigating access issues and...

Sciencebase.com 

AI put in charge of setting variable speed limits on US freeway

Roads with variable speed limits, designed to manage traffic flow, are normally adjusted according to simple rules, but a 27-kilometre section of the I-24 freeway near Nashville, Tennessee, is now overseen by an artificial intelligence