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A text prompt was all it took to generate reality-warping images using Google Earth’s satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery with a now-rolled back AI feature, like these images generated by Digital Digging’s Henk van Ess that show “refugees near the Mexican border” and a bomb crater near a hospital in Gaza.Google initially responded to Digital Digging’s AI-altered images, saying, “We take misinformation seriously – every image created with Nano Banana in Google Earth includes the SynthID digital watermark, so if someone is unsure about an image, they can ask the Gemini app or use Lens in Search to see if…

Zombies, deadly chimps and fame-hungry showgirls – what more can you want in a weekend movie lineup? Prime Video just dropped some pretty fantastic movies in July, and Watch With Us is here to recommend which films you should stream this July 31-August 2 weekend. At the top of our list is World War Z, an epic zombie action film starring Brad Pitt and millions of undead aggressors. The streamer just debuted Primate, a creature feature starring Oscar-winner Troy Kotsur as the owner of a lovable chimp who turns deadly. If the horror genre isn’t your thing, try watching Showgirls,…

Italy says it is suspending the European Union’s border-free Schengen arrangements with Spain for one month.  This move is in response to the mass influx of 60,000 migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco. This implies that travellers from Spain would have to present a valid passport when entering Rome by air or sea, instead of benefiting from the usual passport-free travel under the Schengen Agreement. Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the measure was adopted to safeguard national security and prevent  “possible repercussions on our nations.” “The measure will be kept in force only for the time…

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and Governor Siminalayi Fubara have inaugurated a state-of-the-art Specialty Protective Coatings and Paints Manufacturing Plant built by an indigenous company, ‘Solewant Group’ in Rivers State. This is as Lokpobiri described the investment as a milestone in Nigeria’s industrialisation drive and local content development. The facility, located in Alode community in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, was commissioned on Friday. Speaking at the ceremony, Lokpobiri said the new plant demonstrates the rapid growth of indigenous oil and gas service companies and positions Solewant as a strategic manufacturing hub for…

Google has shut down Google Earth feature it launched Thursday that allowed users to edit satellite images with text prompts using AI. The tool essentially let users create AI deepfakes of the real world using text prompts; Digital Digging’s Henk van Ess, for example, intentionally generated images adding things like refugees near the Mexican border and a bomb crater by a hospital in Gaza. On Thursday, Google’s initial response to van Ess noted that images generated with Nano Banana 2 in Google Earth included a digital watermark and that the company prevented “image creation on harmful topics.”One day later, Google’s…

A Bank of Italy study found that stablecoin-based remittances did not offer a systematic cost or speed advantage over traditional payment channels, as fiat on- and off-ramp frictions accounted for most costs and transfer delays.Researchers tested 200 USDC (USDC) remittances across 10 bidirectional payment corridors linking Italy with Brazil, Argentina, Japan, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa, comparing end-to-end costs and settlement times with traditional remittance services. They found that exchange fees and currency conversion made up most of the cost, while blockchain transaction fees represented only a small share.Geographic design of the remittance experiment. Source: Bank of ItalyAcross…

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The Tanimu Turaki-led Interim National Working Committee (INWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has submitted the names of its presidential candidate, Goodluck Jonathan, manually to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. The National Publicity Secretary of the faction, Ini Ememobong, said at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday that, in addition to Mr Jonathan, its presidential candidate, the faction also submitted the names of other flag bearers to INEC. Mr Ememobong said the names were submitted manually following the inability of the faction to have access to INEC’s digital portal. He said the names also submitted were…

…today, humanity is moving back to the pre-World War era when there were no agreed universal rules, might was right, and it was every one to himself and God for us all. Today, humanity lies prostrate. Strongmen and nations roam around as terrorists and bandits playing God. The strongest is the Zelensky, Netanyahu and Trump triumvirate. There are one hundred and thirty active wars around the world today and three outstanding men can be linked to many of them. But President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has emerged the best tactician and strategist of the threesome. Always playing the victim, he…

Troops of the 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, under the 2 Division, participating in Operation WABAIZIGAN, have successfully rescued 14 kidnapped victims in Edo State. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 4 Brigade Nigerian Army, Benin City, Lt. Col. Kennedy Anyanwu, said in a statement on Friday that a swift response to a kidnap incident along the Lagos–Benin Expressway in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State led to the rescue of the victims. He said the operation further demonstrates the Nigerian Army’s unwavering commitment to protecting lives and denying criminal elements freedom of action within its area of responsibility.…