Brent crude futures rose 1.2% to $110.11 a barrel and US West Texas Intermediate gained 1% to $98.12 on Thursday, as Houthi attacks on Saudi targets prompted the United States to order diplomats and family members to leave its missions in the Kingdom.
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Meta has struck a deal with Mark Zuckerberg to keep him in California by providing non-voting shares he can sell to cover a potential multi-billion-dollar tax bill if California's proposed wealth tax passes, in exchange for him committing to remain a California resident or wherever Meta's headquarters are located for eight years.
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The Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights has called for urgent investigations after 19 female students came forward with sexual abuse allegations against the Headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School, Zakaria Abdulai, and is also demanding investigations into school officials who may have received earlier complaints but failed to act.
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Tesla's engineering chief said the company aims to start selling Cybercab robotaxis to the public by the end of this year, despite a federal probe by the US auto safety agency into the vehicles that lack manual controls typically required by regulations.
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Bright Simons, Vice-President at IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, has urged government to remove barriers preventing Ghanaians from earning through digital platforms, warning that poorly designed licensing requirements could obstruct opportunities in ride-hailing, food delivery, and online content creation.
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Airbnb has updated its rules to restrict what hosts can ask guests to do, prohibiting tasks normally performed by cleaners—such as washing dishes and stripping beds—even though guests pay a cleaning fee. The new policy applies to reservations booked on or after 20 November.
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At Joy News' Digital Economy Forum, Bright Simons of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education argued that people acquire digital skills through practical use rather than formal training, and urged policymakers to remove obstacles that prevent ordinary Ghanaians from benefiting from technology.
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Zipline Ghana's Country Director Daniel Kwaku Merk has warned that Ghana cannot afford to miss the opportunities presented by artificial intelligence, cautioning that falling behind could have consequences lasting decades or centuries. He argued that technological disruption should be viewed as an opportunity to unlock possibilities rather than only as a threat to jobs and established ways of working.
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Bright Simons, Vice-President of the IMANI Centre, warned that government can obstruct digital opportunities for ordinary Ghanaians and urged policymakers to remove barriers and avoid unnecessary licensing requirements for platforms like ride-hailing and e-commerce services.
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Vice President of IMANI Africa Bright Simons has questioned Communication Minister Samuel Nartey George over the feasibility of Ghana's planned AI compute centre, citing concerns about electricity costs (noting Ghana's rates of 10-12 cents would exceed the required 3-5 cents for efficiency), water supply, and the country's history with locally developed technology projects. Simons argued the facility would either have to charge users more or depend on government subsidies to remain operational.
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A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $25 billion following a trial that found the company had spent years lying to the public about how it handled Facebook user data and its core business practices. The lawsuit stemmed from Meta's role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and accusations that it intentionally misled the public on how it benefited from hate speech content.
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IMANI researcher Bright Simons argues that concerns about US government access to Ghanaian data require the country to build its own email services, since the US government already sees everything on Gmail and similar foreign platforms. He also called for policymakers to remove obstacles preventing ordinary people from benefiting from technology.
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Joy Online lists 12 films to watch at cinemas and streaming platforms in November, including Tarantino-scripted Cliff Booth spin-off directed by David Fincher and The Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping.
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