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Tipping Is Racist and Harms Us All, It’s Past Time to Eliminate It

CounterPunch 

In most of the country, workers in restaurants, bars, nail salons, barber shops, and other service jobs are paid differently than workers in virtually all other occupations. For these workers, a large portion of their take-home pay comes from gratuity or “tips” provided directly from the customer. While employers of workers in other occupations must More

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FG pays N205bn from N1.3tn owed power generating companies

The Punch 

The Federal Government has announced that it has paid off N205bn of the N1.3tn debt owed to power generation companies, in a move aimed at boosting liquidity in the power sector. The Minster of Power Adebayo Adelabu disclosed this in Abuja on Monday during an oversight visit by the House of Representatives Committee on Power.

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From code to canvas, AI reshapes art

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

The launch of DALL-E took the world by storm even though artists didn’t appreciate it much. Since then GenAI science has brought to fore a slew of startups like Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, which have democratised art by generating supreme quality images with just a few words.

Hamas Political Chief Considers Another Round of Gaza Negotiations 'Bluff'

RIA Novosti  

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The political leader of Palestinian movement Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, considers the latest round of negotiations on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip a "bluff" with which Israel wants to buy time to conduct a military campaign, media reported, citing Arab mediators.

RG Kar rape and murder case: CBI continues its investigation

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continued its probe into the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata. The West Bengal government has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into financial irregularities at the hospital. Prominent artists protested, demanding justice and severe punishment for the accused.