Kate’s wedding ring does not vanish in video explaining cancer diagnosis

Posts shared widely online have falsely claimed that the video in which Catherine, Princess of Wales revealed her cancer diagnosis was created using Artificial Intelligence (AI) due to her wedding ring ‘disappearing’.

But high resolution versions of the video show her ring does not disappear and BBC Studios have confirmed that they filmed the clip.

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The background to the claims

Catherine confirmed in a video message on Friday that she has begun preventative chemotherapy after an unspecified cancer diagnosis. 

It followed weeks of speculation in the media and on social platforms after she had been absent from public view following pre-planned abdominal surgery in


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Bold BI Earns Spot on G2’s 2024 Best Software Awards Amid New Streamlined Subscription Plans

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Syncfusion’s business intelligence and embedded analytics platform makes G2’s inaugural Best Analytics Software list; releases subscription strategy

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Syncfusion, Inc., the enterprise technology provider of choice, today announced that its business intelligence and embedded analytics platform, Bold BI, has been named to G2’s 2024 Best Analytics Software Awards. The company also announced that it has updated Bold BI’s subscription model to better suit users’ needs.

“Bold BI’s inclusion in G2’s Best Software Awards places our platform in the top tier of over 2,200 products and speaks to the talent and dedication of our product and support teams—and the loyalty of our users,” said Daniel Jebaraj, CEO…


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‘Boycott Barclays’ posters on London Underground are unauthorised

Photos of “Boycott Barclays” posters in a London Underground tube carriage have been shared online with claims implying they’ve been authorised by Transport for London (TfL). 

One post on X (formerly Twitter) shares photos of two posters that say: “Barclays bankrolls Israel’s genocide. Want to close your account?” and “Barclays: financing genocide”. 

A photo of one of the posters is shared with the caption “But bikini and cake ads on @TfL are banned @Barclays @MayorofLondon?”, tagging the official Mayor of London account

Posts on Facebook share a photo of the other poster with overlaid text claiming: “TfL allows boycott Barclays adverts to be placed on the underground”. This image has been shared with the caption: “TfL is allowing THIS on…


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Rackspace raises buyback to up to $1 billion

(Reuters) – Web hosting company Rackspace Hosting Inc reported a 11 percent rise in quarterly revenue and raised its share buyback programme to up to $1 billion (641 million pounds), sending its shares up 5.4 percent in extended trading on Monday. The company said the buyback is in addition to the $200 million it had already bought back. The company announced a $500 million buyback programme in November. Rackspace, which leases online storage space to companies and provides its clients management and support services, also said it expects third-quarter revenue to rise 2 percent to 3.5 percent on a constant currency basis. The company is facing tough price competition from Amazon.com Inc , Google Inc and Microsoft Corp for cloud services that includes online storage, processing power…


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Beware – the number of potentially fraudulent banking copycat websites is on the rise

Thousands of potentially fraudulent banking copycat websites pose a significant threat to unsuspecting consumers, new research has claimed.

A report by consumer champion Which? reports more than 2,000 suspected banking copycat websites were identified in 2023 alone. These websites deceive victims into sharing personal information, such as payment details, by mimicking legitimate sites.


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