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PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Jordan Bardella criticised star footballer Kylian Mbappe on Tuesday for his call on the youth to vote against the "extremes" in parliamentary elections this month.

"I have a lot of respect for our footballers, whether Marcus Thuram or Kylian Mbappe, who are icons of football and icons for youth ... But we must respect the French, we must respect everyone's vote," Bardella told CNews TV.

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By Sheila Dang

(Reuters) - Snapchat owner Snap Inc on Tuesday launched its latest iteration of generative AI technology that will allow users to see more realistic special effects when they use phone cameras to film themselves, as it seeks to stay ahead of social media rivals.

The pioneer in the field of augmented reality (AR), which overlays computerized effects onto photos or videos of the real world, also announced an upgraded version... (continue reading...)

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hezbollah on Tuesday published a nine-minute 31 second-long video of what it said was footage gathered from its surveillance aircraft of locations in Israel, including the city of Haifa's sea and air ports.

Haifa is 27 kilometres (17 miles) from the Lebanese border.

The group's head, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said in November that Hezbollah had been sending surveillance drones over Haifa.

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By Anna Tong

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - - Decagon, a startup that sells artificial intelligence-powered customer support solutions, said on Tuesday it had raised $35 million in Series A and seed funding. Accel led the series A round with participation from Andreessen Horowitz. 

Decagon uses generative AI to replace or augment a company's customer support workforce.

Generative AI, which came to prominence when Microsoft-backed... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Citigroup said on Tuesday it will redouble its efforts to automate certain processes and data related to regulatory reporting, and is committed to investing in its risk and control environment in the near term.

The lender has been facing some regulatory challenges tied to its so-called living will that details how the firm would be unwound in the event of bankruptcy.

The board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, a top... (continue reading...)