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Lame spam of the day: Gaddafi’s money

Robert Weiner

I loved the movie Three Kings , so I got a kick out of being asked to help smuggle Gaddafi's money out of Libya. US) Thirty Five million United States Dollars to you, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my service here in Libya, this is no stolen money, and there is no danger involved.

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NYT Mini crossword answers, hints for March 17, 2025

Mashable Tech

Saharan country whose capital is Tripoli The answer is Libya. Pitt of "Moneyball" The answer is Brad. With 2-Down, U.S. national park that's larger than the entirety of Rhode Island The answer is Grand. Figure of speech The answer is Idiom. Baked (barbecue side dish) The answer is Beans. Down Oil-rich peninsula The answer is Arabia.

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Have autonomous robots started killing in war? The reality is messier than it appears

The Verge

Autonomous drone attacked soldiers in Libya all on its own,” read one headline. Let’s be clear: by itself, the UN does not say for certain whether drones autonomously attacked humans in Libya last year, though it certainly suggests this could have happened. And why is this incident in Libya special?

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Sudanese fintech Bloom nabs $6.5M, backed by Y Combinator, GFC and Visa

TechCrunch

In addition, Visa’s suite of products and services will provide customers with a secure and fast way to make online payments, according to Ahmed Mohey, Visa country general manager for Sudan and Libya. . Visa is taking the lead as a first mover in digital payments in Sudan.

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URL Shorteners: Blind(ly) Heading Towards Disaster?

Care2

is used and operated by Libya, they are within in their jurisdiction to seize domains that don't comply with their laws. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority determines a trustee for each ccTLD and administration and control is then delegated to that trustee. This trustee enforces policies and operation of the domain. In the case of vb.ly

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Go Around the Globe with #Storymakers2014

Tech Soup

Are you ready to join a global, Storytelling conversation on Twitter at #Storymakers2014 spanning the globe from India, Libya, Kenya across Europe, Canada and the United States. Storymakers2014 is going around the world! Then join us September 4, 2014 for an amazing, global conversation.

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Productfy raises $16M to build the ‘Shopify of embedded finance’

TechCrunch

Productfy could add a node in countries such as Uganda and Libya and create the “first true distributed financial infrastructure” that would allow for near-instant funds transfers, for example, “easily, securely and at less than a penny globally.”. Vo’s goal is that if this can be nailed down in the U.S.,

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