WASHINGTON: U.S. crude oil jumped 8.7% to $104.95 a barrel and Brent crude rose 7.4% to $102.23 in Asian trading on Monday, sending both benchmarks back above $100 after the United States said it would begin a blockade of Iranian ports. The move followed the collapse of weekend talks in Islamabad aimed at preserving a ceasefire between Washington and Tehran, and it pushed…

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    WASHINGTON: U.S. crude oil jumped 8.7% to $104.95 a barrel and Brent crude rose 7.4% to $102.23 in Asian trading on Monday, sending both benchmarks back above $100 after the United States said it would begin a blockade of Iranian ports. The move…

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    MENLO PARK: Meta Platforms on Wednesday unveiled Muse Spark, the first artificial intelligence model released by its Meta Superintelligence Labs team, marking the company’s first major public model launch in about a year. Meta said Muse Spark now powers the Meta AI…

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    CALIFORNIA: Sony Interactive Entertainment and Santa Monica Studio announced on February 12 that the original God of War trilogy is being remade, reviving the series’ Greek era in a project the studio said is still in very early development. The announcement was made during…