Meta oversight panel says political content cuts could limit dissent in...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Meta’s efforts to scale back political content on its platforms could limit the reach of people’s expressions of dissent or awareness during crises, including Venezuela’s...
View ArticleYellen says ending Biden tax incentives would be 'historic mistake' for...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned voters in the battleground state of North Carolina that they could lose jobs if Republicans weaken a signature Biden administration law that...
View ArticleUS widens indictment of Russians in 'WhisperGate' conspiracy to destroy...
BALTIMORE (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has widened its indictment of Russians in the so-called ‘WhisperGate’ malware attack aimed at destroying computer systems in Ukraine and 26 NATO allies...
View ArticleVideo game performers reach agreement with 80 video games on AI terms
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After striking for over a month, video game performers have reached agreements with 80 games that have signed interim or tiered budget agreements with the performers' union and...
View ArticleNew Mexico attorney general sues company behind Snapchat alleging child...
AP Technology Writer (AP) — New Mexico's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the company behind Snapchat, alleging that site's design and policies foster the sharing of child sexual abuse...
View ArticleTelegram CEO defends himself against French charges in first public comments
PARIS (AP) — Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov promised to step up efforts to fight criminality on the messaging app, his first public comments since French authorities handed him preliminary...
View ArticleSweden joins countries seeking to end screen time for children under 2
Sweden says children under the age of 2 should not be exposed to any digital screens. The recommendations, issued by the Scandinavian country’s public health agency earlier this month as a new school...
View ArticleGoogle is blasted by UK watchdog for what it calls anti-competitive behavior...
LONDON (AP) — Google was slammed Friday by U.K. regulators who say it's taking advantage of its dominance in digital advertising to thwart competition in Britain, ratcheting up pressure that the tech...
View ArticleA Navy officer is demoted after sneaking a satellite dish onto a warship to...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Navy chief who wanted the internet so she and other enlisted officers could scroll social media, check sports scores and watch movies while deployed had an unauthorized...
View ArticleCars collect troves of data about traffic and road hazards. Should they share...
The secret to avoiding red lights during rush hour in Utah's largest city might be as simple as following a bus. Transportation officials have spent the past few years refining a system in which radio...
View ArticleGoogle faces a new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — One month after a judge declared Google's search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time...
View ArticleA robot begins removal of melted fuel from the Fukushima nuclear plant. It...
TOKYO (AP) — A long robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday, beginning a two-week, high-stakes mission to retrieve for the first time a tiny amount of...
View ArticleAustralia proposes legal minimum age for children accessing social media
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government on Tuesday promised to legislate this year to enforce a minimum age for children to access social media, but it has yet to announce how ages will...
View ArticleFederal judge temporarily blocks Utah social media laws aimed to protect...
A federal judge in Utah has temporarily blocked social media access laws that leaders said were meant to protect the mental health and personal privacy of children, saying they are unconstitutional....
View ArticleThe US is preparing criminal charges in Iran hack targeting Trump, AP sources...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is preparing criminal charges in connection with an Iranian hack that targeted Donald Trump's presidential campaign in a bid to shape the outcome of the...
View ArticleCambodia decries US sanctions against one of its top tycoons implicated in...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia on Friday decried newly imposed U.S. sanctions on one of the country's top tycoons who has been implicated in allegations of forced labor, human trafficking and...
View ArticleUber to dispatch Waymo's robotaxis in Austin and Atlanta next year
Ride-hailing leader Uber on Friday announced it will dispatch robotaxis built by driverless technology pioneer Waymo beginning next year in Austin, Texas, and Atlanta in a deal that deepens the bond...
View ArticleTrump Media stock jumps after former president says he won't sell shares when...
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. jumped Friday after former President Donald Trump said he won't sell shares of the social media company. “I don't wanna sell my...
View ArticleSam Bankman-Fried's lawyers claim in an appeal that he was judged too quickly
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried claim in an appeal filed Friday that the imprisoned FTX founder was the victim of a rush to judgment by a public that wrongly believed he was guilty of...
View ArticleGoing once, going twice: Google's millisecond ad auctions are the focus of...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — It happens in milliseconds, ideally, as you browse the web. Networks of computers and software analyze who you are, what you are looking at and buy and sell the advertisements...
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