News & Headlines: 10 of 10
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Next-level CRISPR gene editing: No viruses required
Modified viruses have proven a handy way to get CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing materials into the nucleus of cells – but they're expensive, difficult to scale and potentially toxic. Now, researchers have found a non-viral approach that does the job better.
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Google is increasing the number of ads in Gmail, showing them in the middle of inboxes
Ads have appeared in Gmail for a long time now, placed at the top of the Promotions and Social inboxes, but it seems Google feels that users...
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EU decision clearing $69 bln Microsoft, Activision deal expected May 15, sources say
EU antitrust regulators are set to approve Microsoft Corp's $69 billion acquisition of Activision next week, with May 15 as the likeliest date, people familiar with the matter said.
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The XFL's Arlington Renegades went from a 4-6 regular season to a championship victory
The Arlington Renegades only went 4-6 in the XFL regular season, but they still somehow managed to win the league championship on Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
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Amazon Starts Licensing Originals: Netflix, Your Move
As streamers prioritize revenue over subscriptions, old-fashioned licensing suddenly looks sexy.
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Big Tech Is Taking Cues From Big Tobacco’s Playbook
Alongside tireless political lobbying, Big Tech has infiltrated the academic institutions studying and often promoting AI — with little regard for the potentially catastrophic downsides.
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Air Pollution from Oil and Gas Production Contributes to Thousands of Early Deaths, Childhood Asthma Cases Nationwide
These health impacts affected communities in states with high oil and gas production, as well as states with limited or no gas activity, underlining the need for comprehensive regulatory action to protect Americans from the pollutants generated by this sector.
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Canada's Competition Bureau sues Cineplex for allegedly advertising misleading ticket prices | CBC News
The bureau alleged in a Thursday media release that Cineplex is breaking the law after an investigation found consumers can't buy movie tickets online at advertised prices because there is an additional mandatory fee of $1.50 for booking online.
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Google to pay $8M settlement for “lying to Texans,” state AG says
Google has agreed to an $8 million settlement with Texas over deceptive ads promoting its Pixel 4 smartphone, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced today. At issue was Google's trustworthiness as an advertiser after the tech giant "hired radio DJs to record and broadcast detailed testimonials about their personal experiences with the Pixel 4," but then "refused to provide the DJs with a phone for them to use," Paxton said.
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Meta fixed a Facebook bug that sent automatic friend requests to users
Meta has patched a Facebook bug that saw the social network send automatic friend requests when users would visit any profile. In a statement the company shared with The Daily Beast on Friday, Meta apologized for the glitch. “We fixed a bug related to a recent app update that caused some Facebook friend requests to be sent mistakenly,” a Meta spokesperson told the outlet.
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'I got a check the other day for $8': TV and film writers share why they're on strike
Entertainment writers are striking coast to coast. The clever signs they’re holding up on the picket lines (“Don’t pay us peanuts to write ‘Billions’”) are often as creative as their work. Every three years, the Writers Guild of America, the TV and film writers’ union, negotiates a contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. It’s intended to cover issues such as minimum pay for various projects, health insurance and workplace safety.
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'One of world's oldest lions' killed after preying on livestock
A 19-year-old male lion, believed to be one of the oldest in the world, was killed after trying to take livestock from a community in Kenya.
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CEO Tim Cook says layoffs are a 'last resort' and not something Apple is considering right now
Apple doesn't have plans for big layoffs, CEO Tim Cook told CNBC while discussing the company's earnings on Thursday.
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2 fishermen caught cheating at Ohio tournament sentenced to 10-day jail terms, forfeit of $100k boat
Two men who admitted stuffing fish with lead weights and fish fillets in an attempt to win thousands of dollars in an Ohio fishing tournament last fall have been sentenced to ten-day jail terms and other penalties, including the forfeiture of a boat va...
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Royal Family News: Prince Harry Ticked Off His Ghostwriter, Join The Club
British royal family news divulges that the latest person to disavow Prince Harry is the man he made a pretty penny for, his ghostwriter J. R. Moehringer.
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Canon made a vlogging camera that looks like an old Flip Video
Canon is finally stepping into the vlogging camera arena, and it’s doing so with a quirky new point-and-shoot geared toward a mindless “set-it-and-forget-it” crowd I’m not sure exists. The $429.99 Canon PowerShot V10 is an adorable little camera about the size of an extra-thick deck of cards that packs a fixed 19mm equivalent f/2.8 lens and marries it to a 20.9-megapixel one-inch-type sensor.
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Why the video game industry is making a big mistake by ignoring older adults
In April, AARP held its first Games Summit at its headquarters in Washington D.C., and for many people outside the video game industry, the event might seem like a head-scratcher. An organization focused on advocating for people in the 50-plus demographic talking about video games, a medium typically thought to be for younger people?
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Attleboro middle school time capsule found after 25 years
Mystery solved! After forgetting where former students at Attleboro's Brennan Middle School buried their time capsule more than 25 years ago, a search team found it Wednesday. A ground-penetrating radar was brought in to find the exact location and it took about 20 minutes to end the mystery.
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Vice, Decayed Digital Colossus, Files for Bankruptcy
Vice, which had wooed media giants, has struggled to adjust to the punishing realities of digital publishing. A group of creditors could buy Vice for $225 million.
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''I Get Worried'': Warren Buffett Compares AI To The Creation Of Atom Bomb
Generative artificial intelligence has become a buzzword this year, with apps such as ChatGPT capturing the public's fancy. While AI chatbots are being employed for a variety of tasks, there are also fears of them being misused. There are also strong concerns that AI will take away millions of jobs and many tech entrepreneurs, including Elon Musk, have raised voices against its spread. Now, billionaire investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett also shared his thoughts on the rapidly evolving technology.