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1 year ago+33 33 0UN nuclear watchdog report seen by AP says Iran slows its enrichment of near-weapons-grade uranium
A U.N. reports shows that Iran has slowed the pace at which it is enriching uranium to nearly weapons-grade levels.
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1 year ago+40 40 0Norway Took On Meta’s Surveillance Ads and Won
Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads. Then a Norwegian regulator threatened fines of $100,000 per day.
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1 year ago+19 19 0FTC sues Amazon over 'deceptive' Prime sign-up and cancellation process
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sued Amazon, alleging the nation’s dominant online retailer intentionally duped millions of consumers into signing up for its mainstay Prime program and “sabotaged” their attempts to cancel. The agency claims ...
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1 year ago+19 19 0Titanic asteroid the size of 84 orcas to pass Earth on Monday
A massive asteroid the size of 84 orcas is set to pass by the Earth on Monday, June 12, according to NASA's asteroid tracker. The asteroid in question has been designated 488453 (1994 XD), according to the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (C ...
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1 year ago+33 33 0Reddit is the latest tech company to announce layoffs, affecting 5 percent of its workers
The layoffs will see 90 people lose their jobs at Reddit, which will also cut down on hiring for the rest of the year. The company is also facing a backlash against its updated API pricing.
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1 year ago+30 30 0Elon Musk's Neuralink 'brain chips' cleared for 1st in-human trials
Brain implants developed by Elon Musk's company Neuralink have been approved for human testing. The safety of the devices previously came under scrutiny following reports of "botched surgeries" in animal test subjects.
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1 year ago+28 28 0Microsoft will stop supporting Cortana on Windows later this year
Microsoft is ending support for Cortana in Windows. In a support page spotted by XDA Developers and Windows Central, the company says it will “no longer support Cortana in Windows as a standalone app” starting later this year. Cortana’s discontinuati ...
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1 year ago+26 26 0Actor Danny Masterson convicted of two counts of rape at second Los Angeles trial
Actor Danny Masterson was convicted of two counts of rape Wednesday after his second trial on charges that he sexually assaulted three women he met through the Church of Scientology, ending a years-long legal saga that marked a rare instance of the c ...
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1 year ago+35 35 0Bison calf euthanized after a Yellowstone visitor lifted it out of a river, causing the herd to reject it
An unidentified man picked up the bison calf after it was separated from its mother as the herd crossed the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park.
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1 year ago+22 22 0The faithful see both crisis and opportunity as churches close across the country
When Pastor Douglas Theobald steps to the pulpit at Struthers United Methodist Church this Sunday, it will likely be the last religious service in its 112-year history. Over the years, Struthers UMC has weathered the boom and bust cycles of the Young ...
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1 year ago+12 12 0Ministers not doing enough to control AI, says UK professor
One of the professors at the forefront of artificial intelligence has said ministers are not doing enough to protect against the dangers of super-intelligent machines in the future.
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1 year ago+13 13 0Zelenskiy bans Russian placenames to reinforce Ukraine’s national identity
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine has signed two laws that strictly reinforce his country’s national identity, banning Russian placenames and making knowledge of Ukrainian language and history a requirement for citizenship.
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1 year ago+24 24 0Twitter is adding verified check marks to the accounts of dead celebrities, making them look like paid Twitter Blue subscribers
Kobe Bryant, Anthony Bourdain, and Chadwick Boseman were among the celebrities the app says bought a subscription and verified their phone number.
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1 year ago+19 19 0Most U.S. Banks Near Insolvency, Hundreds Already Fully Insolvent
The yield on 10-year U.S. treasury bonds was at roughly 1% in January 2022, and the German bonds were trading at -0.5%. That signaled the drastically bad effect inflation would have for stocks and bonds. An increase in inflation could increase bond y ...
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1 year ago+3 3 0FBI Seizes Bot Shop ‘Genesis Market’ Amid Arrests Targeting Operators, Suppliers
Several domain names tied to Genesis Market, a bustling cybercrime store that sold access to passwords and other data stolen from millions of computers infected with malicious software, were seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today. ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0Secret Invasion Key Art Confirms June 21st Debut: Who Do You Trust?
With a new trailer hitting tonight and a June 21st premiere date confirmed, here's new key art for Marvel Studios & Disney+'s Secret Invasion.
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1 year ago+17 17 0Mayor announces free meals for children during holidays
The Mayor of London has announced a £3.5m one-off free meals scheme during school holidays and weekends for children from low-income families. The mayor's office said the emergency funding was set to run for 12 months. The money will go to chari ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0Documentary On Carl Sagan, Brilliant Astronomer And ‘Cosmos’ Author, In The Works From National Geographic & Seth MacFarlane
Legendary astronomer and astrophysicist Carl Sagan, who expanded scientific understanding of the universe and helped millions appreciate the wonders of the cosmos, will be the subject of an upcoming documentary feature from National Geographic Docume ...
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1 year ago+22 22 0'Highly Maneuverable' UFOs Defy All Physics, Says Government Study
Something else is going on.
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1 year ago+15 15 0Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Delayed Once Again
Rocksteady's upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League has been delayed once again, Bloomberg reports. In a new article, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier writes that, according to a person familiar with the matter, the game has been pushed ...