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What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?
Read full article: What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January.
Tech consultant found guilty of second-degree murder in stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee
Read full article: Tech consultant found guilty of second-degree murder in stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob LeeA San Francisco jury has found a tech consultant is guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee.
Two stars may be orbiting each other near a supermassive black hole in our Milky Way galaxy
Read full article: Two stars may be orbiting each other near a supermassive black hole in our Milky Way galaxyScientists have spotted what appear to be two stars whipping around each other near the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant
Read full article: Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplantPeople worried they'll never get a scarce human transplant want to know when they might get a pig kidney instead.
EU investigates TikTok over Romanian presidential election safeguards
Read full article: EU investigates TikTok over Romanian presidential election safeguardsEuropean Union regulators are investigating whether TikTok breached the bloc’s digital rulebook by failing to deal with risks to Romania’s presidential election.
Why is tech giant SoftBank investing over $100 billion in the US?
Read full article: Why is tech giant SoftBank investing over $100 billion in the US?Japanese tycoon Masayoshi Son has joined President-elect Donald Trump in announcing plans by technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group to invest $100 billion in projects in the United States.
Corps of Engineers will look to save 150-year-old lighthouse from crumbling into the Hudson River
Read full article: Corps of Engineers will look to save 150-year-old lighthouse from crumbling into the Hudson RiverEfforts to save an imperiled 150-year-old lighthouse in New York are getting a boost with federal officials announcing new funding to study ways to protect the structure.
TikTok asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to block a US ban unless it's sold
Read full article: TikTok asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to block a US ban unless it's soldTikTok is asking the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agrees to sell it.
Insider Q&A: High hopes for Australia social media ban and channeling parental 'fury' over tech
Read full article: Insider Q&A: High hopes for Australia social media ban and channeling parental 'fury' over techJulie Scelfo started MAMA — Mothers Against Media Addiction — earlier this year to help parents fight back against the harms of social media on children.
Senate report alleges Amazon rejected warehouse safety recommendations due to productivity concerns
Read full article: Senate report alleges Amazon rejected warehouse safety recommendations due to productivity concernsA U.S. Senate committee says at least two internal Amazon studies have found a relationship between worker speed and injuries in the online retailer's warehouses.
How old are Saturn's rings? Study suggests they could be 4.5 billion years old just like the planet
Read full article: How old are Saturn's rings? Study suggests they could be 4.5 billion years old just like the planetNew research suggests that Saturn's rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet.
Schools are cutting bus service for children. Parents are turning to ride-hailing apps
Read full article: Schools are cutting bus service for children. Parents are turning to ride-hailing appsReliance on school buses has been waning for years as districts struggle to find drivers and more students attend schools far outside their neighborhoods.
US agencies should use advanced technology to identify mysterious drones, Schumer says
Read full article: US agencies should use advanced technology to identify mysterious drones, Schumer saysU.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer is urging the federal government to deploy advanced drone-tracking technology following weeks of reported drone sightings in parts of New York and New Jersey that have stirred fear and bewilderment.
Trump hosts Apple CEO at Mar-a-Lago as big tech leaders continue outreach to president-elect
Read full article: Trump hosts Apple CEO at Mar-a-Lago as big tech leaders continue outreach to president-electDonald Trump is hosting Apple CEO Tim Cook for a Friday evening dinner at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
Court denies TikTok's request to halt enforcement of potential US ban until Supreme Court review
Read full article: Court denies TikTok's request to halt enforcement of potential US ban until Supreme Court reviewA federal appeals court has left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the United States.
OpenAI's legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoil over avoiding AI 'dictatorship'
Read full article: OpenAI's legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoil over avoiding AI 'dictatorship'A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and best avoid an artificial intelligence ‘dictatorship’ is now heading to a federal judge.
Sophia, a famous robot and global icon of AI, wins hearts at Zimbabwe's innovation fair
Read full article: Sophia, a famous robot and global icon of AI, wins hearts at Zimbabwe's innovation fairSophia, a world-renowned robot, has been the center of attention at an Artificial Intelligence and Innovation fair in Zimbabwe this week.
OpenAI's Altman will donate $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund
Read full article: OpenAI's Altman will donate $1 million to Trump's inaugural fundOpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to make a $1 million personal donation to President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives who are working to improve their relationships the incoming administration.
Feds propose protection for giant salamanders devastated by Hurricane Helene
Read full article: Feds propose protection for giant salamanders devastated by Hurricane HeleneA giant salamander that evolved on the supercontinent Pangaea and outlived the dinosaurs has been proposed for federal protection by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
US updates a science and technology pact with China to reflect growing rivalry and security threats
Read full article: US updates a science and technology pact with China to reflect growing rivalry and security threatsThe U.S. has updated a decades-old science and technology agreement with China to reflect their growing rivalry for technological dominance.
New Zealand scientists suspect specimen of world's rarest whale died from head injuries
Read full article: New Zealand scientists suspect specimen of world's rarest whale died from head injuriesScientists suspect the first complete specimen ever recorded of the world’s rarest whale died from head injuries.
The last Titanic salvage expedition was in 2010. Will there be any more?
Read full article: The last Titanic salvage expedition was in 2010. Will there be any more?The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic says it hasn't settled on any future plans to retrieve more artifacts from the shipwreck.
Nearly half of US teens are online 'constantly,' Pew report finds
Read full article: Nearly half of US teens are online 'constantly,' Pew report findsNearly half of American teenagers say they are online “constantly,” despite concerns about the effects of social media and smartphones on their mental health.
Concern over Syria's chemical weapons stockpile triggers emergency meeting of global monitor
Read full article: Concern over Syria's chemical weapons stockpile triggers emergency meeting of global monitorThe global chemical weapons watchdog has opened an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in Syria over concerns about the country’s stockpile of toxic chemicals in the wake of the overthrow of President Bashar Assad.
US hikes tariffs on imports of Chinese solar wafers, polysilicon and tungsten products
Read full article: US hikes tariffs on imports of Chinese solar wafers, polysilicon and tungsten productsThe Biden administration has announced it is raising tariffs on solar wafers, polysilicon and some tungsten products from China to protect U.S. clean energy businesses.
New approach to Rocky Mountain grizzlies sought ahead of the second Trump presidency
Read full article: New approach to Rocky Mountain grizzlies sought ahead of the second Trump presidencyEnvironmental groups are asking the U.S. government to do more to protect grizzly bears in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
Supreme Court allows investors' class action to proceed against microchip company Nvidia
Read full article: Supreme Court allows investors' class action to proceed against microchip company NvidiaThe Supreme Court is allowing a class-action lawsuit that accuses Nvidia of misleading investors about its past dependence on selling computer chips for the mining of volatile cryptocurrency to proceed.
TikTok files challenge against Canadian government order to dissolve its business in the country
Read full article: TikTok files challenge against Canadian government order to dissolve its business in the countryTikTok has challenged a Canadian government order to shut down the Chinese video-sharing app’s business operations in the country that was imposed over national security concerns.
Atmospheric river and potential bomb cyclone will bring messy, dangerous weather to East Coast
Read full article: Atmospheric river and potential bomb cyclone will bring messy, dangerous weather to East CoastThe East Coast is due for a whiplash-inducing rainy, windy and potentially dangerous stretch of weather.
Fortnite players 'tricked' into unwanted purchases are starting to get refunds. Here's how to apply
Read full article: Fortnite players 'tricked' into unwanted purchases are starting to get refunds. Here's how to applyU.S. consumers who were tricked into purchases they didn’t want from Fortnite maker Epic Games are now starting to receive refund checks, the Federal Trade Commission said this week.
Boosting Cyprus' defense is key so close to the war-wracked Mideast, defense minister says
Read full article: Boosting Cyprus' defense is key so close to the war-wracked Mideast, defense minister saysCyprus' defense minister says that bolstering the defense capacity of the east Mediterranean island nation by getting new armaments is critical for a country so close to the war-wracked Middle East.
OpenAI releases AI video generator Sora but limits how it depicts people
Read full article: OpenAI releases AI video generator Sora but limits how it depicts peopleOpenAI has publicly released its new artificial intelligence video generator Sora but won’t let most users depict people as it monitors for patterns of misuse.
Mass evacuation of Philippine villages underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption
Read full article: Mass evacuation of Philippine villages underway after a brief but major volcanic eruptionAbout 87,000 people are being evacuated in a central Philippine region after a volcano erupted with a huge plume of ash and superhot streams of gas and debris hurtling down its slopes.
Biden's approval of an oil lease sale will keep the door open to drilling in Alaska's Arctic refuge
Read full article: Biden's approval of an oil lease sale will keep the door open to drilling in Alaska's Arctic refugeThe Biden administration has given approval for the sale of oil and gas leases in Alaska, leaving the door open for drilling in a portion of the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
California to consider requiring mental health warnings on social media sites
Read full article: California to consider requiring mental health warnings on social media sitesCalifornia lawmakers will consider a bill to require labels on social media platforms warning of their effects on young people’s lives.
Meta shareholders seek sanctions for Sandberg, Zients for deleting Cambridge Analytica emails
Read full article: Meta shareholders seek sanctions for Sandberg, Zients for deleting Cambridge Analytica emailsAttorneys for Meta shareholders are asking a Delaware judge to sanction former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and fellow Facebook board member and current White House chief of staff Jeff Zients for deleting emails related to the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.
Rescuers rush to save geese and ducks soaked in oil due to spill in Boston river
Read full article: Rescuers rush to save geese and ducks soaked in oil due to spill in Boston riverWildlife rescuers are rushing to tend to dozens of geese and ducks that were soaked in oil after a spill in a Boston river.
Nvidia's stock dips after China opens probe of the AI chip company for violating anti-monopoly laws
Read full article: Nvidia's stock dips after China opens probe of the AI chip company for violating anti-monopoly lawsShares of Nvidia have slipped after China said it is investigating the high-flying U.S. microchip company over suspected violations of Chinese anti-monopoly laws.
Philippine volcano eruption sends villagers fleeing for safety as homes are blanketed in ash
Read full article: Philippine volcano eruption sends villagers fleeing for safety as homes are blanketed in ashA large volcano eruption in the Philippines sent a plume of ash and gases up to 1.8 miles high following a powerful blast that sent villagers fleeing to emergency shelters.
TikTok is inching closer to a potential ban in the US. So what's next?
Read full article: TikTok is inching closer to a potential ban in the US. So what's next?TikTok’s future in the U.S. appeared uncertain on Friday after a federal appeals court rejected a legal challenge the company brought against a law that requires it to cut ties with its China-based parent company or be banned by mid-January.
Federal appeals court upholds law requiring sale or ban of TikTok in the US
Read full article: Federal appeals court upholds law requiring sale or ban of TikTok in the USA federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok as soon as next month, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the law - which requires TikTok to break ties with its China-based parent company ByteDance or be banned by mid-January — is constitutional, rebuffing TikTok’s challenge that the statute ran...
The EU makes an urgent TikTok inquiry on Russia's role in Romanian election turmoil
Read full article: The EU makes an urgent TikTok inquiry on Russia's role in Romanian election turmoilThe European Union has sent TikTok an urgent request for more information about Romanian intelligence files suggesting that Moscow coordinated influencers on its platform to promote an election candidate who became the surprise front-runner in the nation’s presidential election.
China's ban on key high-tech materials could have broad impact on industries, economy
Read full article: China's ban on key high-tech materials could have broad impact on industries, economyChina has banned exports of key materials used for a wide range of products, including smartphones, electric vehicles, radar systems and CT scanners, swiping back at Washington after it expanded export controls to include dozens of Chinese companies that make equipment used to produce computer chips.
IAEA chief: Iran is poised to 'quite dramatically' increase stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium
Read full article: IAEA chief: Iran is poised to 'quite dramatically' increase stockpile of near weapons-grade uraniumIran is poised to “quite dramatically” increase its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium.
Michigan Democrats move to protect reproductive health data before GOP takes control of House
Read full article: Michigan Democrats move to protect reproductive health data before GOP takes control of HouseDemocrats in Michigan are pressing to pass reproductive health care legislation before the party loses its majority with the new legislative session next year.
Apex the $45M stegosaurus is on display in New York. Here's what scientists hope to learn about it
Read full article: Apex the $45M stegosaurus is on display in New York. Here's what scientists hope to learn about itThe most expensive dinosaur fossil ever discovered will be on view in New York starting this weekend.
Quake prompts brief tsunami warning on the West Coast. Here's what to know about tsunamis
Read full article: Quake prompts brief tsunami warning on the West Coast. Here's what to know about tsunamisThe powerful earthquake that struck in Northern California on Thursday prompted a brief tsunami warning affecting about 5 million people along a stretch of the West Coast — from Northern California to Oregon — before being canceled.
From outsider to the Oval Office, bitcoin surges as a new administration embraces crypto
Read full article: From outsider to the Oval Office, bitcoin surges as a new administration embraces cryptoBitcoin burst on the scene after trust had withered in the financial system and Washington’s ability to protect people from it.