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Chinese hacking documents dump offers window into pervasive state surveillance

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Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private...
Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to the nation’s top policing agency and other parts of its government — a trove that catalogs apparent hacking activity and tools to spy on both Chinese and foreigners.Among the appa...

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New York will send National Guard to subways after a string of violent crimes

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans Wednesday to send the National Guard to the New...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans Wednesday to send the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police conduct random searches of riders’ bags for weapons following a series of high-profile crimes on city trains. Hochul, a Democrat, said she will deploy 750 members of the National Guard to...

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Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the Justice Department said Wednesday.Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four cou...

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Trillions of gallons leak from aging drinking water systems

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Lisa McGuire stands near her former walkway on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, as she describes a...
Lisa McGuire stands near her former walkway on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, as she describes a fire that engulfed her home, killing her two dogs, in a Prichard, Ala., neighborhood with a history of severe water loss. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Videos Trillions of gallons leak from decrepit water systems For generations, t...

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Lawyers who successfully argued Musk pay was illegal seek $5.6B in Tesla stock

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Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] DOVER, Del. (AP) — The lawyers who successfully argued...
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] DOVER, Del. (AP) — The lawyers who successfully argued that a massive pay package for Tesla CEO Elon Musk was illegal and should be voided have asked the presiding judge to award them company stock worth $5.6 billion as legal fees.The attorneys, wh...

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Judge holds journalist in civil contempt for refusing to divulge source

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge held veteran investigative reporter Catherine Herridge in civil contempt on...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge held veteran investigative reporter Catherine Herridge in civil contempt on Thursday for refusing to divulge her source for a series of Fox News stories about a Chinese American scientist who was investigated by the FBI but never charged. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Wa...

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Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman

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Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam...
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits. In a lawsuit filed at San Francisco Superior Court, billionaire Musk said tha...

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NYC's plan to ease gridlock? A $15 toll for Manhattan drivers

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The Big Apple’s long and winding road to charging drivers a congestion fee is approaching the...
The Big Apple’s long and winding road to charging drivers a congestion fee is approaching the final straightaway with a series of public hearings kicking off Thursday on a plan more than two decades in the making. (Feb. 29) (AP Video: Ted Shaffrey) Photos Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day],...

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Toyota recalling 381,000 Tacoma pickups because parts can fall off rear axles

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine goes tuition-free thanks to a $1B gift

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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City medical school will be tuition-free for all students...
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City medical school will be tuition-free for all students from now on thanks to a $1 billion donation from a former professor, the widow of a Wall Street investor.Ruth Gottesman announced the gift and its purpose to students and faculty at Albert Einstein College of Medicine Monday, bringi...

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Florida refuses to bar unvaxxed students from school suffering measles outbreak

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of an elementary school’s measles outbreak, telling parents of unvaccinated children it is their choice whether their students attend class — a contravention of federal guidelines calling for their mandatory ex...

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Poland's PM says authorities in the previous gov widely used Pegasus spyware

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Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new prime minister said...
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new prime minister said Tuesday he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used the powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and targeted a “very long” list of hacking victims.Donald T...

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Amazon argues that national labor board is unconstitutional

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Amazon is arguing in a legal filing that the 88-year-old National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional,...
Amazon is arguing in a legal filing that the 88-year-old National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional, echoing similar arguments made this year by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the grocery store chain Trader Joe’s in disputes about workers’ rights and organizing. The Amazon filing, made Thursday, came in response to ...

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Judge orders Trump to pay $355M for lying about his wealth

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A New York judge has ordered Donald Trump and his companies to pay $355 million. The...
A New York judge has ordered Donald Trump and his companies to pay $355 million. The judge found they engaged in a years-long scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated his wealth. (Feb. 16) Videos Trump reacts to verdict in New York civil fraud case, vows to appeal Former U.S. President...

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Japan slips to the 4th-largest economy, behind US, China and now Germany

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan has slipped to the world’s fourth-largest economy as government data released Thursday...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has slipped to the world’s fourth-largest economy as government data released Thursday showed it fell behind the size of Germany’s in 2023.The numbers highlight how the Japanese economy has gradually lost its competitiveness and productivity while the population shrinks as Japanese people age and ...

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Chicago to stop using ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology this year

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Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago won’t renew its ShotSpotter contract...
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago won’t renew its ShotSpotter contract and plans to stop using the controversial gunshot detection system later this year, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office announced Tuesday. The system, which relies on an artificial intelligence...

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OpenAI CEO warns that 'societal misalignments' could make AI dangerous

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Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The CEO of...
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said Tuesday that the dangers that keep him awake at night regarding artificial intelligence are the “very subtle societal misalignments” that could make the systems wreak havoc. Sa...

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Could the planet be warmer than we thought?

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Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] A handful of centuries-old sponges from deep in the...
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] A handful of centuries-old sponges from deep in the Caribbean are causing some scientists to think human-caused climate change began sooner and has heated the world more than they thought.They calculate that the world has already gone past the inte...

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Jury awards climate scientist Michael Mann $1M in defamation lawsuit

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury on Thursday awarded $1 million to climate scientist Michael Mann who...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury on Thursday awarded $1 million to climate scientist Michael Mann who sued a pair of conservative writers 12 years ago after they compared his depictions of global warming to a convicted child molester. Mann, a professor of climate science at the University of Pennsylvania, rose to fame for a...

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Canada media group ends several TV newscasts after announcing 4,800 layoffs

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TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s largest media and telecom company said Thursday it is ending multiple television...
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s largest media and telecom company said Thursday it is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts after its parent company announced 4,800 layoffs and the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations.In an internal memo to Bell Media employees, it said news station...

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IRS: billions in overdue/unpaid taxes to be collected with new funding

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is poised to take in hundreds of billions of dollars more...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is poised to take in hundreds of billions of dollars more in overdue and unpaid taxes than previously anticipated, according to new analysis released Tuesday by the Treasury Department and the IRS.Tax revenues are expected to rise by as much as $561 billion from 2024 to 2034, thanks to step...

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A record number of Americans can't afford rent

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DENVER (AP) — Single mom Caitlyn Colbert watched as rent for her two-bedroom apartment doubled, then...
DENVER (AP) — Single mom Caitlyn Colbert watched as rent for her two-bedroom apartment doubled, then tripled and then quadrupled over a decade in Denver — from $750 to $3,374 last year.Every month, like millions of Americans, Colbert juggled her costs. Pay rent or swim team fees for one of her three kids. Rent or sc...

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Yandex is selling it's Russian business – at a big, Kremlin-required discount

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Dutch parent of pioneering Russian tech company Yandex is selling its...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Dutch parent of pioneering Russian tech company Yandex is selling its operations in the country at a steeply discounted price of just over $5 billion to its Russia-based managers and oil company Lukoil, one of the biggest deals for Western-held companies to exit Russia since the invasio...

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US investigation of Tesla steering problems is now one step closer to a recall

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A U.S. government investigation into steering problems with more than 334,000 Tesla electric vehicles is a...
A U.S. government investigation into steering problems with more than 334,000 Tesla electric vehicles is a step closer to a recall.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted Friday that it upgraded a 2023 investigation to an engineering analysis.The probe was opened in July of last y...

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