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Amazon is in the generative AI race

Amazon may still be the king of the cloud, but in recent months it has watched as its two closest rivals, Microsoft and Google, steal… Read More »Amazon is in the generative AI race

Harry Potter fans, some of whom have been casting spells for years in hopes of a television series about the wizard, can finally put down… Read More »‘Harry Potter’ will be a TV series

Jimmy Kimmel was less than impressed with Donald Trump’s lengthy interview with Tucker Carlson this week. “It was an embarrassing interview,” Kimmel said, pointing to… Read More »Jimmy Kimmel comes right out and says it about Trump

A federal appeals court ruled late Wednesday that the abortion pill mifepristone could continue to be available, but the judges blocked the shipment of the… Read More »Court says abortion pill can remain available, but imposes temporary restrictions

Tucker Carlson went on an openly racist diatribe against a Tennessee state legislator Wednesday night, suggesting that Democratic Representative Justin Pearson speaks like a “sharecropper”… Read More »Tucker Carlson may have just delivered his most racist Fox News rant yet

There can only be so much tension in ‘Air’. The new drama depicts Nike’s 1984 quest to sign then-rookie Michael Jordan to an endorsement deal,… Read More »‘Air’ and the argument to let the talent share in the profit

“After Covid, [cab-hailing platforms] have no management. They have laid off many employees. There are not many employees to help [drivers on ground]. Who are… Read More »Gig workers are stabbed, stoned and assaulted in India

Alicia C. Shepard, an award-winning media critic who, as NPR’s ombudsman, supported the organization’s refusal to label waterboarding as torture, died April 1 at her… Read More »Alicia C. Shepard, 69, deceased; Ombudsman defended NPR in torture debate

Into infinity In the fight against online impersonation scams, professional social media platform LinkedIn today announced a suite of new verification features that allow users… Read More »With LinkedIn verification, you can now verify your job and account

New York, California and several other states on Wednesday announced a $462 million settlement with Juul Labs, settling lawsuits alleging the company aggressively marketed its… Read More »Juul reaches $462 million settlement with New York, California and other states

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced Russian “beasts” after a video appeared to show the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner, sparking international outrage. The… Read More »Zelensky shoots Russian ‘beasts’ over beheading video

Archiving: It spans the world like a highway. It’s called the Internet. Lawrence: People were very excited about the transformative potential of the internet. The… Read More »Mayor of San Francisco London Breed on the city’s problems and hopes

In Changsha, deep in the interior of China, thousands of chemists, engineers and manufacturing workers are shaping the future of batteries. The city’s Central South… Read More »China could dominate sodium batteries, the next big energy advancement