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Despite widespread protest, Reddit CEO says company is 'not negotiating' on 3rd-party app charges 06/16/2023 07:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� If you hopped on Reddit to scroll through your favorite forums this week, you may have encountered ���private��� or ���restricted��� messages. That���s because thousands of subreddits chose to go dark in an ongoing protest over the company's plan to start charging certain third-p Japan raises the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, which was among the world's lowest 06/16/2023 11:33am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan's parliament on Friday raised the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, a limit which had remained unchanged for more than a century and was among the world's lowest, amid calls for greater protection of children and women. The revision was part of a revamping of laws related to Critics blast Georgia's plan to delay software updates on its voting machines 06/15/2023 06:20pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Critics of Georgia's plan to wait until after next year's presidential election to install a software update to address security flaws on the state's voting equipment called that irresponsible, saying the machines would be left open to attack. The vulnerabilities in the Dominion Vot Michigan bans hairstyle discrimination in workplaces and schools 06/15/2023 05:00pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) ��� The denial of employment or educational opportunities due to discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles, such as Afros, cornrows or dreadlocks, will be prohibited in Michigan under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The new law, known as the Pool deck at collapsed Florida condo building failed to comply with codes, standards, officials say 06/15/2023 03:03pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� The swimming pool deck of a beachfront South Florida condominium that collapsed two years ago, killing 98 people, failed to comply with the original building codes and standards, with many areas of severe strength deficiency, federal investigators said Thursday. Investigators with the As IRS ramps up taxpayer scrutiny, these 5 tips can help you avoid an audit 06/15/2023 01:36pm • The IRS has made it clear publicly that it will increase efforts to identify tax fraud and underpayments by individuals and businesses with annual income of more than $400,000. But what it didn���t say, and that it isn���t going to reduce, are audits of people and businesses making less than that. Canadian wildfire smoke gives Minnesota city the worst air in the US 06/14/2023 10:19pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� St. Paul had the worst air quality in the United States on Wednesday as smoke from massive Canadian wildfires drifted across Minnesota a week after similar smoke blanketed the northeastern U.S. The smoke was ���near the worst��� on record for the Twin Cities, the Star-Tribune r Movie review: Pixar's 'Elemental' won't set the world on fire, but it holds water 06/14/2023 01:40pm • Pixar���s ���Elemental��� conjures a diverse metropolis where the elements ��� fire, water, earth and air ��� live like ethnicities mostly ghettoized from one other. For fire and water, especially, mingling can be combustible. A bad splash could consume fire; a strong flame could evaporate water. Th Loudoun Co. schools change how SROs handle sexual assaults 06/14/2023 10:53am • The Loudoun County school system in Virginia is changing how its school resource officers handle sexual assault cases under an agreement with law enforcement approved on Tuesday. The Loudoun County School Board unanimously approved a new Memorandum of Understanding with the county's sheriff's off How Europe is leading the world in the push to regulate AI 06/14/2023 10:44am • LONDON (AP) ��� Lawmakers in Europe signed off Wednesday on the world���s first set of comprehensive rules for artificial intelligence, clearing a key hurdle as authorities across the globe race to rein in AI. The European Parliament vote is one of the last steps before the rules become law, which c AI chip race heats up as AMD introduces rival to Nvidia technology 06/14/2023 10:26am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Advanced Micro Devices has revealed a new artificial intelligence chip in its race to compete with rival chipmaker Nvidia in supplying the foundation for a boom in AI-fueled business tools. The semiconductor company, based in Santa Clara, California, described its new MI300X c Amazon says AWS is operating normally after outage that left publishers unable to operate websites 06/13/2023 08:36pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Amazon���s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services experienced an outage on Tuesday, affecting publishers that suddenly found themselves unable to operate their sites. The company said on its website that the root cause of the issue was tied to a service called AWS Lambda, which le 10 Best Gas Apps to Save You Money 06/13/2023 08:00pm • Gas apps like the popular crowdsourced GasBuddy have always been a useful tool for lowering fuel expenses, but current events and the resulting high gas prices lately are making them indispensable for finding the cheapest gas available. According to AAA, the national average of gas prices is $3.59, Earning a Fire Science Degree: What to Know 06/13/2023 08:00pm • There are numerous roads to becoming a firefighter or fire safety professional. Some people enter the field straight out of high school to gain work experience, while others choose to pursue a college education, such as a degree in fire science. Many fire science degrees started out as fire protecti Accenture pouring $3 billion into AI, joining long list of tech companies prepping to meet demand 06/13/2023 02:18pm • Technology services provider Accenture is the latest company to ramp up its artificial intelligence business, announcing Tuesday that it will invest $3 billion over the next three years and double its AI-related staff to accommodate scorching hot demand. Dublin, Ireland-based Accenture said it aims