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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 17-23 12/11/2023 09:13am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 17-23: Dec. 17: Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl (���Shine���) is 93. Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 87. Actor Bernard Hill is 79. Actor Ernie Hudson (���Ghostbusters���) is 78. Former ���Hardball��� host Chris Matthews is 78. Actor-comedian Eugene Levy is 77. Actor M AWS chief Adam Selipsky talks generative AI, Amazon's investment in Anthropic and cloud cost cutting 12/11/2023 09:00am • Adam Selipsky is shepherding Amazon���s cloud unit at one of the most important moments in tech history. Selipsky, the CEO of the company���s cloud computing unit AWS, has been behind the various generative AI offerings Amazon has rolled out over the past few months as it aims to compete with Micros A gigantic new ICBM will take US nuclear missiles out of the Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks 12/10/2023 07:36am • F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. (AP) ��� The control stations for America���s nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles have a sort of 1980s retro look, with computing panels in sea foam green, bad lighting and chunky control switches, including a critical one that says ���launch.��� Those under Liz Magill, U. Penn's president, and board chair resign as antisemitism testimony draws backlash 12/09/2023 07:55pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� The University of Pennsylvania���s president has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say under repeated questioning that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school���s condu Technology built the cashless society. Advances are helping the unhoused so they're not left behind 12/09/2023 04:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� John Littlejohn remembers the days when lots of people had a couple of dollars to spare to buy a copy of Street Sense, the local paper that covers issues related to the homeless and employs unhoused individuals as its vendors. Today, he's finding fewer people are walking around w With Putin's reelection all but assured, Russia's opposition still vows to undermine his image 12/09/2023 12:07am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) ��� Behind bars in penal colonies or in self-exile abroad, Russian opposition figures vow they will still put up a fight against President Vladimir Putin as he seeks yet another term in office in an election in March. Although they believe Putin will be declared the winner no m Harvard president apologizes for remarks on antisemitism as pressure mounts on Penn's president 12/08/2023 04:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Harvard University's president apologized as pressure mounted for the University of Pennsylvania's president to resign over their testimony at a congressional hearing on antisemitism that critics from the White House on down say failed to demonstrate they would stand up to antise Data Doctors: How to guest-proof your computer and Wi-Fi over the holidays 12/08/2023 03:12pm • Q: What���s the safest way to let guests use my computer and Wi-Fi? A: The holiday season often means guests will be visiting or staying with you, so it���s important to consider security and privacy issues regarding your home network. Depending on the situation, your guests may ask to connect Baldur's Gate, The Legend of Zelda and Cocoon shine brightest in a stellar year for video games 12/08/2023 11:04am • It���s been a terrific year for video games. Developers hit their stride on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox X/S consoles, unleashing massive adventures big enough to satisfy gamers for weeks. The Switch is at the end of its lifespan, but Nintendo debuted two spectacular games on its way out. And indie st Menu signed by Mao Zedong brings a quarter million dollars at auction 12/08/2023 10:36am • BOSTON (AP) ��� An official menu for a state banquet that bears the signature of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong has been auctioned for $275,000. Boston-based RR Auction said the menu auctioned Wednesday was for a banquet held in Beijing on October 19, 1956, and commemorated the first state visit Slovak president says she'll challenge new government's plan to close top prosecutors office 12/08/2023 10:32am • Slovakia���s president said Friday she would seek to block the new government���s plan to return the prosecution of major crimes from a national office to regional ones, using either a veto or a constitutional challenge. But the governing coalition could likely override any veto. The government of p Hundreds of Slovaks protest the new government's plan to close prosecutors office for top crimes 12/07/2023 04:58pm • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ��� Hundreds of people rallied Thursday in the Slovak capital to protest the new government���s plan to close the special prosecutors office that deals with major crimes, including high-profile murders, terrorism and graft. The demonstrators in Bratislava ��� a crowd of ab FIA ends its conflict of interest investigation into Toto and Susie Wolff 12/07/2023 03:28pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Formula One's governing body has dropped its probe of a potential conflict of interest between Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff and his wife Susie Wolff, who works for F1���s management group. The FIA's compliance department had been looking into the Wolffs following allegations of Ivy League presidents reckon with swift backlash to remarks on campus antisemitism 12/07/2023 02:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Facing heavy criticism, the University of Pennsylvania's president walked back some of her remarks given earlier this week at a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism, saying she should have gone further to condemn hate against Jewish students. Penn President Liz Magill wa Putin moves a step closer to a fifth term as president after Russia sets 2024 election date 12/07/2023 01:29pm • Lawmakers in Russia set the country���s 2024 presidential election for March 17, moving Vladimir Putin a step closer to a fifth term in office. Members of the Federation Council, Russia���s upper house of parliament, voted unanimously Thursday to approve a decree setting the date. ���In essence, th