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Microsoft opens top cloud data processing hub in Poland 04/26/2023 11:23am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Microsoft said Wednesday it has launched a cloud service “region” in central Poland, the first large-scale data storage and processing hub of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. The cloud region, which is part of Microsoft's $1 billion IT transformation plan for Pola Freddie Mercury's eclectic collection of 'clutter' for sale 04/26/2023 10:22am • LONDON (AP) — He was the king of Queen and his crown could be yours — for the right price. Freddie Mercury's extensive collection of costumes, fine art, and even handwritten working lyrics for “We Are the Champions” and “Killer Queen” will be auctioned in September. Queen's frontma Thousands of fake Apple products bound for Virginia seized at Dulles 04/25/2023 06:28pm • Spotting a knockoff can be hard to do, but customs agents at Dulles Airport in Virginia thought a few Apple Watch and AirPods shipments looked suspicious. It turns out they were right. When U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers at Dulles discovered four cases of Apple products from China on the Big Tech crackdown looms as EU, UK ready new rules 04/25/2023 06:04pm • LONDON (AP) — TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Amazon are facing rising pressure from European authorities as London and Brussels advanced new rules Tuesday to curb the power of digital companies. They’re among those on a list of the 19 biggest online platforms and search engines that the Texas man involved in online romance scams gets 3 years 04/25/2023 04:35pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Texas man was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years in prison for his role in an online romance scam in which the identities and images of real U.S. military generals were used to cheat victims from across the nation out of a total of $1.5 million, federal prosecu Business Highlights: Microsoft 3Q; First Republic plunges 04/25/2023 04:33pm • ___ Microsoft reports boost in profits, revenue, as it pushes AI REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft on Tuesday reported a 9% increase in profit for the January-March quarter, as growth in cloud computing sales helped bolster its plans to expand its use of artificial intelligence. The company reported US officials seek to crack down on harmful AI products 04/25/2023 01:35pm • The U.S. government will “not hesitate to crack down” on harmful business practices involving artificial intelligence, the head of the Federal Trade Commission warned Tuesday in a message partly directed at the developers of widely-used AI tools such as ChatGPT. FTC Chair Lina Khan joined top of Fake Craigslist ad costs New Hampshire man right to vote 04/25/2023 01:13pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man who posted a fake Craigslist ad for a free trailer with a legislative candidate’s number on the day of the election — saying it was a joke — has lost his right to vote in the state. Michael Drouin, 30, of Merrimack pleaded guilty Monday to creating a East Palestine families living in limbo months after fire 04/25/2023 12:04pm • EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Jeff Drummond spends days and nights alone in a tiny room with fake wood paneling, two small beds and a microwave atop a mini refrigerator that serves as a nightstand — his pickup truck parked just outside the door at the roadside motel where he's taken refuge since e UEFA, top coaches team up to urge easing of handball law 04/25/2023 09:10am • GENEVA (AP) — Expect to see fewer penalties awarded for handball in the Champions League next season. After gathering elite coaches including Zinedine Zidane and Jürgen Klinsmann to discuss the laws of the game, UEFA said Tuesday its new Football Board agreed on new guidance for referees in its German publisher apologizes for fake Schumacher AI interview 04/22/2023 04:34pm • BERLIN (AP) — A German publisher has fired one of its magazine’s editors and apologized to the family of Michael Schumacher for publishing a fake interview with the Formula One great that was generated by artificial intelligence. “This tasteless and misleading article should never have appeare Confusion as Musk's Twitter yanks blue checks from agencies 04/21/2023 06:38pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Twitter has long been a way for people to keep track of tornado watches, train delays, news alerts or the latest crime warnings from their local police department. But when the Elon Musk-owned platform started stripping blue verification check marks this week from accounts that don' Review: 'The Office' meets 'The Joe Schmo Show' as 'Jury Duty' renders verdict on Amazon Prime Video 04/21/2023 01:27pm • You've heard of "12 Angry Men," but imagine 11 phony jurors duping one sucker like in "The Joe Schmo Show." That's the premise of Freevee's "Jury Duty," which wraps on Amazon Prime Video after premiering the first four episodes on April 7, the fifth and sixth episodes on April 14 and now the Women are monsters, victims and heroes in 'Evil Dead Rise' 04/21/2023 10:43am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — When director Lee Cronin set out to make the latest installment of the “Evil Dead” franchise, he knew he wanted to bring a fresh angle to his version of the iconic horror series while still giving winks and nods throughout to his source material. “I didn’t want to reboot Defense rests at sedition trial for Proud Boys leaders 04/20/2023 06:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense attorneys on Thursday finished presenting their trial testimony for the landmark case against former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio and four other group members charged with conspiring to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe