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EU officials agree on rules to rein in Big Tech dominance 03/24/2022 09:15pm • BRUSSELS (AP) �� European Union officials agreed Thursday on a landmark provisional agreement aimed at clamping down on the biggest online companies, dubbed digital ��gatekeepers,�� by laying out a list of dos and don��ts. With those rules, the bloc is seeking to prevent tech giants like Google,

How to choose a financial person 03/24/2022 08:00pm • Aspiring clients will rarely have a problem finding a financial advisor. Instead, the challenge is deciding what kind of advisor to work with. There are myriad types of advisors, fee structures and services on offer from money professionals using the "financial advisor" title. Sorting through tho

David Wellisch 03/24/2022 08:00pm • When David Wellisch founded Collage Group in 2009, the consumer and market research firm focused its efforts on helping corporate brands better understand the U.S. Hispanic market and audience.�� Since then, it has evolved to help consumer brands better understand and engage with all races, ethnici

Uber, Ollie's rise; KB Home, Steelcase fall 03/24/2022 04:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) �� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Uber Technologies Inc., up $1.64 to $34.70. The company is partnering with Curb, a ride-hailing app for licensed taxi and for-hire rides. KB Home, down $1.65 to $34.38. The homebuilder's first-quarter profit and

Analysis: Ash Barty��s retirement not really hard to fathom 03/23/2022 03:33pm • At first glance, Ash Barty��s retirement from tennis might be hard to fathom. She is still only 25, after all. And she's been thriving with a racket in her hands lately: No. 1 in the WTA rankings for 114 consecutive weeks (a streak surpassed only by Steffi Graf, Serena Williams and Martina Navrati

Jackson invokes her Christian faith, stays mum on specifics 03/23/2022 05:56am • Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has put her religious faith front, center �� and vague. She's spoken strongly of the role of her faith in her life and career but hasn't gotten into the specifics of that commitment. Her beliefs have drawn some attention as she undergoes Senate Judiciary Committee hearin

Reston CEO works to help bring better emergency alerts to countries around the world 03/23/2022 05:40am • Alert-Hub CEO Eliot Christian is interviewed by a local TV station in 2017 in the South Pacific island country of Nauru. (Courtesy Eliot Christian) It's a small company with a huge goal: bringing automated emergency alerts to the developing world. Eliot Christian, who lives in Reston, Virgini

20 Top Things to Do in Michigan 03/22/2022 08:00pm • Located in the heart of America's Great Lakes region, Michigan boasts the longest freshwater coastline in the country. Its name is derived from the indigenous word for "large water" and, as such, aquatic activities like fishing, kayaking, sailing and scuba diving are at the top of traveler's Michiga

7 Best Socially Responsible Funds 03/22/2022 08:00pm • Socially responsible investing is growing in popularity.Over the last several years, there's been a massive trend toward the democratization of investing. It's easier than ever before for individual investors to make tactical bets on individual companies, sectors or regions of the world, thanks to t

Apple-Apps-Top-10 03/22/2022 11:08am • Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Minecraft, Mojang 2. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 3. Geometry Dash, RobTop Games AB 4. Bloons TD 6, Ninja Kiwi 5. HotSchedules, HotSchedules 6. Incredibox, So Far So Good 7. Procreate Pocket, Savage Interactive Pty Ltd 8. Monopoly - Classic Board Game, Marmalade Game Studio 9. Pl

Lawsuit says Google discriminates against Black workers 03/21/2022 05:10pm • A former Google employee sued the tech giant for racial discrimination, saying it engages in a ��pattern and practice�� of unfair treatment for its Black workers. The suit claims the company steered them into lower-level and lower-paid jobs and subjected them to a hostile work environment if they

DC-area students win C-SPAN contest, will have documentaries aired nationwide 03/20/2022 09:28pm • Twin brothers from Montgomery County, Maryland, and 13 other D.C.-area students will have their documentaries aired nationwide as winners of a national competition. Tyler and Dermott Foley of Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring, Maryland, are the winners of C-SPAN's national 2022 StudentCam co

Women make up just 24% of the cyber workforce: CISA wants to fix that 03/19/2022 12:48pm • As the race to recruit female talent in STEM continues moving ahead with steady progress, stunning statistics still wrack the cybersecurity sector: Women working in cybersecurity currently account for��less than one quarter of the overall workforce. Megan Rapinoe. Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Shirley C

Brazil judge bans messaging app Telegram for ignoring ruling 03/18/2022 07:52pm • SAO PAULO (AP) �� A justice of Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the shutdown of messaging app Telegram nationwide, arguing it has not cooperated with authorities. The move is a blow to President Jair Bolsonaro, who has more than 1 million followers on the platform and defends it as a key to

How (and where) to watch the 2022 Oscar nominees online 03/18/2022 09:49am • NEW YORK (AP) �� Looking to watch top Oscar nominees before the 94th Academy Awards air on March 27? There are many ways to get that done, and a trip to the theater isn't absolutely necessary. Here��s the way to find the top nominees online, though there are many myriad paths to digitally buy, re