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100 teens get lifetime support to foster global service work 10/25/2021 08:46am • NEW YORK (AP) — Christian Maboko wants to change the world. Starting Monday, the 18-year-old from Burundi, who lives in a Kenyan refugee camp and has co-founded a nonprofit to help address poverty there, will get a lifetime of help with his work from a new philanthropic program to nurture talented Facebook's language gaps weaken screening of hate, terrorism 10/25/2021 06:59am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In Gaza and Syria, journalists and activists feel Facebook censors their speech, flagging inoffensive Arabic posts as terrorist content. In India and Myanmar, political groups use Facebook to incite violence. All of it frequently slips through the company’s eff Australia wants Facebook to seek parental consent for kids 10/25/2021 05:24am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia plans to crack down on online advertisers targeting children by making social media platforms seek parental consent for users younger than 16 years old to join or face fines of 10 million Australian dollars ($7.5 million) under a draft law released Monday. The Online Tools That Can Support ACT, SAT Prep 10/25/2021 12:00am • When we envision digital tools geared for SAT and ACT prep, certain resources immediately come to mind: online practice tests, flash cards and the like. But a wealth of other tech tools are also available to SAT and ACT test-takers, and you could deeply benefit by using some of them as you study. Di 7 Earnings Reports to Watch This Week 10/25/2021 12:00am • Earnings reports could be big catalysts for these stocks.Third-quarter earnings season is ramping up, and growth expectations remain high as the economy continues to recover from 2020 shutdowns. Investors have already witnessed some big third-quarter earnings hits and misses. A good or bad earnings Today in History 10/24/2021 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2021. There are 68 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 24, 1940, the 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. On this date: In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia (west-FAY’- A moving 'reunion' for descendants of Holocaust survivors 10/23/2021 10:04am • WESTLAKE, Texas (AP) — Anna Salton Eisen found the old pictures of Jewish prisoners who survived the Holocaust in a folder her late father, George Lucius Salton, kept most of his life. The Texas woman recognized the names of some of the teens and young men from stories her father told. For three y A moving 'reunion' for descendants of Holocaust survivors 10/23/2021 10:03am • WESTLAKE, Texas (AP) — Anna Salton Eisen found the old pictures — wallet-size, black-and-white images of Jewish prisoners who survived the Holocaust — in a folder her late father, George Lucius Salton, kept most of his life. The Texas woman recognized the names of some of the teens and young m Data Doctors: Smartphone astrophotography tips 10/22/2021 04:02pm • Q: Is it possible to get a decent picture using my smartphone for astrophotography? A: While serious astrophotography requires a pile of expensive DSLR camera equipment, you can actually get decent images from your smartphone with a little work. A couple of keys to capturing the night sky are Study says tech firms underreport their carbon footprint 10/22/2021 01:33pm • BERLIN (AP) — Large technology companies such as SAP, IBM and Google are underreporting their greenhouse gas emissions at a time of heightened scrutiny over the role of corporations in driving climate change, a study released Friday claimed. Research published in the journal Nature Communications NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 10/22/2021 12:54pm • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Unvaccinated FEMA employees aren’t replacing noncompliant health Review: ‘The Harder They Fall’ is stylish neo-western starring hidden figures of Old West 10/22/2021 12:18pm • If you wondered what the next evolution of the genre might look like after Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns and Quentin Tarantino's cinephile homages, hold onto your saddle. Filmmaker Jeymes Samuel crafts a rip-roaring ride in "The Harder They Fall," packed with Black Hollywood icons spittin How Advisors Can Help Clients Think Beyond the S&P 500 as a Benchmark 10/22/2021 12:00am • For many investors, the S&P 500 has become synonymous with the stock market. But many don't truly know what it is or whether it's an appropriate barometer against which to measure their portfolios. The reality is that the S&P 500 is just one of many investment benchmarks financial advisors NASA launches tool that measures Western water loss 10/21/2021 09:18pm • DENVER (AP) — NASA on Thursday launched an online platform with information on how much water evaporates into the atmosphere from plants, soils and other surfaces in the U.S. West, data it says could help water managers, farmers and state officials better manage resources in the parched region. Th Consumer watchdog to probe Big Tech payment systems 10/21/2021 04:44pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In its first significant action under a new director, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is ordering Apple, Amazon, PayPal and other tech giants to reveal how their proprietary payment networks function. Apple Pay, Google Pay and other payment systems created by big tech com