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Look out for these two rising scams in your inbox 10/15/2025 03:25pm • October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. With advances in artificial intelligence, online scams are becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect. According to the FBI, Americans lost $16.6 billion to online scams in 2024, a 33% increase from the year before. Phishing scams were amon Waymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to London in 2026 10/15/2025 05:01am • LONDON (AP) ��� Robotaxi pioneer Waymo plans to expand to London next year, marking the company���s latest step in rolling out its driverless ride service internationally. Waymo said Wednesday that it will start testing its self-driving cars on London streets in the coming weeks ��� with a human ��� The Latest: Trump awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom 10/14/2025 09:00pm • President Donald Trump awarded the nation���s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously to Charlie Kirk on Tuesday. Kirk was an activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation���s politics further to the right; he was killed last mon Meta removes ICE-tracking Facebook page in Chicago at the request of the Justice Department 10/14/2025 08:02pm • Meta has removed a Facebook page used to track the presence of immigration agents at the request of the Department of Justice, the company confirmed on Tuesday. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on X that ���following outreach��� from the DOJ, Facebook removed a ���large group page��� that w 8 Best Stocks to Buy Now With $1,000 10/14/2025 08:00pm • If you have an extra $1,000 sitting in a savings or checking account, one of the best ways to earn a return on that money is to invest in the stock market. If you're new to investing, buying a low-cost, diversified S&P 500 exchange-traded fund, such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ticker: SPY OpenAI partners with Walmart to let users buy products in ChatGPT, furthering chatbot shopping push 10/14/2025 04:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� OpenAI is partnering with Walmart to let shoppers make purchases directly within ChatGPT, furthering the artificial intelligence company's push to turn its chatbot into a virtual merchant as it seeks to boost revenue. In an Tuesday announcement, Walmart said the new offering will g Google announces $15B investment in AI hub in India meant to drive digital transformation 10/14/2025 07:11am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Google announced on Tuesday that it will invest $15 billion in India over the next five years to establish its first artificial intelligence hub in the country. Located in the southern city of Visakhapatnam, the hub will be one of Google���s largest globally. It will feature gigaw How to Pay for Assisted Living 10/13/2025 08:00pm • Paying for assisted living requires planning and research. Genworth and CareScout's 2024 Cost of Care Survey reports that the median cost of assisted living facilities is $5,900 per month. Meanwhile, the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living report that the med The 10 Biggest Tech Companies in the World 10/13/2025 08:00pm • Over the past few decades, technology has been integrated deeper into every corner of the economy. Technology stocks have been some of the market's best long-term performers, and the technology sector's total weighting in the S&P 500 index has expanded to more than 35%. Even mega-cap companies l When Will Mortgage Rates Go Down? The Answer's Not As Simple As You Think 10/13/2025 08:00pm • Ever since mortgage rates began climbing from below 3% in 2021 to above 7% in 2022, interest in the search query "When will mortgage rates go down?" has surged, according to Google Trends. Three years later, many prospective homebuyers and homeowners looking to refinance are still asking the same qu As No. 3 Indiana continues to reach new milestones, Cignetti taking a business-as-usual approach 10/13/2025 06:05pm • Indiana Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti stuck to the game plan Monday. He quickly turned the page on the program's first road victory over a top-five team and didn't even bother to mention their new No. 3 ranking ��� the highest in school history ��� or the increasing commotion about whether quarterbac OpenAI partners with Broadcom to design its own AI chips 10/13/2025 05:08pm • OpenAI said Monday it is working with chipmaker Broadcom to design its own artificial intelligence computer chips. The two California companies didn't disclose the financial terms of the deal but said they will start deploying the new racks of customized ���AI accelerators��� late next year. It's th Man charged in shooting death of ex-girlfriend in Wheaton 10/13/2025 02:22pm • A man was arrested and charged in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend in Wheaton, Maryland, Sunday morning. Earl Walker, 47, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Monique Charles. Police said they went to the 1700 block of Imperial Drive just before 8:30 a.m. for a report of Yes, 'KPop Demon Hunters' Halloween costumes are in DC 10/11/2025 03:45pm • Since its release in June, "KPop Demon Hunters" has become the most-watched original title in Netflix's 18-year history. So, it shouldn���t be a total surprise that Google announced the top five searched Halloween costumes of 2025 are all from the show. But, it was a surprise to the Halloween Michelle Obama's Girls Opportunity Alliance pledges $2.5 million for grassroots education for girls 10/11/2025 09:03am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Former first lady Michelle Obama is putting new force behind efforts to ensure girls overcome educational barriers in some of the world's most economically disadvantaged areas. The Obama Foundation's Girls Opportunity Alliance pledged Saturday to rally $2.5 million for dozens of gr