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Everything You Need to Know About Affirm 03/05/2024 07:00pm • Affirm is a lender that allows you to buy now and pay later, whether you're shopping in-store or online. If you qualify for one of these short-term loans, you will choose a payment schedule and then pay at affirm.com or in the Affirm app. The company promises that borrowers will know upfront how muc Michael Bloomberg tops the Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of America���s biggest donors in 2023 03/05/2024 10:31am • Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, gave the most to charitable causes last year, followed by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, and Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy���s exclusive list of the 50 Americans who donated the larges Like Banksy, France's mystery 'Invader' marks cities with art. He could surprise the Paris Olympics 03/05/2024 12:10am • PARIS (AP) ��� For the Paris Olympics, it could almost be a new sport: Score points by hunting down mosaics that a mystery artist who calls himself ���Invader��� has cemented to walls across France���s capital, the world and even had carried aloft to the International Space Station. Vincent Giraud, Apple gets fined nearly $2 billion by the EU for hindering music streaming competition 03/04/2024 04:25pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The European Union leveled its first antitrust penalty against Apple on Monday, fining the U.S. tech giant nearly $2 billion for unfairly favoring its own music streaming service by forbidding rivals like Spotify from telling users how they could pay for cheaper subscriptions outside Do AI video-generators dream of San Pedro? Madonna among early adopters of AI's next wave 03/04/2024 02:35pm • Whenever Madonna sings the 1980s hit ���La Isla Bonita��� on her concert tour, moving images of swirling, sunset-tinted clouds play on the giant arena screens behind her. To get that ethereal look, the pop legend embraced a still-uncharted branch of generative artificial intelligence ��� the text-t Book Review: 'Means of Control' charts the disturbing rise of a secretive US surveillance regime 03/04/2024 02:33pm • In the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks, former national security advisor John Poindexter launched Total Information Awareness, intent on preventing future assaults on the homeland by amassing extensive databases on people and their movements. The Pentagon program had a creepy eye-surveilling-th A party like no other? Asia's richest man celebrates son's prenuptials with a star-studded bash 03/04/2024 01:27pm • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� What happens when the son of Asia's richest man is about to get married? His father throws a three-day prenuptial bash four months before the actual ceremony. Tycoons from around the world, heads of state, as well as Hollywood and Bollywood stars descended on the small western In Judge rejects Sen. Bob Menendez's claims that search warrants in bribery case were unconstitutional 03/04/2024 01:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A federal judge on Monday rejected U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez���s claims that search warrants that led to corruption charges and the discovery of gold bars and cash at his New Jersey home were unconstitutional. Judge Sidney H. Stein ruled Monday that multiple warrants used to conduct 2 5 Mega-Cap Stocks With Room to Run in 2024 03/03/2024 07:00pm • The stock market experienced a strong rebound in 2023, riding up 24% after a disappointing performance in 2022. Many companies that performed well in 2023 have extended their rallies into 2024 and look poised for more gains. Investors seeking a bit of protection and diversification now can buy stock Artificial Intelligence Stocks: The 10 Best AI Companies 03/03/2024 07:00pm • Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics are disrupting virtually every industry. In the past year, the world has gotten a firsthand look at remarkable advances in AI technology, including OpenAI's ChatGPT AI chatbot, GitHub's Copilot AI code generation software and Google's Gemini AI model. How (and where) to watch Oscar-nominated films online 03/01/2024 10:53pm • The winner in the Oscar race this year is ���Oppenheimer��� with 13 nominations, followed by the otherworldly ���Poor Things��� with 11 and the period epic ���Killers of the Flower Moon��� with 10. This year's Oscars race come after a bruising 2023 that was marred by strikes and work stoppages for t California authorizes expansion of Waymo's driverless car services to LA, SF peninsula 03/01/2024 09:41pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� California regulators on Friday authorized Waymo to expand services of its fleet of robotaxis into Los Angeles and to cities on the peninsula south of San Francisco. The California Public Utilities Commission approved Waymo's application for the expansion of its self-driving t US applications for jobless benefits rise but remain historically low despite recent layoffs 02/29/2024 12:57pm • More Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, but layoffs remain historically low even as more high-profile companies have announced job cuts this year. Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 13,000 to 215,000 for the week ending Feb. 24, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Last The jobs market is hot, but layoffs keep coming in a shifting economic environment 02/29/2024 12:44pm • The U.S. economy is humming and there are hundreds of thousands of jobs being added every month. In a stunning burst of hiring to start the year, the nation added 353,000 jobs in January, shrugging off the highest interest rates in two decades that have been put in place by the U.S. Federal Reserve One Tech Tip: Don't use rice for your device. Here's how to dry out your smartphone 02/29/2024 07:09am • LONDON (AP) ��� You were walking next to a swimming pool when you slipped and dropped your phone into the water. Or it slipped out of your hand when you were next to a filled bathtub or toilet. However your smartphone got wet, you now need to dry it. But what do you do? There's lots of advice on th