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As AI becomes part of everyday life, it brings a hidden climate cost As AI becomes part of everyday life, it brings a hidden climate cost 08/22/2025 09:01am • Marissa Loewen first started using artificial intelligence in 2014 as a project management tool. She has autism and ADHD and said it helped immensely with organizing her thoughts. âœWe try to use it conscientiously though because we do realize that there is an impact on the environment,â she said US applications for jobless benefits rise last week, but layoffs remain historically low US applications for jobless benefits rise last week, but layoffs remain historically low 08/21/2025 08:52am • WASHINGTON (AP) â More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but U.S. layoffs remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few years. Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug. 16 rose by 11,000 to 235,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Th Today in History: August 21, Nat Turner launches rebellion 08/21/2025 04:10am • Today is Thursday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2025. There are 132 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people; scores of Black people were killed in retribution in the afterma 1 killed, 1 wounded in Prince George's Co. shooting 1 killed, 1 wounded in Prince George's Co. shooting 08/20/2025 05:10pm • One person has been killed and at least one more was wounded in a shooting near the Eastover Shopping Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, police said. It happened Wednesday around 2 p.m. in the 5100 block of Indian Head Highway Service Road, police said. Both of the people who were shot are male, p Google's Pixel 10 phones raises the ante on artificial intelligence Google's Pixel 10 phones raises the ante on artificial intelligence 08/20/2025 02:38pm • Google on Wednesday unveiled a new line-up of Pixel smartphones injected with another dose of artificial intelligence that's designed to do everything from fetch vital information stored on the devices to help improve photos as they're being taken. The AI expansion on the four Pixel 10 models amplif 5 Best Quantum Computing ETFs to Buy in 2025 08/19/2025 08:00pm • The disruptive power of quantum computing continues to roll on well into the second half of 2025. A new Deloitte report on the quantum computing industry shows a possible 35% annual growth rate through 2032. However, the trade-off of long-term gains for short-term volatility continues to be a sticki Utility to buy power from advanced nuclear plant to fuel Tennessee and Alabama Google data centers 08/18/2025 05:18pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) â The nation's largest public utility plans to buy power from an upcoming advanced nuclear plant to help fuel Google data centers in Tennessee and Alabama, according to a deal announced Monday. The Tennessee Valley Authority, California-based Kairos Power and Google say the a Arlington man charged in mother's death Arlington man charged in mother's death 08/18/2025 04:37pm • An Arlington County man has been charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly shot and killed his mother inside an apartment in Virginia Square. Logan Chrisinger, 27, is being held at the Arlington County jail on murder and two other charges, according to an Arlington County Police Departm Maryland tax on digital ads violated Big Tech's free speech, judges say Maryland tax on digital ads violated Big Tech's free speech, judges say 08/18/2025 02:17pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) â Marylandâs first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising violated the Constitution, a federal appeals court says, because blocking Big Tech from telling customers about the tax violates the companiesâ right to free speech. Supporters say Maryland needed to overhaul it Google to pay $36M fine for anticompetitive deals with Australia's largest telcos 08/18/2025 02:55am • MELBOURNE, Austalia (AP) â Google has agreed to pay a 55 million Australian dollar ($36 million) fine for signing anticompetitive deals with Australiaâs two largest telcos that banned the installation of competing search engines on some smartphones, the U.S. tech giant and Australiaâs competit Appeals court rules provision of digital ad tax violates First Amendment protections Appeals court rules provision of digital ad tax violates First Amendment protections 08/16/2025 11:10am • A provision in Marylandâs digital ad tax is an unconstitutional restriction on free speech, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The 2021 law â the first of its kind in the nation â imposes taxes on large tech companies for the digital ads they sell within the state. But it also prohibits NCAA fines Michigan millions, adds game suspension for Moore over sign-stealing scandal NCAA fines Michigan millions, adds game suspension for Moore over sign-stealing scandal 08/15/2025 05:39pm • ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) â The NCAA fined Michigan tens of millions of dollars Friday and suspended coach Sherrone Moore for a third game as punishment for a sprawling sign-stealing scandal that has loomed over college footballâs winningest program for nearly two years, including its national champ Data Doctors: Tips for training your voice assistant Data Doctors: Tips for training your voice assistant 08/15/2025 06:07am • Q: How can I get voice recognition to spell peopleâs names correctly? A: Voice recognition tools are amazing for quickly sending messages or dictating notes, but they can stumble when it comes to unusual or nonphonetic names. If your phone, smart assistant or dictation software keeps misspellin Supreme Court allows Mississippi to require age verification on social media like Facebook and X Supreme Court allows Mississippi to require age verification on social media like Facebook and X 08/14/2025 04:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) â The Supreme Court on Thursday refused for now to block enforcement of a Mississippi law aimed at regulating the use of social media by children, an issue of growing national concern. The justices rejected an emergency appeal from a tech industry group representing major platform Taylor Swift's economic pull makes orange the new green for big brands Taylor Swift's economic pull makes orange the new green for big brands 08/14/2025 01:33pm • Taylor Swift's upcoming album release and her love of all things orange isn't lost on her fans - or brands that are seeking a ride on what has become an enormous economic tailwind. On Wednesday after Swift went on the âœNew Heightsâ podcast co-hosted by her boyfriend and NFL football star Travis
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