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A beheading video was on YouTube for hours, raising questions about why it wasn't taken down sooner 02/02/2024 03:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A graphic video from a Pennsylvania man accused of beheading his father that circulated for hours on YouTube has put a spotlight yet again on gaps in social media companies' ability to prevent horrific postings from spreading across the web. Police said Wednesday that they charged Microsoft says state-backed Russian hackers accessed emails of senior leadership team members 02/02/2024 12:25pm • BOSTON (AP) — State-backed Russian hackers broke into Microsoft's corporate email system and accessed the accounts of members of the company's leadership team, as well as those of employees on its cybersecurity and legal teams, the company said Friday. In a blog post, Microsoft said the intrusion Think the news industry was struggling already? The dawn of 2024 is offering few good tidings 02/02/2024 12:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — On Friday, the National Press Club is offering solace — and a free meal — by giving recently laid-off journalists tacos in recognition of a brutal stretch that seems to offer bad news daily for an already struggling industry. For anyone who works in the news media, the list is The US didn't just avoid a recession — it's adding hundreds of thousands of new jobs 02/02/2024 12:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers delivered a stunning burst of hiring to begin 2024, adding 353,000 jobs in January in the latest sign of the economy’s continuing ability to shrug off the highest interest rates in two decades. Friday’s government report showed that last month’s job Eagles' Isaiah Rodgers Sr. says bets that led to his NFL suspension were for others, not himself 02/01/2024 09:20pm • Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Isaiah Rodgers Sr. says bets placed from his account, including wagers on his own team, that led to him being suspended indefinitely by the NFL last year were made for other people. Rodgers, then with the Indianapolis Colts, was suspended last June for violating the le Apple ends yearlong sales slump with slight revenue rise in holiday-season period but stock slips 02/01/2024 06:45pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple snapped out of a yearlong sales funk during its holiday-season quarter, propelled by solid demand for the latest model of its iPhone and still-robust growth in a services division facing legal threats that could undermine its prospects. The modest revenue growth announce More Americans apply for unemployment benefits but layoffs still historically low 02/01/2024 10:11am • The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose last week to the highest level in 11 weeks, though layoffs remain at historically low levels. Applications for unemployment benefits climbed to 224,000 for the week ending Jan. 27, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week, the Labor Departm Will the Stock Market Crash in 2024? 6 Risk Factors 01/31/2024 07:00pm • Slivers of sunlight have finally pierced through the clouds in America, as the nation's gross domestic product grew by an annual rate of 3.3% in the fourth quarter of 2023. That news should help the U.S. stock market, which has gained 1.6% as measured by the S&P 500 index on a year-to-date basis Microsoft profit soars 33% on AI, cloud-computing investments 01/30/2024 08:01pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that its profit for the October-December quarter soared 33%, powered by its significant investments in artificial intelligence technology. The company said that increase largely reflected growth in its cloud-computing unit, where Microsoft focuses Spring a leak? Google will find it through a new partnership aimed at saving water in New Mexico 01/30/2024 07:31pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is teaming up with Google to hunt for leaky water pipes using satellite imagery as the drought-stricken state prepares for a future in which growing demand puts more pressure on already dwindling drinking water supplies. State officials made the announcement Tu Google's parent posts double-digit revenue growth in 4th quarter, but ad sales rise at slower pace 01/30/2024 05:23pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s corporate parent returned to double-digit revenue growth during last year’s final quarter, signaling the internet powerhouse has regained its footing even as it grapples with regulatory and competitive threats to its digital empire. The results announced Tuesday b Alphabet: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/30/2024 04:05pm • MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $20.69 billion. The Mountain View, California-based company said it had profit of $1.64 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 16 an ChatGPT violated European privacy laws, Italy tells chatbot maker OpenAI 01/30/2024 12:09pm • LONDON (AP) — Italian regulators said they told OpenAI that its ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot has violated European Union’s stringent data privacy rules. The country's data protection authority, known as Garante, said Monday that it notified San Francisco-based OpenAI of breaches of th Apple App Store - Top Apps 01/30/2024 11:39am • Top Free iPhone Apps (US): 1. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu 2. Threads, an Instagram app, Instagram, Inc. 3. ChatGPT, OpenAI 4. Google, Google LLC 5. TikTok, TikTok Ltd. 6. YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream, Google LLC 7. CapCut - Video Editor, Bytedance Pte. Ltd 8. Instagram, Instagram, Inc. 9. How Taiwan beat back disinformation and preserved the integrity of its election 01/29/2024 07:12am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The rumors about vote fraud started swirling as the ballots in Taiwan’s closely watched presidential election were tallied on Jan. 13. There were baseless claims that people had fabricated votes and that officials had miscounted and skewed the results. In a widely shared video,