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Review: 'Ted' prequel series launches on Peacock for raunchy return of Seth MacFarlane's teddy bear 01/11/2024 04:26pm • In 2012, Seth MacFarlane introduced his foul-mouthed teddy bear in "Ted," one of the year's Top 10 grossing movies. Now, the fun-loving "Family Guy" creator adapts it into a new prequel TV series that premieres this Thursday on Peacock. While the film starred Mark Wahlberg as John Bennett in h Dean Smith, Charlotte FC's new coach, gets lots of questions in the Tar Heel state about Dean Smith 01/11/2024 01:44pm • MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� A team in North Carolina needed a coach. It hired Dean Smith. Such a move has worked out pretty well in the Tar Heel State before. And Charlotte FC hopes it works out again. Meet ���the other��� Dean Smith, a 52-year-old Englishman who is taking over as coach in Charlotte Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/11/2024 01:24pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Google should pay a multibillion fine in antitrust shopping case, an EU court adviser says 01/11/2024 06:50am • LONDON (AP) ��� A legal adviser to the European Union's top court said Thursday that Google should pay a whopping fine in a long-running antitrust case in which regulators found the company gave its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results. The European Court o Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams amid cost-cutting drive 01/11/2024 05:20am • Google has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures. The cuts come as Google looks towards ���responsibly investing in our company���s biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead,��� the company sai Panel of judges says a First Amendment challenge to Maryland's digital ad tax should be considered 01/11/2024 12:25am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� A federal appeals court directed a lower federal court on Wednesday to consider the merits of a challenge to Maryland���s first-in-the-nation digital advertising tax on First Amendment grounds, while agreeing that three other challenges should be dismissed. It���s a law th Hydrogen energy back in the vehicle conversation at CES 2024 01/10/2024 01:47pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� While electric vehicles are gaining the lion's share of the attention for carbon-neutral technology at CES 2024, hydrogen energy has snuck its way back into the conversation thanks to two automotive giants. Hyundai spotlighted its plans for utilizing hydrogen energy at the sprawli Edmunds compares the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV and 2024 Tesla Model Y 01/10/2024 06:41am • The new 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV is one of the most intriguing electric vehicle debuts this year. It���s about the same size as Chevy���s midsize gas-powered Blazer SUV but otherwise has nothing mechanical in common. With roomy seating and lots of the latest technology features, it could appeal to p CES 2024 updates: Car companies unveil new tech and Robert Downey Jr. targets scammers 01/10/2024 05:55am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Welcome to opening day of CES 2024. This multi-day trade event put on by the Consumer Technology Association is expected to bring some 130,000 attendees and more than 4,000 exhibitors to Las Vegas. The latest advances and gadgets across personal tech, transportation, health care, Why a Vienna gas station also serves Indian food 01/09/2024 11:18pm • At a Mobil gas station in Vienna, Virginia, customers can grab a homemade samosa while pumping gas. About two years ago, in the aftermath of the pandemic, Vishal Sood told his wife he wanted to try something new. A software engineer by trade, Sood spent a lot of time working from home and 7 Best Semiconductor Stocks to Buy for 2024 01/09/2024 07:00pm • The semiconductor sector stacked cash for investors in 2023, with the benchmark PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX) up 65% for the year. The index piled on 30% in the last two months of 2023. That's a good year's work for the semiconductor sector. If you had plopped $10,000 down on the SOX on Jan. 1, 202 8 Top Nancy Pelosi Stocks to Buy 01/09/2024 07:00pm • Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in 2022 that the Senate would soon vote on a bill banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks. But nearly two years later, Pelosi is no longer House Speaker, and members of Congress are still allowed to buy and sell individual securities as long Apple App Store - Top Apps 01/09/2024 12:15pm • Top Free iPhone Apps (US): 1. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu 2. CapCut - Video Editor, Bytedance Pte. Ltd 3. Threads, an Instagram app, Instagram, Inc. 4. MONOPOLY GO!, Scopely, Inc. 5. Google, Google LLC 6. TikTok, TikTok Ltd. 7. Rocket Money - Bills & Budgets, Rocket Money 8. Instagram, I Microsoft's OpenAI investment could trigger EU merger review 01/09/2024 09:38am • LONDON (AP) ��� Microsoft's multibillion-dollar investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI could trigger a European Union merger investigation, the bloc's executive branch said Tuesday. The European Commission said it's ���checking whether Microsoft���s investment in OpenAI might be reviewable��� under reg CES 2024 updates: The most interesting news and gadgets from tech's big show 01/09/2024 09:29am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� CES 2024 kicks off in Las Vegas this week. The multi-day trade event put on by the Consumer Technology Association is set to feature swaths of the latest advances and gadgets across personal tech, transportation, health care, sustainability and more ��� with burgeoning uses of art