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What happened in local business in 2023? A look at the woes, wins, mergers and more 12/27/2023 01:45am • From restaurants shutting their doors and others opening for the first time, to mergers and acquisitions that made the news, WTOP has a roundup of the biggest D.C.-area business stories of the year. Restaurant woes The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington released a survey of D.C.-are AI pioneer says public discourse on intelligent machines must give 'proper respect to human agency' 12/26/2023 08:46am • She's an important figure behind today's artificial intelligence boom, but not all computer scientists thought Fei-Fei Li was on the right track when she came up with the idea for a giant visual database called ImageNet that took years to build. Li, now a founding director of Stanford University's I Car Review: Volvo S60 Recharge AWD Ultimate barges into German compact luxury sedan market 12/25/2023 05:59am • Volvo might not always be your first thought for small luxury sedans, but the updated S60 makes a case for the Swedish brand. Now you can have a plug-in hybrid version. When you pick the S60 Recharge, you get a sedan that runs 40 miles on electric power before the gas engine kicks in. I drove it for TV sitcom 'Extended Family' inspired by real-life relationship of Celtics owner, wife and her ex 12/22/2023 05:45pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� When Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck felt like his life could be the premise for a television sitcom, he knew just where to turn: His friend Tom Werner, a Red Sox owner and TV veteran who was behind megahits like ���The Cosby Show,��� ���Roseanne��� and ���That ���70s Show.��� The Study shows AI image-generators being trained on explicit photos of children 12/20/2023 08:19pm • Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report that urges companies to take action to address a harmful flaw in the technology they built. Those same images have made it easier for AI systems t Right-wing social media platform Parler plans to relaunch early next year 12/20/2023 02:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The social media platform Parler, which caters to right-wing voices and was temporarily booted offline following the Jan. 6 insurrection, is relaunching ahead of next year���s presidential elections. The new owners of the company announced this week the platform is preparing for a Three of the biggest porn sites must verify ages to protect kids under Europe's new digital law 12/20/2023 10:59am • LONDON (AP) ��� Three of the world's biggest porn websites face new requirements in the European Union that include verifying the ages of users, the 27-nation bloc said Wednesday, expanding the reach of its digital law designed to keep people safe on the internet. Pornhub, XVideos and Stripchat hav 5 Best-Performing Assets of 2023 12/19/2023 07:00pm • The past year has been an eventful one in the global economy. In 2023, the Russia-Ukraine war accelerated the cost-of-living crisis that has plagued many nations across the world. It was also a year of banking failures, as otherwise strong banks in the U.S. and Switzerland collapsed. The cryptocurre 10 of the Best Vanguard ETFs to Buy 12/19/2023 07:00pm • Vanguard, a pioneer in fund management since 1976 with the launch of the first commercially available index mutual fund, has in recent years expanded its expertise into a robust lineup of exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. This diversification marks a significant evolution in the firm's offerings, alig Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlement 12/19/2023 01:30pm • Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store ��� the same issue that went to trial in another case that could result in even bigger changes. Although Google struck the deal with stat Apple App Store - Top Apps 12/19/2023 12:37pm • App Store Top Free iPhone Apps (US): 1. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu 2. GTA: San Andreas ��� NETFLIX, Netflix, Inc. 3. Threads, an Instagram app, Instagram, Inc. 4. CapCut - Video Editor, Bytedance Pte. Ltd 5. Shop: All your favorite brands, Shopify Inc. 6. Cha 10 Best Growth Stocks to Buy 12/18/2023 07:00pm • Economists around the world expect U.S. economic growth to slow in coming quarters, and some are still calling for a mild U.S. recession. It may become increasingly difficult for investors to find reliable growth stocks to buy if interest rates remain at 22-year highs for an extended period. Neverth Broncos' Baron Browning at forefront of venture to allow fans to buy stock in their favorite players 12/15/2023 03:52pm • DENVER (AP) ��� You hear it all the time in the world of sports: this athlete's stock is skyrocketing or that player's stock is plummeting. Soon, that'll actually be the case for some jocks. Vestible Inc. is awaiting qualification by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to introduce an invest Should You Use a Coworking Space? 12/14/2023 07:00pm • Coworking spaces are a relatively new concept that redefines the traditional office setting by offering an environment where individuals from different professions can engage in collaborative or independent work within a shared area. With the rise of remote work, freelancing and entrepreneurship, co Sickle cell affects more families in Africa and India, but new gene therapies are out of reach 12/14/2023 04:24pm • Gautam Dongre���s two children in India and Pascazia Mazeze���s son in Tanzania live with an inherited blood disorder that turns blood cells into instruments of pain. Now that new gene therapies promise a cure for their sickle cell disease, Dongre says he's "praying the treatment should come to us.�