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Freeway frenzy on I-395 persists amid yearslong delay in updating DC signs 09/19/2023 09:00am • In the District, an interstate numbering discrepancy is contributing to a daily derby of swerving, crashing and even drivers throwing their vehicles into reverse on the Southeast/Southwest Freeway. Now, the Federal Highway Administration is getting involved. It has been nearly three years sinc Google brings its AI chatbot Bard into its inner circle, opening door to Gmail, Maps, YouTube 09/19/2023 06:01am • Google is introducing Bard, its artificially intelligent chatbot, to other members of its digital family — including Gmail, Maps and YouTube — as it seeks ward off competitive threats posed by similar technology run by Open AI and Microsoft. Bard's expanded capabilities announced Tuesday will be 7 Best Socially Responsible Funds 09/18/2023 08:00pm • Socially responsible funds play an increasingly important role for investors, as it's more and more difficult to put your money into the stock market without acknowledging the world we live in. Whether it's the dollars-and-cents impact of global warming to the real social issues like wealth inequali 8 Best Quantum Computing Stocks to Buy in 2023 09/18/2023 08:00pm • Quantum computing is in major expansion mode, with the global market expected to grow from $928.8 million in 2023 to $6.5 billion by 2030, according to Fortune Business Insights. Those numbers reflect a 32.1% compound annual growth rate. Growth-minded investors may want to keep tabs on the quantum t Netanyahu talks to Elon Musk in California about antisemitism on X and artificial intelligence 09/18/2023 03:39pm • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kicked off a U.S. trip in California to talk to billionaire businessman Elon Musk about antisemitism on his social media platform X — while Musk asked him to address his judicial overhaul in Israel. The two also discussed artifici How Long Will My Retirement Savings Last? 09/17/2023 08:00pm • Retirement lasts longer today than it did almost 80 years ago when Social Security was instituted. In 1935, when the Social Security Act set the retirement age at 65, the average retiree could expect to live about five more years. Cut to 2023 and things have changed. Many retirees can reasonably exp A Jan. 6 rioter was convicted and sentenced in secret. No one will say why 09/15/2023 03:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of rioters have been charged, convicted and sentenced for joining the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. Unlike their cases, Samuel Lazar's appears to have been resolved in secret — kept under seal with no explanation, even after his release from prison. Lazar, 37, of Ep Imagine making shadowy data brokers erase your personal info. Californians may soon live the dream 09/14/2023 11:49pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — You may not know it, but thousands of often shadowy companies routinely traffic in personal data you probably never agreed to share — everything from your real-time location information to private financial details. Even if you could identify these data brokers, there isn't California settles with Google over location privacy practices for $93 million 09/14/2023 09:18pm • OAKLAND, California (AP) — Search giant Google agreed to a $93 million settlement with the state of California on Thursday over its location-privacy practices. The settlement follows a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states, reached in November 2022, to resolve an investigation into how the com Pope Francis and Bill Clinton set discussion on climate change at Clinton Global Initiative 09/14/2023 08:56am • NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis will discuss how to address the world's pressing issues with former President Bill Clinton to open this year's Clinton Global Initiative, organizers announced Thursday. The pontiff will discuss broad issues — including climate change, the refugee crisis, the welfare Tech industry leaders endorse regulating artificial intelligence at rare summit in Washington 09/13/2023 08:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's biggest technology executives on Wednesday loosely endorsed the idea of government regulations for artificial intelligence at an unusual closed-door meeting in the U.S. Senate. But there is little consensus on what regulation would look like, and the political path f Leaving Google's search engine isn't easy, government witness says in antitrust case 09/13/2023 06:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department pressed ahead with its antitrust case against Google Wednesday, questioning a former employee of the search engine giant about deals he helped negotiate with phone companies in the 2000s. Chris Barton, who worked for Google from 2004 to 2011, testified Business Highlights: Antitrust case against Google; Gas prices propel inflation higher 09/13/2023 04:53pm • ___ Justice Department pushes ahead with antitrust case against Google, questions ex-employee on deals WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is pressing ahead with its antitrust case against Google. On Wednesday, that included questioning a former employee of the search engine giant about Stock market today: Asian shares slide after tech, rising oil prices drag Wall St lower 09/13/2023 12:05am • Stocks fell Wednesday in Asia after a slide for technology stocks dragged Wall Street lower ahead of a key report on U.S. inflation. Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.3% to 17,970.01 and the Shanghai Composite index sank 0.9% to 3,109.88. Japan's Nikkei 225 index shed 0.4% to 32,656.85, while the Kospi Nuclear Fusion: 5 Ways to Invest in the Energy Breakthrough 09/12/2023 08:00pm • In August 2023, U.S. Department of Energy scientists successfully replicated a historic nuclear fusion reaction, seemingly confirming the net energy gain in a fusion experiment first reported in December 2022 was no fluke. The DOE called the news "a major scientific breakthrough decades in the makin