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California bill requiring Big Tech to pay for news gains momentum 06/01/2023 06:53pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� A California bill that would force Big Tech companies to pay media outlets for posting and using their news content cleared another critical hurdle Thursday. The measure is among hundreds of bills that passed in the state Senate and Assembly this week before Friday ��� t Maryland expands digital licenses, becoming 1st state to offer them in Google Wallet 06/01/2023 02:40pm • Getting through airport security could be a bit easier for Maryland travelers with the launch of a digital ID option for people with Android smartphones. Maryland is now the first state in the nation to offer a digital driver's license and ID for Google Wallet ��� and the first to offer a digital Corporate Amazon workers protest company���s climate impact and return-to-office mandate in walkout 05/31/2023 08:24pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Telling executives to ���strive harder,��� hundreds of corporate Amazon workers protested what they decried as the company's lack of progress on climate goals and an inequitable return-to-office mandate during a lunchtime demonstration at its Seattle headquarters Wednesday. The prot CEOs got smaller raises. It would still take a typical worker two lifetimes to make their annual pay 05/31/2023 04:41pm • After ballooning for years, CEO pay growth is finally slowing. The typical compensation package for chief executives who run S&P 500 companies rose just 0.9% last year, to a median of $14.8 million, according to data analyzed for The Associated Press by Equilar. That means half the CEOs in the s China warns of artificial intelligence risks, calls for beefed-up national security measures 05/31/2023 04:26am • BEIJING (AP) ��� China���s ruling Communist Party has warned of the risks posed by advances in artificial intelligence while calling for heightened national security measures. The statement issued after a meeting Tuesday chaired by party leader and President Xi Jinping underscores the tension betwee 10 Ways to Get Free Money From the Government 05/30/2023 08:00pm • Depending on your circumstances and possibly bad luck, you may be in need of all the government help you can get. After all, while unemployment has been pretty low -- 3.4% in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics -- if you're part of that 3.4%, you're out of a job and looking for work. Business Highlights: Ruling protects Sacklers from lawsuits; AI extinction risk warning 05/30/2023 04:41pm • Ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma to settle opioid claims, protect Sacklers from lawsuits A federal court ruling has cleared the way for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to settle thousands of legal claims over the toll of opioids. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Y Apple App Store - Top Apps 05/30/2023 02:27pm • App Store Top Free iPhone Apps (US): 1. Max: Stream HBO, TV, & Movies, WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC 2. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu 3. ChatGPT, OpenAI 4. Instagram, Instagram, Inc. 5. TikTok, TikTok Ltd. 6. YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream, Google LLC 7. WhatsApp Messenger, What What's new in robots? An AI-powered humanoid machine that writes poems 05/30/2023 01:27pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Ameca can speak French, Chinese or dozens of other languages, instantly compose a poem or sketch a cat on request. Ask for a smile, and you'll get a clenched grin on her rubbery blue face. Ameca is a humanoid robot powered by generative artificial intelligence that gives it the abil Artificial intelligence raises risk of extinction, experts say in new warning 05/30/2023 01:09pm • Scientists and tech industry leaders, including high-level executives at Microsoft and Google, issued a new warning Tuesday about the perils that artificial intelligence poses to humankind. ���Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks 9 Questions to Ask Before Paying Any Medical Bill 05/29/2023 08:00pm • A single stay in the hospital can result in a bewildering array of bills covering a number of services and providers. Some statements may provide scant details to justify charges while others could include descriptions or codes that make little sense to the average person. "There's a lot of needless 7 Recent and Upcoming IPOs to Watch in 2023 05/29/2023 08:00pm • It has been a tough, quiet year in the market for initial public stock offerings -- but a surprisingly good year for stocks of recent IPOs. Only 42 companies have gone public this year as of mid-May, according to Renaissance Capital, an IPO-focused research firm and exchange-traded fund, or ETF, man Car Review: Honda fully redesigns 2023 Accord with spacious interior, great gas mileage 05/29/2023 06:47am • The Accord has been a top or near top-selling sedan for decades, and Honda looks to keep it that way with a big overhaul for 2023. While sedans have been taking a big hit in the age of the crossover, Honda still produces and continues to invest in its big sedan. For 2023, Honda gave the Accord a maj Army Air Force pilot from Pennsylvania killed during WWII accounted for, authorities say 05/28/2023 09:00am • An Army Air Force pilot from Pennsylvania killed during World War II has been accounted for almost eight decades later, military authorities said. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said last week that 2nd Lt. James Litherland, 25, of South Williamsport was accounted for in March. In February 194 EU official says Twitter abandons bloc's voluntary pact against disinformation 05/26/2023 07:11pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Twitter has dropped out of a voluntary European Union agreement to combat online disinformation, a top EU official said Friday. European Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted that Twitter had pulled out of the EU's disinformation ���code of practice��� that other major social media pla