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European Union adds porn site XNXX to list of online platforms facing strictest digital scrutiny 07/11/2024 02:32am • LONDON (AP) ��� The European Union said Wednesday it's adding the porn site XNXX to its list of online services facing the strictest level of scrutiny under the bloc's digital regulations including measures requiring users to verify their ages. It's the fourth porn site to be classed as a ���very l Book Review: Gonzo journalist Barrett Brown���s memoir a piquant take on hacktivism���s rise 07/10/2024 03:42pm • His talents in full flower and basking in public admiration, gonzo journalist and inveterate anti-establishment troublemaker Barrett Brown is jailed in his native Texas on various federal felony charges. It is 2013 and Brown���s adventures have included helping Anonymous hacktivists publicly expose Frustrations mount in the Houston heat after Beryl moves on and leaves millions without power 07/10/2024 12:56am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� The return of soaring heat in Houston on Tuesday deepened the misery for millions of people still without power after Hurricane Beryl crashed into Texas and left residents in search of places to cool off and fuel up as the extended outages strained one of the nation���s largest citi Iran encourages Gaza war protests in US to stoke outrage and distrust, intelligence chief says 07/09/2024 10:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Iranian government is covertly encouraging American protests over Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza in a bid to stoke outrage ahead of the fall election, the nation's top intelligence official said Tuesday. Using social media platforms popular in the U.S., groups linked to T 9 Growth Stocks That Also Pay Dividends 07/09/2024 08:00pm • Investors commonly tend to seek one of two paths: growth stocks that are expanding sales and profits, or value stocks that offer stability and income potential. And most of the time, those two strategies are mutually exclusive. That's not always the case, however, as there are a few growth stocks th US disrupts Russian government-backed disinformation campaign that relied on AI technology 07/09/2024 04:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A Russian propaganda campaign backed by the Kremlin that spread online disinformation in the United States and was boosted by artificial intelligence has been disrupted, the Justice Department said Tuesday. U.S. officials described the internet operation as part of an ongoing eff 'This is break glass in case of emergency stuff': Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering 07/09/2024 12:10pm • Inadequate funding and controversial measures in a budget bill could threaten what Americans know about themselves through federal data gathering, statisticians and demographers warn in a new report and a letter to U.S. congressional leaders. ���Our bottom-line assessment is that federal statistics Home Selling Slowly? Here's What to Do 07/07/2024 08:00pm • Most people don't set out to sell their house as slowly as possible, but even when the market is hopping, it can happen. So what should you do if you're selling your home in slow motion? Is there anything you can do to speed things up? Why, yes, there is, say many real estate experts. But turning th Artificial Intelligence Stocks: The 10 Best AI Companies 07/07/2024 08:00pm • Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics are disrupting virtually every industry. In the past year, the world has gotten a firsthand look at remarkable advances in AI technology, including OpenAI's ChatGPT AI chatbot, GitHub's Copilot AI code generation software and Google's Gemini AI model. Scammers are swiping billions from Americans every year. Worse, most crooks are getting away with it 07/07/2024 01:53pm • The scammers are winning. Sophisticated overseas criminals are stealing tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, a crime wave projected to get worse as the U.S. population ages and technology like AI makes it easier than ever to perpetrate fraud and get away with it. Internet and Church bells speak again in Spain thanks to effort to recover the lost 'language' of ringing by hand 07/07/2024 12:56am • JOANETES, Spain (AP) ��� Xavier Pall��s plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell. Clang-clong! Clang-clong! Clang-CLONG! The swinging bronze bell resonates with each strike of the clapper, f Forced labor, same-sex marriage and shoplifting are all on the ballot in California this November 07/06/2024 12:09am • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� Forced labor, same-sex marriage and shoplifting are among the 10 statewide ballot measures that California voters are set to consider in November. The California secretary of state assigned proposition numbers to the measures on Wednesday after the Legislature added two m Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon who rose to power in parliament, now Iran's president-elect 07/05/2024 11:22pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� After the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wrote that it was ���unacceptable in the Islamic Republic to arrest a girl for her hijab and then hand over her dead body to her family.��� Days later, as nationwide protests and a bloody cr Data Doctors: Key differences between Windows 10 and 11 07/05/2024 04:56pm • Q: Before I upgrade, what are the main differences between Windows 10 and 11? A: Despite an announcement in 2015 by a Microsoft employee that Windows 10 would be the "last version of Windows" it's clear that Microsoft changed directions when they announced Windows 11 as a successor in 2021. Al 'We have to be wacky.' With suggestive poses and pets, election campaigning tests Tokyo's patience 07/05/2024 02:39am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Tokyo elects a new governor this weekend, but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning to a degree never seen before, with nearly nude women in suggestive poses, pets, an AI character and a man practicing his golf swing. It's impossible to ignore. Wit