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New York moves to limit 'addictive' social media feeds for kids 06/20/2024 05:24pm • New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a bill that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts suggested by a platform's algorithm, a move to limit feeds critics argue are addictive. Under the legislation, feeds on apps like TikTok and Instagram would be limite Slovakia���s parliament backs a contentious plan to overhaul the country's public broadcasting 06/20/2024 03:18pm • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ��� Slovakia���s parliament voted on Thursday to approve a government plan to overhaul the country���s public broadcasting services, a move that critics say would result in the government taking full control of the media. The coalition government of populist Prime Minister Caitlin Clark and the WNBA are getting a lot of attention. It's about far more than basketball 06/19/2024 04:03am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Oh, you thought going to a WNBA basketball game might be an escape from the arguments and polarization that are so common in American life these days? Ha, good one. Some of the atmosphere in the public and media that has swirled around the professional women's league since the seas Stock market today: Asian stocks are mixed after Wall Street edges to more records 06/19/2024 12:41am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday after U.S. benchmarks ticked to more records following the latest signs that the U.S. economy may be slowing without falling into recession. U.S. futures were mixed and oil prices were little changed. Tokyo���s Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.2% to Jury deliberates in state case against man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband with hammer 06/18/2024 07:00pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� A judge on Tuesday expelled from court the former partner of the conspiracy theorist charged with breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi���s home in 2022, banning her from the public gallery as the man's state trial wrapped up. Gypsy Taub, who has two children with de The politics of memes: How Biden and Trump are fighting each other on the internet 06/18/2024 12:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Whether it���s a grinning Joe Biden as ���Dark Brandon��� or Donald Trump���s face superimposed onto a scene from HBO���s ���Game of Thrones,��� both presidential campaigns this year have embraced digital memes, the lingua franca of social media. The campaigns of the Democratic p Robo Advisor vs. Online Financial Advisor: What's the Difference? 06/17/2024 08:00pm • Robo advisors appeared on the financial advising scene roughly 15 years ago to offer fee-conscious individuals access to well-crafted investment portfolios. In U.S. News' ranking of the best robo advisors for 2024, the methodology relied on some of the factors that matter most to investors, such as 10 Things to Do if Your Identity Is Stolen 06/17/2024 08:00pm • U.S. adults lost more than $23 billion to traditional identity fraud in 2023 and spent an average of 10 hours trying to resolve the problem, according to the 2024 Identity Fraud Study from Javelin Strategy & Research. Those losses represent a 13% increase from the previous year and don't include Los Angeles will pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit against journalist over undercover police photos 06/17/2024 06:54pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Los Angeles has agreed to pay $300,000 to cover the legal fees of a local journalist and a technology watchdog group that had been sued by the city last year for publishing photos of names and photographs of hundreds of undercover officers obtained through a public records reque Iran's presidential candidates debate economic policies ahead of the June 28 vote 06/17/2024 06:15pm • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ��� Six presidential candidates on Monday discussed Iran's economic problems in a four-hour live debate on state TV, ahead of the June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash last month that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others. It was the first of five de 7 Best Cheap Dividend Stocks to Buy Under $10 06/16/2024 08:00pm • A quarterly dividend payment from a high-quality stock may be as close to a sure thing as an investor can find on Wall Street. Even during periods of broad market weakness, the lower a stock's price falls, the higher its dividend yield rises. Unfortunately, companies often cut their dividend payment Myanmar's embattled military government cracks down on free flow of news by blocking VPNs 06/14/2024 03:58pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Myanmar���s military government has launched a major effort to block free communication on the Internet, shutting off access to virtual private networks, or VPNs, which can be used to circumvent blockages of banned websites and services. The attempt to restrict access to information AI startup Perplexity wants to upend search business. News outlet Forbes says it's ripping them off 06/14/2024 10:14am • The artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has raised tens of millions of dollars from the likes of Jeff Bezos and other prominent tech investors for its mission to rival Google in the business of searching for information. But its AI-driven search chatbot is already facing challenges as some Chinese soccer fans are pouring money into a food stall run by Singapore's goalkeeper. Here's why 06/14/2024 07:27am • Chinese soccer fans have poured their love ��� and money ��� into a Singaporean goalkeeper���s food stall after his performance in a game this week indirectly helped China advance to the third qualifying round for the World Cup in 2026. Hassan Sunny, a 40-year-old goalkeeper on the national team, be EU Commission asks 3 major porn sites to give details on kids' protection measures under digital law 06/13/2024 01:20pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� The European Commission is asking three of the world���s biggest pornography sites to provide details of the measures they have taken to better protect minors from accessing their content and prevent gender-based violence. The European Union's executive branch took the decision tar