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One Tech Tip: Ditch the chatbots and take your AI nature apps on a birdwatching hike 08/28/2025 09:38am • I didn't notice the scarlet tanager until the alert appeared on my phone: ���Merlin heard a new bird!��� Despite its brilliant plumage ��� jet-black wings on a crimson body ��� the songbird can be a hard one to spot in a forest because it prefers to stay high in the canopy. It sounds a little like a Online age checks are proliferating, but so are concerns they curtail internet freedom 08/28/2025 06:00am • Online age checks are on the rise in the U.S. and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face scans to prove they are over 18 or 21 or even 13. To proponents, they're a tool to keep children away from adult websites and other material that might be harmful to them. But opponents see a worrisome trend Mexico suspends postal shipments to the US over latest tariff confusion 08/27/2025 10:53pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico said Wednesday its postal service was suspending package shipments to the United States ahead of an end to the exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages by the Trump administration. The announcement follows similar moves by postal services from the European Union Edmunds: Five big mistakes you need to avoid before buying your next new car 08/27/2025 06:52am • Buying a new car has never been more financially daunting. A 2025 analysis from Edmunds found that a record 19.3% of consumers who financed a new vehicle in the second quarter of 2025 committed to a monthly payment of $1,000 or more. That���s nearly one in five buyers taking on what was once conside 10 New and Upcoming IPOs in 2025 08/26/2025 08:00pm • While August is historically a quiet month for initial public offerings, expect some recognizable names to make a public debut after the Labor Day weekend through the end of the year. Through Aug. 21, the Renaissance IPO Index was up 11.7% year to date, compared with the S&P 500's 9.2% gain. Glo Police in Haiti regain control of key telecom hub seized by gangs 08/26/2025 06:58pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� Police in Haiti announced Tuesday that they regained control of a critical telecommunications hub that heavily armed gangs had seized last week, briefly disrupting air traffic and internet connections. The takeover was a rare success for Haitian authorities and a U.N.- After Trump's DOGE action, 300 million people's Social Security data is at risk, whistleblower says 08/26/2025 06:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� More than 300 million Americans' Social Security data was put at risk after Department of Government Efficiency officials uploaded sensitive information to a cloud account not subject to oversight, according to a whistleblower disclosure submitted to the special counsel's office Ooma: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/26/2025 04:25pm • SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) ��� SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) ��� Ooma Inc. (OOMA) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $1.3 million. On a per-share basis, the Sunnyvale, California-based company said it had profit of 4 cents. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, we AT&T snatches up wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar for $23 billion 08/26/2025 09:56am • AT&T will spend $23 billion to acquire certain wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar, a significant expansion of AT&T���s low- and mid-band coverage networks. AT&T said Tuesday that the licenses cover virtually every U.S. market ��� more than 400 total ��� which the company plans to d 5 Best Cheap Stocks Under $5 to Buy Right Now 08/24/2025 08:00pm • Investing in equities -- publicly traded stocks -- and holding them for the long run is a proven strategy for building wealth over time. Stocks offer investors the opportunity to share in the growth of a company and to generally participate in the expansion of the U.S. and world economies. While inv Law School Video Responses: How to Prepare 08/24/2025 08:00pm • The number of law schools that conduct online interviews with candidates is small but increasing, particularly among the most selective schools. For some of these law schools, an admissions officer or alum conducts a live interview with select candidates under serious consideration. Others solicit v Stock Market Sectors 101: A Guide to All 11 Sectors 08/24/2025 08:00pm • The S&P 500 is divided into 11 market sectors based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). The GICS sorts companies into particular sectors based on their primary business activities. Investors can then use the sector classifications to ensure that their portfolios are fully dive Mariah the Scientist's 'Hearts Sold Separately' mixes love potions and pensive emotions 08/22/2025 05:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� If you were surprised when Mariah the Scientist���s ���Burning Blue��� hit No. 1 on Billboard���s rhythmic airplay chart, you weren���t alone. ���It���s shocking. It���s almost like impostor syndrome, feeling, ���I have a number one song on the radio? This is crazy,������ said the Large Interpol cybercrime crackdown in Africa leads to the arrest of over 1,200 suspects 08/22/2025 07:59am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� A major cybercrime crackdown coordinated by Interpol has led to the arrest of 1,209 suspects across Africa and the recovery of nearly $97.4 million, the organization announced Friday. Dubbed Operation Serengeti 2.0, the operation took place between June and August. It brought Immigrants from Central Asia find hostility and violence in Russia 08/22/2025 07:50am • The immigrant worker from Uzbekistan entered the bank in Moscow, but when he reached the teller, she refused to serve him and she wouldn't say why. For him and others from impoverished countries across Central Asia who seek better lives in Russia, such hostility is woven into everyday life. Sometim