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Brazilian dance craze created by young people in Rio���s favelas is declared cultural heritage 05/15/2024 06:12pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo ��� whatever was around. The passinho, a dance style created in the 2000s by kids in Rio de Janeiro��� VirnetX: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/15/2024 06:08pm • ZEPHYR COVE, Nev. (AP) ��� ZEPHYR COVE, Nev. (AP) ��� VirnetX Holding Corp. (VHC) on Wednesday reported a loss of $4.3 million in its first quarter. The Zephyr Cove, Nevada-based company said it had a loss of $1.19 per share. The internet security software developers posted revenue of $2,000 in the Billionaire Frank McCourt says he's putting together a consortium to buy TikTok 05/15/2024 05:27pm • Billionaire businessman and real estate mogul Frank McCourt said Wednesday that he���s putting together a consortium to purchase TikTok���s U.S. business, adding to the number of investors hoping to benefit from a new federal law that requires TikTok���s China-based parent company to sell the popula What does skin cancer look like in darker skin tones? 05/15/2024 03:50pm • The internet provides a wealth of information to help people concerned about medical conditions both diagnosed and suspected, but new research shows that disparities exist online for people of color seeking information about skin cancer. A project at The George Washington University's School of M Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic 05/15/2024 01:43pm • MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) ��� Google on Tuesday rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor responses crafted by artificial intelligence over website links, a shift promising to quicken the quest for information while also potentially disrupting the flow of money-making internet YouTube blocks Hong Kong protest anthem after court injunction bans song in the city 05/15/2024 12:15am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� YouTube has blocked access to videos of a protest song in Hong Kong, days after court approved an injunction banning the song in the city. ���Glory to Hong Kong��� was an anthem of anti-government protests in 2019. YouTube said that it would comply with a removal order and block a Hong Kong calls for respect of its overseas-based trade offices after UK charged its London staffer 05/14/2024 10:19pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday urged foreign governments to respect its overseas-based trade offices after a staff member in its London branch was charged in Britain for allegedly working for the Chinese city's intelligence service. Chief Executive John Lee said his administration Pending Supreme Court Cases That Could Impact Every American 05/14/2024 08:00pm • While there is always scrutiny and public attention on a handful of major Supreme Court decisions, many other cases that directly impact Americans' lives go comparatively unnoticed when they're decided. Let's take a look at a few cases currently before the Supreme Court that could have a real-world Australian judge says it is unreasonable to require X to hide video of church stabbing for all users 05/14/2024 12:20am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� An Australian judge said it would be unreasonable for the country's internet safety watchdog to require social platform X to hide video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church from all of its users globally, as he explained his decision to lift a court order that h Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone 05/13/2024 10:31pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ��� The voice Alexis ���Lexi��� Bogan had before last summer was exuberant. She loved to belt out Taylor Swift and Zach Bryan ballads in the car. She laughed all the time ��� even while corralling misbehaving preschoolers or debating politics with friends over a backyard fire p Palestinian band escapes horrors of war but members' futures remain uncertain 05/13/2024 10:14pm • DOHA, Qatar (AP) ��� They stroll Doha's waterfront promenade and sing softly about children who are now ���birds in heaven,��� flying free of the pain of the war in Gaza. For the Palestinian group Sol Band, it seems surreal that weeks ago they were hiding from Israeli shelling. ���I just want the w 7 Best International Stock Funds to Buy 05/13/2024 08:00pm • Investors these days might be riding the highs of a strong, prolonged U.S. bull market, but it hasn't always been smooth sailing. Older investors might recall the period from 1999 to 2009, now often called the "lost decade" for U.S. equities, when the U.S. stock market posted a meager compound annua How to Tell You Have a Hernia? Signs and Symptoms 05/13/2024 08:00pm • A hernia occurs when an internal organ or other body part protrudes through the wall of muscle or tissue that typically contains it. In some cases, this protrusion can be seen or felt from the outside too, presenting similarly to a tumor. In contrast to a tumor, however, hernias are not cancerous an Incyte, Squarespace rise; Chimera Investment, Amazon fall, Monday, 5/13/2024 05/13/2024 04:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Monday: Incyte Corp., up $4.54 to $57.60. The specialty drugmaker announced plans to buy back up to $2 billion of its stock. Squarespace Inc., up $5.06 to $43.25. The software company Squarespace is being taken private Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone 05/13/2024 09:52am • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ��� The voice Alexis ���Lexi��� Bogan had before last summer was exuberant. She loved to belt out Taylor Swift and Zach Bryan ballads in the car. She laughed all the time. In high school, she was a soprano in the chorus. Then that voice was gone. Doctors in August removed a lif