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Transcript of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address 03/08/2024 01:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Transcript of President Joe Biden’s as-delivered State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, as provided by the White House. It includes interactions with the audience and White House corrections to Biden’s remarks in brackets: Good evening. Good evening. If I were smart, Iâ WWE, a social media powerhouse, tops 100 million subscribers on YouTube 03/08/2024 11:12am • As WWE gears up for its biggest annual premium live event next month, the company continues to harness the power of its social media presence to reach its fans. A key component of that strategy is YouTube, where WWE has hit an important milestone: surpassing 100 million subscribers. YouTube has abou Behind the doors of a Chinese hacking company, a sordid culture fueled by influence, alcohol and sex 03/08/2024 04:28am • BEIJING (AP) — The hotel was spacious. It was upscale. It had a karaoke bar. The perfect venue, the CEO of the Chinese hacking company thought, to hold a Lunar New Year banquet currying favor with government officials. There was just one drawback, his top deputy said. “Who goes there?" the deput The Complete Guide to the TOEFL 03/07/2024 07:00pm • Students attending a college or university in the U.S. have to submit various documents to be considered for admission, like their high school transcript, essays, teacher recommendations and, in some cases, SAT or ACT test scores. But that list of requirements is longer for international students, w Panel says the next generation of online gambling will be more social, engaged and targeted 03/07/2024 12:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The future of online gambling will be more social, more engaged with players and more targeted to their individual interests, an industry panel said Thursday. Speaking at the Next.io conference on internet gambling and sports betting, panelists said online gambling — which is sti Gird your loins! Jockstraps are still holding up after 150 years 03/07/2024 12:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Happy 150th birthday, dear jockstrap. How far you've come from your modest but mighty days of protecting the precious parts of bicycle messengers as they navigated the bumpy cobblestones of Boston. Invented for that purpose in 1874 by C.F. Bennett, who worked for a company now know German police conduct raids against people suspected of posting misogynistic hate speech online 03/07/2024 09:08am • BERLIN (AP) — German law enforcement authorities on Thursday carried out raids across Germany against people suspected of posting misogynistic hate speech on the internet as part of of a coordinated push to shine the spotlight on online violence against women. Police raided homes and interrogated Europe's Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here's what that will look like 03/07/2024 06:49am • LONDON (AP) — Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used. They're part of changes required under the Digital Markets Act, a set of European Union re International Women's Day is a celebration and call to action. Beware the flowers and candy 03/07/2024 12:42am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Women across the world will demand equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice, decision-making jobs and other essential needs during demonstrations marking International Women’s Day on Friday. Officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, International Womenâ Putin's crackdown casts a wide net, ensnaring the LGBTQ+ community, lawyers and many others 03/07/2024 12:13am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — It's not just opposition politicians who are targeted in the crackdown by Russian President Vladimir Putin's government in recent years. Also falling victim are independent voices as well as those who don't conform to what the state sees as the country's “traditional valu It's not just Elon Musk: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI confronting a mountain of legal challenges 03/06/2024 03:04pm • After a year of basking in global fame, the San Francisco company OpenAI is now confronting a multitude of challenges that could threaten its position at the vanguard of artificial intelligence research. Some of its conflicts stem from decisions made well before the debut of ChatGPT, particularly it Social media outages hurt small businesses -- so it's important to have a backup plan 03/06/2024 02:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — To businesses that rely on social media platforms for advertising, client communication or direct sales, Tuesday's Meta platforms outage was more than a communal inconvenience. Experts say that whenever there's an outage — be it social media or other softwarewe've come to rely o Panel says New York, Maryland and maybe California could offer internet gambling soon 03/06/2024 02:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — With Rhode Island this week becoming the seventh U.S. state to launch internet gambling, industry panelists at an online gambling conference predicted Wednesday that several additional states would join the fray in the next few years. Speaking at the Next.io forum on internet gambl Former track coach sentenced to five years for duping female athletes into sending nude photos 03/06/2024 01:30pm • BOSTON (AP) — A former college track and field coach was sentenced Wednesday to five years behind bars for setting up sham social media and email accounts in an attempt to trick women, including some he coached, into sending him nude or semi-nude photos of themselves. Steve Waithe, who coached at A timeline of restrictive laws that authorities have used to crack down on dissent in Putin's Russia 03/06/2024 12:17am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — As part of Russian President Vladimir Putin's ever-increasing clampdown on dissent, authorities in recent years have adopted a slew of laws restricting fundamental human rights, including freedom of speech and assembly, as well as the rights of minorities and religious grou