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Why is everyone talking about��getting sick from reheated rice? 02/21/2024 02:01pm • One of the latest debates on the internet surrounds something you may eat for dinner a lot. A D.C. food safety expert gives the dish on rice and whether reheating it could make you sick. "We're not always aware of the things that could be making us sick," said Janet Buffer with the Center for Foo Robots and happy workers: Productivity surge helps explain US economy's surprising resilience 02/21/2024 12:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Trying to keep up with customer demand, Batesville Tool & Die began seeking 70 people to hire last year. It wasn't easy. Attracting factory workers to a community of 7,300 in the Indiana countryside was a tough sell, especially having to compete with big-name manufacturers ne White House wades into debate on 'open' versus 'closed' artificial intelligence systems 02/21/2024 11:14am • The Biden administration is wading into a contentious debate about whether the most powerful artificial intelligence systems should be ���open-source��� or closed. The White House said Wednesday it is seeking public comment on the risks and benefits of having an AI system's key components publicly a DC���s apartment rental 'singles tax' is almost $12K 02/21/2024 02:09am • D.C. has the highest share of one-person households in the nation, at 48.2% of all households, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. That's considerably more than the 28.6% average nationally ��� and those living alone pay a price for it. Real estate firm Zillow has calculated what it calls Bill Gates Portfolio: 7 Best Stocks to Buy Now 02/20/2024 07:00pm • Microsoft Corp. (ticker: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates keeps on stacking cash in his foundation's portfolio. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust's investment portfolio is worth $42.3 billion as of Dec. 31, according to the trust's latest 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission U.S. casinos won $66.5B in 2023, their best year ever as gamblers showed no economic fear 02/20/2024 06:17pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� America's commercial casinos won $66.5 billion from gamblers in 2023, the industry's best year ever, according to figures released by its national trade association Tuesday. The American Gaming Association said that total was 10% higher than in 2022, which itself was a r Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer discusses the current tech scene from vantage point of her AI startup 02/20/2024 01:06pm • Marissa Mayer has long been an inspiration for innovative women battling to break through the gender barriers in a male-dominated technology industry. After graduating from Stanford University, Mayer joined Google in 1999 when the internet search giant was still a startup and then went on to design Former Marine and crypto lawyer John Deaton to challenge Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren 02/20/2024 12:32pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Republican John Deaton, a former U.S. Marine and cryptocurrency attorney, announced Monday that he is challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren as she runs for her third term in office. Deaton, who was born in Detroit and recently moved to Massachusetts, released a campaign v Capital One's bid for Discover carries expectation that Americans won't slow credit card use 02/20/2024 12:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Capital One Financial is betting that Americans will keep shopping and use a credit card to pay for their purchases at stores and on the internet. Capital One announced Monday that it would buy Discover Financial Services for $35 billion. The combination could potentially shake up 9 Short Squeeze Stocks That Could Take Off 02/19/2024 07:00pm • Short squeezes have been among the most popular and controversial topics on Wall Street in the past couple of years. In 2021, groups of online stock traders on Reddit made headlines by orchestrating targeted buying campaigns to trigger short squeezes in GameStop Corp. (ticker: GME), AMC Entertainmen What Is Loud Budgeting and Should You Be Doing It? 02/19/2024 07:00pm • Loud budgeting may be Generation Z's trend du jour, but the roots of this concept run deep. As a method of candidly communicating money concerns and goals, it hits all the right notes for what's going on today. Top TikTok creator and comedian Lukas Battle is credited for coining the term in December 7 Ways to Invest in AI Smart Home Devices 02/19/2024 07:00pm • Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing many industries, and corporations can't get enough of the technology. Many firms are making big investments in artificial intelligence, which has resulted in AI chipmakers seeing record-breaking demand. While it's easy to focus on chipmakers and tech giants TikTok faces European Union scrutiny for possible breaches of strict new digital rulebook 02/19/2024 08:59am • LONDON (AP) ��� The European Union said Monday it is investigating whether TikTok has broken the bloc's strict new digital rules for cleaning up social media and keeping internet users safe. The European Commission, the EU's executive branch, said it has ���opened formal proceedings to assess" whet Some video game actors are letting AI clone their voices. They just don't want it to replace them 02/19/2024 05:42am • If you are battling a video game goblin who speaks with a Cockney accent, or asking a gruff Scottish blacksmith to forge a virtual sword, you might be hearing the voice of actor Andy Magee. Except it's not quite Magee's voice. It's a synthetic voice clone generated by artificial intelligence. As vi Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in New York and Vermont 02/19/2024 05:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Biden administration said Monday that the government intends to provide $1.5 billion to the computer chip company GlobalFoundries to expand its domestic production in New York and Vermont. The announcement is the third award of direct financial support for a semiconductor com