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Data Doctors: How to use macros safely 01/12/2024 05:58pm • Q: What are "macros" and how are they used? A: In the world of computer software, macros are powerful tools available in programs you likely use every day. They essentially provide you with the ability to create a set of instructions that can be grouped and launched with a simple combination o People's rights are threatened everywhere, from wars to silence about abuses, rights group says 01/12/2024 01:12am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� People���s rights are being suppressed and threatened everywhere in the world, from wars to selective government outrage about some abuses and silence about others because of ���political expediency,��� a leading human rights group said Thursday. ���We only have to look at th 10 Best Value Stocks to Buy for 2024 01/11/2024 07:00pm • Several of the major U.S. stock indexes are at or near their all-time highs. The stock market is soaring right now as investors look forward to possible interest rate cuts later this year. With inflation coming back down, the Federal Reserve is set to loosen monetary policy and that has caused eupho Here are the 'Worst in Show' CES products, according to consumer and privacy advocates 01/11/2024 06:44pm • The best CES products pierce through the haze of marketing hype at the Las Vegas gadget show to reveal innovations that could improve lives. The worst could harm us or our society and the planet in such ���innovatively bad��� ways that a panel of self-described dystopia experts has judged them ���W Palestinian viewers are captivated and moved by case at UN's top court accusing Israel of genocide 01/11/2024 03:56pm • RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) ��� Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem spent Thursday captivated by the proceedings in a faraway courtroom, closely following the first hearing in an unprecedented case brought by South Africa that accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Panel of judges says a First Amendment challenge to Maryland's digital ad tax should be considered 01/11/2024 12:25am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� A federal appeals court directed a lower federal court on Wednesday to consider the merits of a challenge to Maryland���s first-in-the-nation digital advertising tax on First Amendment grounds, while agreeing that three other challenges should be dismissed. It���s a law th What we know about 'Fito,' Ecuador���s notorious gang leader who went missing from prison 01/11/2024 12:07am • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) ��� Jos�� Adolfo Mac��as Villamar, leader of Los Choneros, one of the Ecuadorian gangs considered responsible for a spike in car bombings, kidnappings and slayings, was discovered missing from his prison cell where he was serving a sentence for drug trafficking. Mac��as began ser Regulators approve new bitcoin funds in move that could spur more investment in the digital currency 01/10/2024 07:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday reluctantly approved the first exchange-traded funds that hold bitcoin, saying it is still deeply skeptical about cryptocurrencies and that its decision did not mean it approves or endorses bitcoin. The SEC said it gave the green The 7 Best REIT ETFs to Buy for 2024 01/10/2024 07:00pm • The benefits of owning income-producing real estate are well known. Real estate can provide tax advantages, current income and a great potential for capital appreciation over time. Unfortunately, direct ownership of commercial real estate is out of reach for most people. Too often, the costs associa ChatGPT-maker braces for fight with New York Times and authors on 'fair use' of copyrighted works 01/10/2024 04:05pm • A barrage of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court will test the future of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products that wouldn't be so eloquent had they not ingested huge troves of copyrighted human works. But are AI chatbots ��� in this case, widely commercialized products m Amazon's Twitch cuts more than 500 jobs attempting to turn expensive platform profitable 01/10/2024 01:11pm • Twitch, the video game streaming platform acquired by Amazon a decade ago for close to $1 billion, is laying off more than 500 employees as the company tries to turn the tremendously expensive division profitable. Twitch CEO Dan Clancy in an email to employees said that even with cost cuts and grow AI-powered misinformation is the world's biggest short-term threat, Davos report says 01/10/2024 07:34am • LONDON (AP) ��� False and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence that threatens to erode democracy and polarize society is the top immediate risk to the global economy, the World Economic Forum said in a report Wednesday. In its latest Global Risks Report, the Votes by El Salvador's diaspora surge, likely boosting President Bukele in elections 01/10/2024 12:00am • SAN SALVADOR (AP) ��� A record-breaking 51,226 Salvadorans living abroad voted in El Salvador's upcoming presidential election in the first three days after the country opened overseas electronic voting for the first time, two electoral officials confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday. The ove SEC chair denies a bitcoin ETF has been approved, says account on X was hacked 01/09/2024 11:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that a post sent from the agency's account on the social platform X announcing the approval of a long-awaited bitcoin exchange-traded fund was ���unauthorized,��� and that the agency's account was hacked. The price of bitcoin brie Ray Epps, a target of Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, gets a year of probation for his Capitol riot role 01/09/2024 09:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A man targeted by right-wing conspiracy theories about the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to a year of probation for joining the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of fellow Donald Trump supporters. Ray Epps, a former Arizona resident who was driven into hiding by death th