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Business Highlights: GM workers vote on contract; retail sales slip in October 11/15/2023 05:04pm • ___ Vote on tentative contract with General Motors too close to call as more tallies are reported DETROIT (AP) ��� Voting on the tentative contract agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union appears to be too close to call as tallies at more factories were announced. The unio FCC adopts rules to eliminate 'digital discrimination' for communities with poor internet access 11/15/2023 04:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Federal Communications Commission has enacted new rules intended to eliminate discrimination in access to internet services, a move which regulators are calling the first major U.S. digital civil rights policy. The rules package, which the commission ratified on Wednesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai returns to court to defend internet company for second time in two weeks 11/14/2023 08:20pm • Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday was summoned to federal court for the second time in two weeks to testify in an antitrust trial threatening to topple a pillar of an internet empire that he helped build. In his latest court appearance in San Francisco, Pichai spent more than two hours defending t 'Thanksgiving Grandma' teams up with Airbnb to welcome strangers for the holiday 11/14/2023 07:40pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� An Arizona woman who shared her Thanksgiving table seven years ago with a stranger she accidentally texted will be opening up her home again this year to two new strangers. Wanda Dench is teaming up with Airbnb to expand the festivities, and the company said it will make a donation European lawmakers try to balance protection and privacy with law on explicit images of children 11/14/2023 03:34pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Seeking to strike the right balance between protecting children and protecting privacy rights, European Union lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a series of amendments to a draft law that is intended to keep sexually explicit photos and videos of minors from circulating online. The draf 'Radical change is coming': DC restaurant owners say they're barely hanging on 11/14/2023 03:33pm • The last few years have been rough on bars and restaurants, and a recent survey suggests businesses operating in D.C. are hurting in the present and pessimistic about the future. There's no one reason, but rather a whole bunch of them that, combined, could lead to a drastic evolution after a tumu Global hacker investigated by federal agents in Puerto Rico pleads guilty in IPStorm case 11/14/2023 12:47pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� A man with Russian and Moldovan citizenship pleaded guilty to illegally taking control of thousands of electronic devices worldwide to rent them to clients who wanted to hide their internet activity, U.S. prosecutors in Puerto Rico said Tuesday. The scheme ran from at UK cybersecurity center says 'deepfakes' and other AI tools pose a threat to the next election 11/14/2023 04:46am • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain���s cybersecurity agency said Tuesday that artificial intelligence poses a threat to the country���s next national election, and cyberattacks by hostile countries and their proxies are proliferating and getting harder to track. The National Cyber Security Center said ���this What Is Media Literacy? What Parents Need to Know 11/13/2023 07:00pm • The rise of the internet and social media makes it easier than ever to access information -- and that includes information that's false or misleading. Add to that increasing political polarization, eroding trust in mainstream media and institutions, the rise of artificial intelligence products and Business Highlights: Boeing gets $52B contract in Dubai; Hyundai factory workers win big pay raise 11/13/2023 04:38pm • ___ New rule would make it easier for millions of Americans to unionize, but businesses are pushing back A federal rule that goes into effect next month could make it easier for millions of workers to unionize at big companies like McDonald���s. The National Labor Relations Board rule sets new stand White House releases plan to grow radio spectrum access, with possible benefits for internet, drones 11/13/2023 11:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The White House on Monday announced a strategy to potentially expand the availability of radio spectrum needed for cellphones, satellites, navigation, space travel and other emerging technologies. The increasingly digitized and mobile economy has put pressure on the available ran Jannik Sinner's carrot-clad fans take root on the tennis tour in their orange-colored costumes 11/13/2023 06:57am • TURIN, Italy (AP) ��� They���ve quickly become some of the most recognizable fans in tennis. And what began as a spur-of-the-moment idea between six supporters of Jannik Sinner to dress up as carrots has turned into a fully sponsored globe-trotting enterprise. After first appearing at the Italian O Michigan is accused of stealing other team's signs. Here's why its coach just got banned for 3 games 11/10/2023 09:40pm • The football program at the University of Michigan, among the favorites to play for the national championship, has become embroiled in an alleged sign-stealing scheme that involved impermissible, in-person scouting of opponents going back as long as three seasons. Both the NCAA and the Big Ten Confe Live updates | Fighting near hospitals in north Gaza, as Palestinians flee to overcrowded shelters 11/10/2023 08:56pm • Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing northern Gaza as Israel's military pushed deeper into dense urban neighborhoods in its battle with Hamas militants. Officials in the besieged enclave said the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 11,000 people. The search for safety in Gaza is growing more despe Internet collapses in war-torn Yemen over 'maintenance' involving undersea line 11/10/2023 09:53am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Internet access across the war-torn nation of Yemen collapsed Friday and stayed down for hours, with officials later blaming unannounced ���maintenance work��� for the outage. The interruption began early Friday and halted all traffic at YemenNet, the country's m