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The Supreme Court will decide if state laws limiting social media platforms violate the Constitution 09/29/2023 03:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether state laws that seek to regulate Facebook, TikTok, X and other social media platforms violate the Constitution. The justices will review laws enacted by Republican-dominated legislatures and signed by Republican governors in Flori Missouri high school teacher is put on leave after school officials discover her page on porn site 09/29/2023 02:09pm • ST. CLAIR, Mo. (AP) ��� A Missouri high school teacher says she has been placed on leave after officials discovered that she was performing on a pornography website to supplement her salary. Brianna Coppage, 28, who taught English at St. Clair High School, says her teaching days are probably over, The far right has been feuding with McCarthy for weeks. Here's how it's spiraling into a shutdown 09/29/2023 06:28am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� With little time left to prevent a government shutdown, the House is in a familiar position: effectively paralyzed as conservatives feud with Speaker Kevin McCarthy over matters large and small. McCarthy has pushed the Republican conference to embrace a short-term funding plan th Algeria expands English-language learning as France's influence ebbs 09/29/2023 05:28am • ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) ��� More than a year after Algeria launched a pilot program to teach English in elementary schools, the country is hailing it as a success and expanding it in a move that reflects a widening linguistic shift underway in former French colonies throughout Africa. Students returni As China censors homegrown feminism, a feminist scholar from Japan is on its bestseller lists 09/29/2023 12:14am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� In the last few years, China���s government has promoted increasingly conservative social values, encouraging women to focus on raising children. It has cracked down on civil society movements and made laws to drive out foreign influence. So a 75-year-old Japanese feminist scholar Netflix's DVD-by-mail service bows out as its red-and-white envelopes make their final trip 09/28/2023 04:08pm • The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix's once-iconic DVD-by-mail service, a quarter century after two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs came up with a concept that obliterated Blockbuster video stores while providing a springboard into video streaming that has transformed entertainment. The DVD s At US Antarctic base hit by harassment claims, workers are banned from buying alcohol at bars 09/28/2023 03:15pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ��� From Sunday, workers at the main United States base in Antarctica will no longer be able to walk into a bar and order a beer, after the U.S. federal agency that oversees the research program decided to stop serving alcohol. McMurdo Station will not be going entire Apple leverages idea of switching to Bing to pry more money out of Google, Microsoft exec says 09/27/2023 06:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Apple was never serious about replacing Google with Microsoft���s Bing as the default search engine in Macs and iPhones, but kept the possibility open as a "bargaining chip'' to extract bigger payments from Google, a Microsoft executive testified Wednesday in the biggest U.S. ant Vikings vow to solve their ball security problem, whether by special drills or lineup changes 09/27/2023 06:06pm • EAGAN, Minn. (AP) ��� The winless Minnesota Vikings have had trouble hanging onto the ball, with an NFL -high nine turnovers and a handful of costly drops. If the trend continues, certain players might well lose their grip on spots in the lineup, too. ���That���s definitely what we���re going to fix Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicks off developer conference with focus on AI, virtual reality 09/27/2023 03:14pm • MENLO PARK, California (AP) ��� Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the tech giant���s Connect developer conference on Wednesday with a focus on virtual and augmented reality and artificial intelligence The company, which renamed itself Meta two years ago, unveiled the next version of its virtual r At Jai Paul's kickoff show, an elusive pop phenomenon proves his stardom in a live arena 09/27/2023 01:34pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� He emerged in front of piercing, sunset-colored LED screens that flashed like strobe lights, percussion pulsing from the stage to the audience floor. In the crowd, it was felt first in our chests, then throughout our bodies. He opened with ���Higher Res,��� a malleable Big Boi c Photo giant Getty took a leading AI image-maker to court. Now it's also embracing the technology 09/27/2023 10:41am • Anyone looking for a beautiful photograph of a desert landscape can find many choices from Getty Images, the stock photography collection. But say you're instead looking for a wide angle shot of a ���hot pink plastic saguaro cactus with large arms that stick out, surrounded by sand, in landscape at Defamation, Libel and Slander: What Do They Mean and How Do They Differ? 09/26/2023 08:00pm • The terms defamation, libel and slander may be used interchangeably in popular culture, but they are different in important ways. Some of these differences date back to medieval times, but they still have a real impact on how modern-day Americans can speak, write and broadcast. What Is Defamation?De Is broadband essential, like water or electricity? New net neutrality effort makes the case 09/26/2023 07:25pm • Landmark net neutrality rules rescinded under former President Donald Trump could return under a new push by U.S. Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel. The rules would reclassify broadband access as an essential service on par with other utilities like water or power. ���For e Apple exec defends the decision to make Google its default search engine on iPhones and Macs 09/26/2023 05:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A top Apple executive defended the tech giant���s decision to make Google the default search engine on Apple iPhones and Macs, saying there was no ���valid alternative.������ Testifying in the biggest antitrust trial in a quarter century, Eddy Cue, Apple���s senior vice president