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Portuguese regulators thwart Altice bid for media company
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Telecoms company Altice has given up its attempt to buy control of Portugal’s Media Capital after failing to win approval for the deal from regulators. The two companies said in statements…
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Google to invest $550 million in Alibaba rival JD.com
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Google said Monday that it will invest $550 million in Alibaba’s main rival JD.com as the U.S. tech giant seeks to expand in fast-growing Asian e-commerce markets. Under the partnership,…
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Autonomous Waymo vehicle involved in 5-car crash in Arizona
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in a Phoenix suburb say a self-driving Waymo vehicle was among five cars involved in a collision, but no serious injuries were reported. The driver of the Waymo vehicle told…
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Radio reporter regains a voice with new technology
With the help of technology, radio reporter Jamie Dupree can “speak” again. CereProc, a Scottish company that creates text-to-speech technology, has crafted a new voice for him: software that turns his typed sentences into spoken words.
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Famed Glasgow art school ravaged by fire again
LONDON (AP) — A large blaze ripped through an architecturally important building at the Glasgow School of Art, the second time in four years that fire has damaged the famed Scottish school. More than 60…
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Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes charged with criminal fraud
Federal prosecutors indicted Elizabeth Holmes on criminal fraud charges for allegedly defrauding investors, doctors and the public as the head of the once-heralded blood-testing startup Theranos. Federal prosecutors also brought charges against the company’s former second-in-command.
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Radio reporter regains a voice after losing ability to speak
ATLANTA (AP) — Two years ago, longtime radio reporter Jamie Dupree encountered what others in his profession might see as an insurmountable challenge: He lost his voice. The 54-year-old veteran political newsman for Cox media…
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North Korea’s hacking fails to make summit talking points
WASHINGTON (AP) — Among the subjects President Donald Trump apparently didn’t discuss with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore — the regime’s human rights abuses, its exports of missile technology and its mistreatment…
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AP: Trump 2020 working with ex-Cambridge Analytica staffers
The political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica was brought down by a scandal over how it obtained Facebook users’ private data.
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AP: Trump 2020 working with ex-Cambridge Analytica staffers
Trump’s 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale, however, told The Associated Press that he has not begun awarding contracts for the campaign, which he was appointed to manage in March.
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Yelp shuts down teachers’ account sharing student reviews
BOSTON (AP) — Yelp is shutting down accounts used by a Boston teacher to post rave restaurant reviews written by her third-grade students. The reviews were part of an assignment designed to teach students at…
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Woman accused of trying to help Islamic State denied bond
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin woman accused of trying to plan terrorist attacks on social media leads a lonely life and sought companionship online, but she never posed a real threat, her attorney told a…
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Lawsuit over white nationalist’s Twitter ban clears hurdle
A California judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses Twitter of violating the free speech rights of a leading figure in the white nationalist movement by banning his social media account. Court records…
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Lawsuit over white nationalist’s Twitter ban clears hurdle
A California judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit that accuses Twitter of violating the free speech rights of a leading white nationalist figure by banning his social media account. San Francisco Superior Court…
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American Greetings apologizes for ‘Baby Daddy’ card
CLEVELAND (AP) — American Greetings has apologized for a Father’s Day card that drew criticism on social media for depicting a black couple over the words “Baby Daddy.” The inside of the card reads: “You’re…
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