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On Aug. 19, Minnesota joined a wave of states suing TikTok, alleging the social media giant preys on young people with addictive algorithms that trap them into becoming compulsive consumers of its short videos. “This isn’t about free speech. I’m …
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The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, according to documents filed Monday. The settlement comes after Fox …
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Most owners of Subaru’s with a system designed to keep drivers focused on the road keep the system on, a new study shows. The findings in a study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows the owners of Subaru …
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is opening a probe into more than 1.4 million Honda vehicles sold in the United States over concerns that connecting rod bearing failures in their engines could lead to complete engine failure. In a …
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When Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans in August 2005, causing greater insurance losses than any other natural disaster in history, it became clear that a lot of the city’s flood protection engineering — walls, pumps, levees — had failed. …
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A member of a notorious cybercrime gang known as Scattered Spider was sentenced on Wednesday to ten years in prison in connection with a string of major hacks and cryptocurrency thefts. US District Judge Harvey Schlesinger delivered the sentence to …
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The chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission warned Apple, Alphabet, and other technology companies on Thursday that efforts to comply with British and European digital content laws could violate U.S. law if they weaken privacy and data security protections …
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As global temperatures continue to rise, the risks to workers’ productivity and health also are worsening, a United Nations study released Friday found. For every degree above 20C (68F), worker productivity drops between 2% and 3%, according to analysis from …
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. will pay 1.4 billion ringgit ($330 million) to Malaysia to resolve all existing and potential claims relating to the sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, a move that will end its exposure to one of the biggest financial …
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The Gulf Coast of the United States is increasingly vulnerable to hurricanes, a scientist has warned in a new study, 20 years after Katrina devastated New Orleans and hundreds of miles of coastline. Mark Bove, a meteorologist with the German …
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