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Instagram’s ‘deliberate design choices’ make it unsafe for teens despite Meta promises, report finds

Instagram’s ‘deliberate design choices’ make it unsafe for teens despite Meta promises, report finds

Despite years of congressional hearings, lawsuits, academic research, whistleblowers and testimony from parents and teenagers about the dangers of Instagram, Meta’s wildly popular app has failed t...

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911 systems across Mississippi and Louisiana are down

911 systems across Mississippi and Louisiana are down

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — 911 systems across Mississippi and Louisiana were down Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said AT&T was reporting damage t...

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Trump says China’s Xi has approved of proposed deal putting TikTok under US ownership

Trump says China’s Xi has approved of proposed deal putting TikTok under US ownership

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the United States will be a qualified sale that meets...

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California Legislature passes two watered-down bills to regulate data center water use, energy costs

California Legislature passes two watered-down bills to regulate data center water use, energy costs

California lawmakers started the year signaling they were ready to get tough on data centers, aiming to protect the environment and electricity ratepayers. Nine months later, they have little to s...

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Chinese premier says US and his country need to ‘work in the same direction’

Chinese premier says US and his country need to ‘work in the same direction’

NEW YORK (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang told a group of American business executives Thursday that the U.S. and his country need “to work in the same direction” to further what he called “the mos...

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10 words added to Merriam-Webster’s ‘Collegiate’ dictionary

10 words added to Merriam-Webster’s ‘Collegiate’ dictionary

NEW YORK (AP) — Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul of its popular “Collegiate” dictionary. The company has added more than 5,000 terms. Here’s a few of them with definitions — ...

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