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One Tech Tip: How to get started with Bluesky

One Tech Tip: How to get started with Bluesky

LONDON (AP) — Looking for a new social media platform because X, Threads and Mastodon just aren't cutting it? You could try Bluesky . People seeking to avoid chaos, noise and political bluster in the aftermath of the U.S.
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Volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

Volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the seventh time since December. The eruption started with little warning at 11:14 p.m. Wednesday and created a fissure around 3 kilometers (1.
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Australia's parliament considers legislation banning social media for under 16s

Australia's parliament considers legislation banning social media for under 16s

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s communications minister introduced a world-first law into Parliament on Thursday that would ban children under 16 from social media, saying online safety was one of parents’ toughest challenges.
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Volcano on Iceland's Rekjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

Volcano on Iceland's Rekjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano erupted with lava spewing from the crater on the Rekjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late Wednesday evening. It was its seventh eruption since December. The Associated Press
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Class action lawsuit on AI-related discrimination reaches final settlement

Class action lawsuit on AI-related discrimination reaches final settlement

Mary Louis' excitement to move into an apartment in Massachusetts in the spring of 2021 turned to dismay when Louis, a Black woman, received an email saying that a “third-party service” had denied her tenancy.
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Nvidia is Wall Street's most valuable company. How it got there, by the numbers

Nvidia is Wall Street's most valuable company. How it got there, by the numbers

Nvidia has once again turned out quarterly results that exceeded Wall Street's forecasts . The company has seen soaring demand for its semiconductors, which are used to power artificial intelligence applications.
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Comcast to spin off cable networks that were once the entertainment giant's star performers

Comcast to spin off cable networks that were once the entertainment giant's star performers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Comcast is spinning off into a new company many of the cable television networks that were once at the entertainment giant's heart as consumers increasingly swap out their cable TV subscriptions for streaming platforms .
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Alberta's privacy commissioner raises concerns over two government bills

Alberta's privacy commissioner raises concerns over two government bills

EDMONTON — Alberta's information and privacy commissioner says she has big concerns – including fuzzy definitions and insufficient guardrails – in two bills now being debated in the house.
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A social media ban for children younger than 16 is introduced in Australia's Parliament

A social media ban for children younger than 16 is introduced in Australia's Parliament

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s communications minister introduced a world-first law into Parliament on Thursday that would ban children younger than 16 from social media, saying online safety was one of parents’ toughest challenges.
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US gathers allies to talk AI safety as Trump's vow to undo Biden's AI policy overshadows their work

US gathers allies to talk AI safety as Trump's vow to undo Biden's AI policy overshadows their work

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal President Joe Biden's signature artificial intelligence policy when he returns to the White House for a second term.
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