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IAEA team gathers marine samples near Fukushima as treated radioactive water is released into sea

IAEA team gathers marine samples near Fukushima as treated radioactive water is released into sea

IWAKI, Japan (AP) — A member of the International Atomic Energy Agency team visiting Fukushima for its first marine sampling since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant started releasing treated radioactive wastewater into the sea said Thursday h
Netflix's password-sharing crackdown reels in subscribers as it raises prices for its premium plan

Netflix's password-sharing crackdown reels in subscribers as it raises prices for its premium plan

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix on Wednesday disclosed summertime subscriber gains that surpassed industry analysts’ projections, signaling the video streaming service’s crackdown on password sharing is converting former freeloaders into paying customer
Fugees rapper says lawyer's use of AI helped tank his case, pushes for new trial

Fugees rapper says lawyer's use of AI helped tank his case, pushes for new trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — A multimillion-dollar conspiracy trial that stretched across the worlds of politics and entertainment is now touching on the tech world with arguments that a defense attorney for a Fugees rapper bungled closing arguments by using an
Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to test drone deliveries for medications.
Major solar panel plant opens in US amid backdrop of industry worries about low-priced Asian imports

Major solar panel plant opens in US amid backdrop of industry worries about low-priced Asian imports

DALTON, Ga. (AP) — A South Korean company has begun production at a huge new solar panel factory in Georgia even as industry leaders say surging Asian imports could dampen efforts to make more solar components in the United States.
Musk's X tests $1 fee for new users in the Philippines and New Zealand in bid to target spam

Musk's X tests $1 fee for new users in the Philippines and New Zealand in bid to target spam

LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk's social media platform X has begun charging a $1 fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand, in a test designed to cut down on the spam and fake accounts flourishing on the site formerly known as Twitter.
People of African ancestry are poorly represented in genetic studies. A new effort would change that

People of African ancestry are poorly represented in genetic studies. A new effort would change that

Scientists are setting out to collect genetic material from 500,000 people of African ancestry to create what they believe will be the world’s largest database of genomic information from the population.
China says US moves to limit access to advanced computer chips hurt supply chains, cause huge losses

China says US moves to limit access to advanced computer chips hurt supply chains, cause huge losses

BEIJING (AP) — China vigorously protested Wednesday the U.S. Commerce Department’s latest update of export controls to prevent exports to China of advanced computer chips and the equipment to make them. The revisions to the U.S.
Europe is looking to fight the flood of Chinese electric vehicles. But Europeans love them

Europe is looking to fight the flood of Chinese electric vehicles. But Europeans love them

LONDON (AP) — When Laima Springe-Janssen was looking to replace her French-made gasoline-powered SUV with an electric car, she considered models from Volvo and Nissan.
Can New York's mayor speak Mandarin? No, but with AI he's making robocalls in different languages

Can New York's mayor speak Mandarin? No, but with AI he's making robocalls in different languages

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