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European privacy officials widen ban on Meta's behavioral advertising to most of Europe

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — European officials widened a ban on Meta’s “behavioral advertising” practices to most of Europe on Wednesday, setting up a broader conflict between the continent’s privacy-conscious institutions and an American technology giant.
Eruption of Eurasia's tallest active volcano sends ash columns above a Russian peninsula

Eruption of Eurasia's tallest active volcano sends ash columns above a Russian peninsula

MOSCOW (AP) — Huge ash columns erupted from Eurasia's tallest active volcano Wednesday, forcing authorities to close schools in two towns on Russia's sparsely populated Kamchatka Peninsula.
Countries at a UK summit pledge to tackle AI's potentially 'catastrophic' risks

Countries at a UK summit pledge to tackle AI's potentially 'catastrophic' risks

BLETCHLEY PARK, England (AP) — Delegates from 28 nations, including the U.S. and China, agreed Wednesday to work together to contain the potentially “catastrophic” risks posed by galloping advances in artificial intelligence.
Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds - and stop naming them after people

Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds - and stop naming them after people

Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday . Next year, the organization will begin to rename around 80 species found in the U.S. and Canada.
Prosecutor cites 'pyramid of deceit' by Sam Bankman-Fried; Defense lawyer says he's no monster

Prosecutor cites 'pyramid of deceit' by Sam Bankman-Fried; Defense lawyer says he's no monster

NEW YORK (AP) — In a closing argument, a prosecutor told New York jurors Wednesday to follow overwhelming evidence of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried 's “pyramid of deceit” to find him guilty of defrauding customers and investors of at least $10 billio
Privacy bill fails to address dangers of facial recognition technology: coalition

Privacy bill fails to address dangers of facial recognition technology: coalition

OTTAWA — A coalition pushing for better regulation of facial recognition and other biometric surveillance technologies says proposed federal privacy legislation is in "dire need of significant amendments.
Summer Science Program spent $2 million last year serving 204 students. Then, they got a $200M gift

Summer Science Program spent $2 million last year serving 204 students. Then, they got a $200M gift

It's the kind of problem nonprofit leaders dream about: What do you do when you get an unexpectedly large donation? Summer Science Program, a nonprofit with an annual budget of about $2 million, sent about 200 high school juniors to six-week intensiv
NASA's Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter

NASA's Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft on Wednesday encountered the first of 10 asteroids on its long journey to Jupiter.
Ozone hole is about average size, despite undersea volcano eruption that was expected to worsen it

Ozone hole is about average size, despite undersea volcano eruption that was expected to worsen it

With last year’s undersea volcano injecting massive amounts of water high into the atmosphere, scientists were bracing for a big Antarctica ozone hole this fall. But it didn’t happen.

AP news site hit by apparent denial-of-service attack

The Associated Press news website experienced an outage that appeared to be consistent with a denial-of-service attack, a federal criminal act that involves flooding a site with data in order to overwhelm it and knock it offline.
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