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One Tech Tip: How to block your phone from tracking your location

One Tech Tip: How to block your phone from tracking your location

LONDON (AP) — Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life, but they're privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you've been — if you let them.
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano

AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano

LONDON (AP) — Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago.

Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives?

A number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a Black man,
Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules

Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have abandoned or scaled back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Canadians want research on UFO sightings, but don't want to pay for it

Canadians want research on UFO sightings, but don't want to pay for it

OTTAWA — The truth is out there and Canadians think they should know about it — but they don't want to pay for research into reports of strange objects spotted in the night sky.
Canadian researchers who rely on U.S. medical grants say some projects at risk even as funding resumes

Canadian researchers who rely on U.S. medical grants say some projects at risk even as funding resumes

Canadian researchers who rely on funding from an American agency that saw some of its operations frozen last month due to an executive order by U.S.
Researchers link DeepSeek’s blockbuster chatbot to Chinese telecom banned from doing business in US

Researchers link DeepSeek’s blockbuster chatbot to Chinese telecom banned from doing business in US

WASHINGTON (AP) — The website of the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek , whose chatbot became the most downloaded app in the United States, has computer code that could send some user login information to a Chinese state-owned telecomm
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano

AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano

LONDON (AP) — Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago.
A spine-zapping implant helped 3 people with a muscle-wasting disease walk better

A spine-zapping implant helped 3 people with a muscle-wasting disease walk better

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger – able to stand and walk more easily – when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord.
Fast fashion, laptops and toys are likely to cost more due to US tariffs on Chinese imports

Fast fashion, laptops and toys are likely to cost more due to US tariffs on Chinese imports

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