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Civilization 7 makers work with Shawnee to bring sincere representation of the tribe to the game
Read full article: Civilization 7 makers work with Shawnee to bring sincere representation of the tribe to the gameThe chief of the Shawnee Tribe grew up playing video games, including hundreds of hours colonizing a distant planet in the 1999 title Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri.
Austrian activist Schrems wins privacy case against Meta over personal data on sexual orientation
Read full article: Austrian activist Schrems wins privacy case against Meta over personal data on sexual orientationThe European Union’s top court has said that social media company Meta can’t use public information about a user’s sexual orientation obtained outside its platforms for personalized advertising under the bloc’s strict data privacy rules.
Google says it will stop linking to New Zealand news if a law passes forcing it to pay for content
Read full article: Google says it will stop linking to New Zealand news if a law passes forcing it to pay for contentGoogle says it will stop linking to New Zealand news content and will reverse its support of local media outlets if the government passes a law forcing tech companies to pay for articles displayed on their platforms.
The US and Microsoft disrupt a Russian hacking group targeting American officials and nonprofits
Read full article: The US and Microsoft disrupt a Russian hacking group targeting American officials and nonprofitsU.S. authorities and Microsoft say hackers linked to Russian intelligence targeted dozens of former military and intelligence officials, journalists and civil society groups with a sophisticated campaign designed to steal information.
Spider lovers scurry to Colorado town in search of mating tarantulas and community
Read full article: Spider lovers scurry to Colorado town in search of mating tarantulas and communityIt’s tarantula mating season on the Colorado plains, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate.
Hurricane Helene brings climate change to forefront of the presidential campaign
Read full article: Hurricane Helene brings climate change to forefront of the presidential campaignThe devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in fresh funding as it moves away from its nonprofit roots
Read full article: ChatGPT maker OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in fresh funding as it moves away from its nonprofit rootsOpenAI says it has raised $6.6 billion in venture capital investments as part of a broader shift by the ChatGPT maker away from its nonprofit roots.
Tesla posts first quarterly increase in deliveries, but shares slump with investors hoping for more
Read full article: Tesla posts first quarterly increase in deliveries, but shares slump with investors hoping for moreLow interest financing, sweet lease deals and free charging boosted Tesla’s global deliveries in the third quarter, the first increase this year for the electric vehicle maker.
Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping
Read full article: Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shippingWhat lies beneath the Great Lakes' waves is largely unknown, but there's a new push to learn more about thousands of shipwrecks, underwater infrastructure and the impacts of climate change on the bottom of the world's largest freshwater system.
Details from New Mexico's lawsuit against Snap show site failed to act on reports of sextortion
Read full article: Details from New Mexico's lawsuit against Snap show site failed to act on reports of sextortionSnapchat has failed to act on rampant reports of child grooming, sextortion and other dangers to minors on its platform.
Swiss glaciers are receding again after 2 punishing years and despite a good start to 2024
Read full article: Swiss glaciers are receding again after 2 punishing years and despite a good start to 2024Experts say the volume of Switzerland’s glaciers shrank again this summer and compounded the negative impact of climate change after a devastating two-year run that depleted the ice by more than 10%.
NASA's Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon
Read full article: NASA's Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moonNASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon.
Australia's online dating industry adopts code of conduct to keep users safer
Read full article: Australia's online dating industry adopts code of conduct to keep users saferAustralia’s government says a code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to better protect Australian users after research found that three-in-four people suffer some form of sexual violence through the platforms.
Helene and other storms dumped a whopping 40 trillion gallons of rain on the South
Read full article: Helene and other storms dumped a whopping 40 trillion gallons of rain on the SouthMeteorologists calculate that more than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it.
Arkansas sues YouTube over claims that the site is fueling a mental health crisis
Read full article: Arkansas sues YouTube over claims that the site is fueling a mental health crisisArkansas has sued YouTube and its parent company Alphabet, saying the video-sharing platform is deliberately addictive and fueling a mental health crisis among youth.
Cutting food waste would lower emissions, but so far only one state has done it
Read full article: Cutting food waste would lower emissions, but so far only one state has done itA study out in Science this month finds that states' attempts to cut the amount of food waste going into landfills are rarely succeeding.
Montana man gets 6 months in prison for cloning giant sheep and breeding it
Read full article: Montana man gets 6 months in prison for cloning giant sheep and breeding itAn 81-year-old Montana has been sentenced to six months in federal prison and ordered to pay $24,000 in penalties for using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Central Asia and the U.S. to illegally create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunts in Texas and Minnesota.
California governor vetoes bill to create first-in-nation AI safety measures
Read full article: California governor vetoes bill to create first-in-nation AI safety measuresCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models.
SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who are stuck in space until next year
Read full article: SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who are stuck in space until next yearSpaceX has launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station.
Japanese fans bid farewell to beloved panda pair before their return to China
Read full article: Japanese fans bid farewell to beloved panda pair before their return to ChinaThousands of Japanese fans have bid farewell to their beloved panda couple that made their final public appearance at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo before returning to China for medical treatment.
In global game of influence, China turns to a cheap and effective tool: fake news
Read full article: In global game of influence, China turns to a cheap and effective tool: fake newsIn its bid for global influence, China is expanding its use of propaganda and fake news throughout the world, often disguising it with fake journalists and dubious sites posing as legitimate news sources.
A rare condor hatched and raised by foster parents in captivity now gets to live wild
Read full article: A rare condor hatched and raised by foster parents in captivity now gets to live wildAnother chapter in one of the greatest comeback stories in the world of endangered species is being written with the release of three young California condors north of the Grand Canyon.
Brazil judge makes new requests to allow X to be reinstated from suspension
Read full article: Brazil judge makes new requests to allow X to be reinstated from suspensionBrazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday added conditions for Elon Musk’s X to have its service reestablished in the country, one day after the social media platform said it had complied with all the judge’s demands.
Amazon's $4 billion partnership with AI startup Anthropic gets UK competition clearance
Read full article: Amazon's $4 billion partnership with AI startup Anthropic gets UK competition clearanceBritain’s competition watchdog has cleared Amazon’s partnership with artificial intelligence company Anthropic because the $4 billion deal didn’t qualify for further scrutiny.
Titan implosion testimony paints a picture of reckless greed and explorer passion
Read full article: Titan implosion testimony paints a picture of reckless greed and explorer passionThe operator of an experimental submersible that imploded while seeking out the sunken Titanic was either putting profits over safety or pushing humankind’s boundaries.
Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars
Read full article: Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollarsAn expert witness testifying for Google says an antitrust case brought against the tech giant drastically underestimates the company's competition.
X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge's orders, sources say
Read full article: X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge's orders, sources sayA source says billionaire Elon Musk’s social media site X has complied with Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ orders, and requested its service be reestablished in the country.
OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit company
Read full article: OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit companyOpenAI’s history as a nonprofit research institute that also sells commercial products like ChatGPT may be coming to an end as the San Francisco company looks to more fully convert itself into a for-profit corporation accountable to shareholders.
Police are probing apparent cyber vandalism on Wi-Fi networks at UK train stations
Read full article: Police are probing apparent cyber vandalism on Wi-Fi networks at UK train stationsU.K. transport officials and police are investigating a “cyber-security incident” after users of public Wi-Fi networks at the country’s biggest railway stations reported being shown anti-Muslim messages.
NASA, Boeing describe limited roles despite Titan's owner touting aerospace ties
Read full article: NASA, Boeing describe limited roles despite Titan's owner touting aerospace tiesOceanGate co-founder Stockton Rush said the carbon fiber hull used in an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic was developed with help of NASA and aerospace manufacturers.
OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati and 2 other execs are leaving the ChatGPT maker
Read full article: OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati and 2 other execs are leaving the ChatGPT makerA high-ranking executive at OpenAI who served a few days as its interim CEO during a period of turmoil last year says she’s leaving the artificial intelligence company.
Meta unveils cheaper VR headset, AI updates and shows off prototype for holographic AR glasses
Read full article: Meta unveils cheaper VR headset, AI updates and shows off prototype for holographic AR glassesMeta has unveiled updates to the company’s virtual reality headset and Ray Ban smart glasses along as it tries to demonstrate its artificial intelligence prowess and the next generation of computing platforms beyond smartphones and computers.
For European astronauts, this place in Germany is the next best thing to the moon
Read full article: For European astronauts, this place in Germany is the next best thing to the moonIt will be years before the European Space Agency can send one of its astronauts to the moon, but the agency says it’s time to start practicing as it opened a facility in Germany that will let astronauts train in conditions like those on the lunar surface.
CrowdStrike executive apologizes to Congress for July global tech outage
Read full article: CrowdStrike executive apologizes to Congress for July global tech outageAn executive at cybersecurity company CrowdStrike apologized in testimony to Congress for sparking a global technology outage over the summer.
Can AI make video games more immersive? Some studios turn to AI-fueled NPCs for more interaction
Read full article: Can AI make video games more immersive? Some studios turn to AI-fueled NPCs for more interactionFor decades, video games have relied on scripted, stilted interactions with non-player characters to help shepherd gamers in their journeys.
NTSB engineer says carbon fiber hull from submersible showed signs of flaws
Read full article: NTSB engineer says carbon fiber hull from submersible showed signs of flawsAn engineer with the National Transportation Safety Board says the carbon fiber hull of the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic had imperfections dating to the manufacturing process.
Video game actors' union calls for strike against 'League of Legends'
Read full article: Video game actors' union calls for strike against 'League of Legends'“League of Legends” is caught in the middle of a dispute between Hollywood’s actors union and an audio company that provides voiceover services for the blockbuster online multiplayer game.
Department of Justice sues Visa, alleges the card issuer monopolizes debit card markets
Read full article: Department of Justice sues Visa, alleges the card issuer monopolizes debit card marketsThe U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market.
Prince Harry says harms of social media have created an 'epidemic' for today's youth
Read full article: Prince Harry says harms of social media have created an 'epidemic' for today's youthPrince Harry said today’s youth is in the midst of an “epidemic” of anxiety, depression and social isolation due to negative experiences online, as he brought his campaign to help children and their parents navigate cyberspace to this week’s Clinton Global Initiative.
TikTok removes Russian state media accounts for 'covert influence operations' ahead of US election
Read full article: TikTok removes Russian state media accounts for 'covert influence operations' ahead of US electionTikTok has removed accounts associated with Russian state media for engaging in “covert influence operations” on the social media platform ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
Sweden says Iran was behind thousands of text messages calling for revenge over Quran burnings
Read full article: Sweden says Iran was behind thousands of text messages calling for revenge over Quran burningsSweden says that Iran was behind thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge over the burnings of Islam's holy book in 2023.
Tearful Caroline Ellison gets 2 years in prison over her role in FTX fraud
Read full article: Tearful Caroline Ellison gets 2 years in prison over her role in FTX fraudA former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire has been sentenced to two years in prison for participating in what a prosecutor said was one of the largest recent financial frauds in U.S. history.
Tugboat powered by ammonia sails for the first time, showing how to cut emissions from shipping
Read full article: Tugboat powered by ammonia sails for the first time, showing how to cut emissions from shippingA tugboat powered by ammonia sailed for the first time Sunday in the Hudson River to show how the maritime industry can slash planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions.
Biden administration seeks to ban Chinese, Russian tech in US autonomous vehicles
Read full article: Biden administration seeks to ban Chinese, Russian tech in US autonomous vehiclesThe U.S. Commerce Department is seeking a ban on the sale of connected and autonomous vehicles in the U.S. that are equipped with Chinese and Russian software and hardware with the stated goal of protecting national security and U.S. drivers.
A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American from the International Space Station returns to Earth
Read full article: A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American from the International Space Station returns to EarthA Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan, ending a record-breaking stay for the Russian pair.
2 record-breaking Russians and an American who lived on space station for 6 months return to Earth
Read full article: 2 record-breaking Russians and an American who lived on space station for 6 months return to EarthA Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan, ending a record-breaking stay for the Russian pair.
Alaska Airlines grounds flights at Seattle briefly due to tech outage
Read full article: Alaska Airlines grounds flights at Seattle briefly due to tech outageAlaska Airlines says it halted its flights in Seattle briefly on Sunday night due to a technology problem that was resolved by about 10 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.