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Lee Nunn says he uses a lot of precision agriculture on his Georgia farm to save resources.

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  • National

Precision agriculture technology helps farmers - but they need help

Some farmers hope this year's federal Farm Bill brings more attention to the benefits of - and barriers to - precision agriculture technology.

April 27, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
An image from a Republican National Committee ad against President Biden features imagery generated by artificial intelligence. The spread of AI-generated images, video and audio presents a challenge for policymakers.

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  • Technology

AI-generated deepfakes are moving fast. Policymakers can't keep up

Tech companies are in a race to roll out AI chatbots and other tools. As technology gets better at faking reality, there are big questions over how to regulate it.

April 27, 2023
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
The Los Angeles skyline is seen above the Union Pacific LATC Intermodal Terminal on Tuesday.

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  • Climate

California becomes the first state to adopt emission rules for trains

California approved a rule limiting rail pollution to aggressively cut greenhouse gas emissions in the state's latest move to establish itself as a global leader in the fight against climate change.

April 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
The Silicon Valley Bank logo is seen through a rain-covered window in front of the SVB headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., on March 10, 2023. The Federal Reserve is set to issue a report on Friday looking into its own role supervising the lender ahead of its collapse.

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  • Business

What went wrong at Silicon Valley Bank? The Fed is set to release a postmortem report

The Federal Reserve and the FDIC are set to report Friday on their oversight of two failed banks. The banks' collapse six weeks ago rocked credit markets and raised the risk of recession.

April 27, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley and
  • David Gura
State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco is shown ahead of a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., last month. San Francisco is repealing a ban on city-funded travel to 30 states that it says restrict abortion, voting and LGBTQ rights after determining the boycott is doing more harm than good. Wiener, who authored the original ban, agreed that the measure hadn't produced the intended results.

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  • National

San Francisco is repealing its boycott of anti-LGBT states

San Francisco repealed a boycott that prohibits staff from visiting and city departments from contracting with companies headquartered in states including Texas, Florida and Ohio.

April 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A customer waits to order food at a Miami McDonald's on July 26, 2022. The CEO of McDonald's expects the U.S. to experience a mild recession and says customers have grown more reluctant to splurge on or supersize their orders.

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  • Economy

The U.S. economy is losing steam. Bank woes and other hurdles are to blame.

The country's GDP growth is slowing as banks cut back on credit and the Federal Reserve tries to crack down on inflation.

April 27, 2023
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  • Scott Horsley
Cars line-up to enter Walt Disney World on February 08, 2023 in Orlando, Florida.

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  • National

Disney sues Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, claiming 'government retaliation'

Moments after a board appointed by the governor voted to invalidate Disney's development deal, the company filed a 77-page lawsuit in federal court.

April 27, 2023
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  • Greg Allen
Bud Light is under fire from conservatives on social media for a promotion with a trans influencer.

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  • Business

Bud Light sales dip after trans promotion, but such boycotts are often short-lived

Bud Light, under fire from conservatives on social media for a promotion with a trans influencer, has seen its sales slip. But studies of other boycotts showed that negative impacts didn't last long.

April 27, 2023
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  • Becky Sullivan
Shares of First Republic Bank plunged again today, as investors react to financial disclosures from the bank.

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  • Business

First Republic Bank shares plummet, reigniting fears about U.S. banking sector

Trading of First Republic Bank shares were halted multiple times today, as investors sold off shares, alarmed by financial disclosures from the bank.

April 26, 2023
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  • David Gura
Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes arrives at the Robert F. Peckham U.S. Federal Court on June 28, 2019, in San Jose, Calif.

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  • Technology

Elizabeth Holmes' prison sentence has been delayed

The founder of the failed blood-testing startup Theranos will not begin her 11-year prison term on Thursday as expected due to an automatic delay triggered by her filing an appeal.

April 26, 2023
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  • Bobby Allyn
As of March 2023, there were 316,000 job openings in tech, according to the nonprofit IT association CompTIA. Despite mass layoffs in Silicon Valley, tech jobs remain plentiful.

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  • Business

Need a job? Tech remains a good bet despite mass layoffs in Silicon Valley

The number of openings in the technology field is still high, and tech jobs continue to be attractive to workers looking for stable, lucrative careers.

April 26, 2023
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  • Andrea Hsu
Supporters at a Herschel Walker election night watch party last year watching former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

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  • Politics

Election skeptics may follow Tucker Carlson out of Fox News

Tucker Carlson's extremist rhetoric helped define Fox News in the Trump era. Will the departure of one of the network's biggest stars change that?

April 26, 2023
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By:
  • Jan Johnson
A Chevrolet Bolt EV is parked at a charging station at a dealer in Colma, Calif., on Tuesday.

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  • Business

The Chevy Bolt, GM's popular electric vehicle, is on its way out

General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the company would halt production on small EV at the end of the year — shifting the plant in Orion Township, Mich., to make two new electric truck models instead.

April 26, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
The U.S. Capitol is seen during an event celebrating 100 days of House Republican rule last week in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

House Republicans hope their debt limit bill will get Biden to the negotiating table

The House plans to vote on its debt ceiling bill this week. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R.-S.D., calls it an "opening negotiation position" as the risk of a default looms.

April 26, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
The Activision Blizzard Booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles on June 13, 2013. British regulators have blocked Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy the video game maker over worries that it would stifle competition in the cloud gaming market.

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  • Business

The U.K. blocks Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy game giant Activision Blizzard

British regulators blocked Microsoft's purchase, thwarting the biggest tech deal in history over worries that it would stifle competition in the fast-growing cloud gaming market.

April 26, 2023
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