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A street in Oakland, Calif., viewed through AI-enhanced cameras from the start-up Hayden AI. Transit agencies across the U.S. are deploying the company's systems to keep bus lanes clear of illegally parked cars.

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  • National

Transit systems turn to AI-powered cameras to catch drivers who block bus lanes

The nation's biggest transit systems are using AI-enhanced cameras to keep bus lanes clear of illegally parked cars. That's making buses move faster, but the rollout has hit a few speed bumps.

January 02, 2025
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  • Joel Rose
American flags are displayed with Chinese flags on top of a trishaw on Sept. 16, 2018, in Beijing.

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  • World

Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed documents in 'major' cyber incident

The revelation comes as the U.S. grapples with a massive cyberespionage campaign that gave Chinese officials access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans.

December 31, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A QAnon sign at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Many of the rioters who attacked the Capitol later told investigators they were motivated in part by the online conspiracy theory.

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  • Politics

Four years after the Capitol riot, why QAnon hasn't gone away

Some of the people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 believed in the QAnon conspiracy theory. In the aftermath, social media platforms ramped up efforts to push QAnon content off their sites. Four years later, the QAnon movement has morphed into something else.

December 30, 2024
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  • Jude Joffe-Block
Mike Cupo, a systems operator for Public Service Electric and Gas Company, uses a special red phone to talk via radio to PSE&G staffers in the field, during a simulated Y2K drill at company headquarters in Newark, N.J., on April 9, 1999. Power plant operators across the country held drills to make sure they could keep electricity flowing if year 2000 computer glitches prevented them from communicating with each other.

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  • History

Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out

People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.

December 28, 2024
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  • Jack Mitchell
The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., March 17, 2023.

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  • Business

Trump asks the Supreme Court to delay the start of the TikTok ban

President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a "political resolution" to the issue.

December 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Scammers are using generative artificial intelligence tools to create more convincing fake text and voices to commit fraud, according to a recent FBI warning to the public.

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  • Technology

How to protect yourself from AI scams this holiday season

Generative AI is making it easier for fraudsters to dupe people, now more than ever. Protect yourself from scams this holiday season with these five tips.

December 26, 2024
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  • Audrey Nguyen
Beth Patton's favorite gift she's given through the holiday exchanges this year was inspired by her anonymous recipient's fondness for antiques and beetles. She made a stuffed beetle plushie using antique brocade fabrics she found. "Making a stranger's Christmas is just really fun," Patton said.

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  • National

The Reddit community revives the holiday spirit after popular Secret Santa events end

Swapping presents with strangers on the internet is a favorite pastime for many Reddit users. After two popular holiday gift exchanges ended, bereft merrymakers are set on keeping the tradition going.

December 23, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Walmart delivery drivers were pushed to use illegally opened payments accounts, a federal lawsuit alleges.

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  • Business

Walmart illegally opened delivery drivers' deposit accounts, U.S. says

Lawsuit alleges Walmart and the payments platform Branch Messenger cost delivery drivers millions of dollars in fees, opening deposit accounts without consent and requiring their use to get paid.

December 23, 2024
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  • Alina Selyukh
A view of the TikTok app logo, in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 28, 2020.

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  • Europe

Albanian prime minister says TikTok ban was not a rushed reaction

Prime Minister Edi Rama said over the weekend that the government will shut down TikTok for one year, accusing the popular video service of inciting violence and bullying, especially among children.

December 23, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Voters leave after casting their ballot at a polling station in the final phase of voting in India's general election, in Kolkata on June 1, 2024. Artificial intelligence tools were used to create memes and images about political rivals in India and elsewhere around the world.

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  • Technology

How AI deepfakes polluted elections in 2024

The most visible use of AI in many countries was to create memes and content whose artificial origins weren't disguised. They were often openly shared by politicians and their supporters.

December 21, 2024
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  • Shannon Bond
Julie Inman Grant, Australia's top internet regulator, will be enforcing one of the strictest social media crackdowns in the world.

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  • Technology

How will Australia's under-16 social media ban work? We asked the law's enforcer

Australia's top online internet regulator explains how the nation plans to roll out the world's first social media ban for kids under 16.

December 20, 2024
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  • Bobby Allyn
After spinning near the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica for months, the world's largest iceberg, A23a, has broken free and is floating in the Southern Ocean.

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  • Science

Watch: Satellite video shows world's biggest iceberg, A23a, break free

About the size of Rhode Island, the iceberg known as A23a got stuck in an ocean vortex this summer, spinning in place for months. Now, it's free, and heading back into open Antarctic waters.

December 20, 2024
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023.

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  • Technology

Supreme Court agrees to review TikTok ban-or-sale law

The high court said Wednesday it will review a challenge submitted by TikTok asking for the overturn of a law that could ban the video-sharing app by Jan 19.

December 18, 2024
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  • Bobby Allyn
The Twitch 2024 recap celebrated celebrity appearances on the livestreaming platform, including many on Kai Cenat's streams.

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  • Arts & Life

Viewers watched 20.35 billion hours on Twitch in 2024. 'Stream Big' explores why

According to the Twitch 2024 community recap, viewers watched 20.35 billion hours on the live-streaming service. A forthcoming book explains why.

December 18, 2024
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  • Dhanika Pineda
The owner, who asked not to be identified because of concerns about his privacy, turns on the lights in his underground shelter in an undisclosed Southern California city, on Dec. 16.

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  • National

Nuclear bunker sales increase, despite warnings they won't provide protection

Critics warn argue that people planning to live through an atomic blast aren't focusing on the real and current dangers posed by nuclear threats.

December 18, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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