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A G42 camera is visible at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
December 10

Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
December 10
FILE - Elon Musk reacts during an in-conversation event with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, on Nov. 2, 2023. Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones following a poll posted on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter on Saturday Dec. 9, 2023 that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)
December 09

Some Seattle cancer center patients are receiving threatening emails after last month's data breach

Some patients of a Seattle-based cancer center are receiving threatening emails following a data breach last month
December 09
December 09

Technology built the cashless society. Advances are helping the unhoused so they're not left behind

Just as technological shifts created the cashless society, further advances are now helping charitable groups and advocates for the unhoused reach those most in danger of being left behind
December 09
Tonya Williams, right, a vendor who sells street Sense, a local paper that covers issues related to the homeless and employs unhoused individuals as its vendors, gets more papers to sell from Street Sense staff member Aida Peery, left, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington. The transition to a cashless society has impacted street-level charitable giving – from individual donations to panhandlers to the Salvation Army donation kettles. Street Sense vendors now accept donations from cashless apps like Venmo and CashApp. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
December 09

What is carbon capture and why does it keep coming up at COP28?

The future of fossil fuels that are warming the planet are at the core of negotiations at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai
December 09
FILE - A liquid carbon dioxide containment unit stands outside the fabrication building of Glenwood Mason Supply Company, April 18, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
December 09

From urchin crushing to lab-grown kelp, efforts to save California's kelp forests show promise

After purple urchins helped nearly wipe out 96% of California's iconic underwater bull kelp forests over a six-year span, biologists say they are seeing promising signs that efforts to save them may be helping
December 09
Scientific diver Ian Norton checks a chart as he surveys a bull kelp reforestation project, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, near Caspar, Calif. California's coast has bull and giant kelp, the world's largest marine algae. Urchins have hurt both species, though giant kelp forests have fared better. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
December 08

Amazon asks federal judge to dismiss the FTC's antitrust lawsuit against the company

Attorneys for Amazon have asked a federal judge to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against the e-commerce giant
December 08
FILE - The Amazon logo is seen, Sept. 6, 2012, in Santa Monica, Calif. Attorneys for Amazon on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 asked a federal judge to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against the retailer, arguing the agency is attacking policies that benefit consumers and competition. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
December 08

Europe reaches a deal on the world's first comprehensive AI rules

European Union negotiators have clinched a deal on the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules
December 08
File - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, left, appears onstage with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at OpenAI's first developer conference, on Nov. 6, 2023, in San Francisco. Negotiators will meet this week to hammer out details of European Union artificial intelligence rules but the process has been bogged down by a simmering last-minute battle over how to govern systems that underpin general purpose AI services like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard chatbot. (AP Photo/Barbara Ortutay, File)
December 08

European leaders reach deal on the world’s first comprehensive AI rules, offering a blueprint for scrutinizing the tech

European leaders reach deal on the world’s first comprehensive AI rules, offering a blueprint for scrutinizing the tech
December 08
December 08

Top White House cyber aide says recent Iran hack on water system is call to tighten cybersecurity

Recent attacks on American water authorities by Iranian-aligned hackers — as well as a separate spate of ransomware attacks hitting the U.S. health care system — are calling federal officials to action
December 08
FILE - Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, speaks during a news briefing at the White House, Monday, March 21, 2022, in Washington. Neuberger said recent attacks on American water authorities by Iranian-aligned hackers, as well as a separate spate of ransomware incidents hitting the U.S. health care system, are a call to action. Neuberger in an AP interview Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, said local and state governments as well as companies will need to tighten cybersecurity efforts as they face “persistent and capable cyber attacks from hostile countries and criminals." (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
December 08

Spotify CFO becomes one of thousands departing the streaming service, after selling $9M in shares

Spotify’s chief financial officer, Paul Vogel, is leaving next year, the music streaming service said — just days after the company announced its third round of layoffs for 2023
December 08
FILE- This March 20, 2018, file photo shows the Spotify app on an iPad in Baltimore. Spotify’s chief financial officer, Paul Vogel, is leaving next year, the music streaming service said, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, — just days after the company announced its third round of layoffs for 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
December 08
This video game image released by Nintendo shows a scene from "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom." (Nintendo via AP)
December 08

Meta adds topic tags on Threads

The company is making it easier for users to find conversations that interest them.
December 08
VIDEO:  Meta adds topic tags on Threads
December 08

Danish EU commissioner pulls out of the race for the top job at the European Investment Bank

The European Union’s powerful antitrust chief has withdrawn as a candidate for the presidency of the European Investment Bank
December 08
FILE - Spain's Economy Minister Nadia Calvino speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of eurozone finance ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 15, 2023. EU finance ministers agreed Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 to back Spain's economy minister, Nadia Calviño, becoming the bank's next president. Calviño, 55, will succeed Werner Hoyer, a German whose second mandate as EIB chief ends Dec. 31. Her candidacy still requires approval from the bank's board of directors and board of governors. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
December 08

Nintendo cancels its Live 2024 Tokyo event after persistent threats to workers and customers

Nintendo has canceled an upcoming video game event and postponed several others because of persistent threats to the company, its workers and players
December 08
FILE - A Nintendo sign is seen outside Nintendo's official store in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, on Jan. 23, 2020. Nintendo has cancelled an upcoming video game event in Japan, and postponed several others, because of persistent threats to the company, its workers and people who may take part in them. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
December 08

Nvidia CEO suggests Malaysia could be AI 'manufacturing' hub as Southeast Asia expands data centers

The CEO of chipmaker Nvidia views Malaysia as a potential hub for artificial intelligence “manufacturing.”
December 08
Nvidia CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang attends a media round table event at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
December 07

Construction of a cable to connect the power grids of Greece and Cyprus is set to start next year

A Greek official says construction of the 1.9 billion euro ($2.05 billion) section of an electricity cable that will connect the power grids of Greece and Cyprus is slated to begin in the new year
December 07
December 07

Scientists: Climate change intensified the rains devastating East Africa

An international team of climate scientists says the ongoing catastrophic rains in East Africa have been made worse by human-induced climate change
December 07
FILE - Residents gather for a planned distribution of food, after El Niño rains damaged their houses in Bangale town in Tana River county, Kenya, Nov. 26, 2023. Ongoing catastrophic rains in Eastern Africa have been worsened by human-caused climate change that made them up to two times more intense, an international team of climate scientists said Thursday, Dec. 7. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, file)
December 07

Meta makes end-to-end encryption a default on Facebook Messenger

Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced Thursday
December 07
File - The META logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris in Paris, France on June 14, 2023. Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced Thursday.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
December 07

Toyota teaming with Cirba Solutions to expand battery recycling network

Toyota Motor North America is teaming with battery recycling materials and management company Cirba Solutions to expanding its battery recycling network
December 07
FILE - A logo of Toyota Motor Corp. at a dealer Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Tokyo. Toyota is selling a part of its stake in components maker Denso to raise cash for its drive toward electric vehicles and other innovations, Japan's top automaker said Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
December 07

Europe's talks on world-leading AI rules paused after 22 hours and will start again Friday

European Union talks on comprehensive artificial intelligence regulations were paused after 22 straight hours
December 07
File - The OpenAI logo appears on a mobile phone in front of a screen showing part of the company website in this photo taken on Nov. 21, 2023 in New York. Negotiators will meet this week to hammer out details of European Union artificial intelligence rules but the process has been bogged down by a simmering last-minute battle over how to govern systems that underpin general purpose AI services like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard chatbot. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
December 07

Powerful earthquake shakes South Pacific nation of Vanuatu; no tsunami threat

A powerful earthquake has shaken the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, but countries in the region say there is no threat of a tsunami
December 07
December 07

Google launches its most powerful AI model

The company claims its Gemini Pro outperformed OpenAI's latest GPT 3.5.
December 07
VIDEO:  Google launches its most powerful AI model
December 07

The UK government blames Russian intelligence for prolonged efforts to meddle in British politics

The U.K. government says that Russia’s intelligence services have targeted high-profile British politicians, civil servants and journalists with cyberespionage and “malicious cyberactivity” as part of sustained attempts to interfere in U.K. political p...
December 07
FILE - A general view of the Houses of Parliament at sunrise in London, on Oct. 21, 2022. Russia's intelligence services targeted high-profile British politicians, civil servants and journalists with cyberespionage and “malicious cyberactivity” as part of sustained attempts to interfere in U.K. political processes, Britain's government said Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/David Cliff, File)
December 07

Twitch says it's withdrawing from the South Korean market over expensive network fees

Twitch, a popular video service, will shut down its struggling business in South Korea, a decision its chief executive blamed on allegedly “prohibitively expensive” costs for operating in the country
December 07
FILE - The logo for live-streaming video platform Twitch is seen on Nov. 4, 2017, at the Paris games week in Paris, France. Twitch, a popular video service, will shut down its struggling business in South Korea, a decision its chief executive blamed on allegedly “prohibitively expensive” costs for operating in the country. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
December 06

Indonesia ends search for victims of eruption at Mount Marapi volcano that killed 23 climbers

Indonesian authorities have ended the search for any more victims among climbers who were caught by a weekend eruption of the Mount Marapi volcano that killed 23 people and injured several others
December 06
Cyclists ride past by as Mount Marapi spews volcanic material into the air in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. Rescuers were searching for a female hiker who was caught by a surprise weekend eruption of the volcano that killed nearly two dozens climbers and injured several others, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ardhy Fenando)
December 06

Amazon's internal plans to advance its interests in California are laid bare in leaked memo

An internal Amazon memo has provided a stark look at the company’s carefully laid out plans to grow its influence and advance its interest in Southern California
December 06
December 06

Asteroid will pass in front of star to produce a rare eclipse visible to millions

One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish.
December 06
This image made with the Hubble Space Telescope and released by NASA on Aug. 10, 2020 shows the star Alpha Orionis, or Betelgeuse, a red supergiant. The star, one of the biggest and brightest in the night sky, will momentarily vanish as an asteroid passes in front of it late Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, into early Tuesday. The event should be visible to millions of people along a narrow corridor stretching from central Asia’s Tajikistan and Armenia, across Turkey, Greece, Italy and Spain, all the way to Miami and the Florida Keys, and, finally, Mexico. (Andrea Dupree (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), Ronald Gilliland (STScI), NASA and ESA via AP)
December 06

Facebook parent sued by New Mexico alleging it has failed to shield children from predators

New Mexico's attorney general is suing the parent company of Facebook and Instagram claiming it failed to protect underage users from exposure to child sexual abuse material and let adults solicit pornographic imagery from them
December 06
FILE - Meta's logo is seen on a sign, Nov. 9, 2022, at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook and Instagram fail to protect underage users from exposure to child sexual abuse material and let adults solicit pornographic imagery from them, New Mexico's attorney general alleges in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, that follows an undercover online investigation into Meta’s social media platforms. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
December 06

Google launches Gemini, upping the stakes in the global AI race

Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human-like ways that’s likely to intensify the debate about the technology’s potential promise and perils
December 06
File - Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks about Google DeepMind at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., May 10, 2023. Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of a project called Gemini that's trained to think more like humans and behave in ways likely to intensify the debate about the technology's potential promise and perils. Google DeepMind is the AI division behind Gemini. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
December 06

Meta disconnecting cross chat between Facebook, Instagram

Meta, the parent company of the social media platforms Instagram and Facebook, is ending its cross-chat feature between the two apps to comply with a new European Union law.
December 06
VIDEO: Meta disconnecting cross chat between Facebook, Instagram
December 06

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to receive Serbian passport, president says

Serbia's president says Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak will be getting a Serbian passport
December 06
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak speaks during a press conference after talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. Wozniak will receive a Serbian passport from the Balkan country's president after he was granted Balkan country's citizenship. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
December 06

Bank of England will review the risks that AI poses to UK financial stability

The Bank of England says it will make an assessment next year about the risks posed by artificial intelligence and machine learning
December 06
Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey attends the biannual Financial Stability Report press conference, at the Bank of England in London, Wednesday Dec. 6, 2023. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP)
December 06

Europe was set to lead the world on AI regulation. But can leaders reach a deal?

The generative AI boom has sent governments worldwide scrambling to regulate the emerging technology
December 06
File - The OpenAI logo appears on a mobile phone in front of a screen showing part of the company website in this photo taken on Nov. 21, 2023 in New York. Negotiators will meet this week to hammer out details of European Union artificial intelligence rules but the process has been bogged down by a simmering last-minute battle over how to govern systems that underpin general purpose AI services like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard chatbot. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
December 06

Iran says it sent a capsule capable of carrying animals into orbit as it prepares for human missions

Iran says it sent a capsule into orbit capable of carrying animals as it prepares for human missions in coming years
December 06
This photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, claims to show a rocket with a capsule carrying animals is launched from an undisclosed location into orbit, Iran. Iran said Wednesday it sent a capsule into orbit carrying animals as it prepares for human missions in coming years. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
December 06

These men once relied on the Aral Sea. Today, the dry land is a reminder of lost livelihoods

Brushing the dust from his hat and lying on the floor inside his home, Ali Shadilov recalls how he and other fishermen used to laugh at town elders who warned that the enormous sea they relied on was disappearing. “Everyone laughed and said that it would take several million years,” said Shadilov, 73, one of the last surviving former fishermen of the Aral Sea. “Back then, no one could imagine that the sea would dry up.” The Aral Sea was once the world's fourth-largest inland body of water, with some 68,000 square kilometers (26,300 square miles). Colossal steel ships sailed on deep blue water filled with sturgeon, catfish and other species that were caught, canned and shipped across the Soviet Union. ___ EDITORS’ NOTE: This is the first piece in an AP series on the once-massive Aral Sea, the lives of those who’ve lived and worked on its shores, and the effects of climate change and restoration efforts in the region. The AP visited both sides of the Aral, in Uzbekistan and...
December 06
Gunesh Bai poses for a photo in front of an old boat in the area where the Aral Sea once was in Muynak, Uzbekistan, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
December 05

Biden administration pledges $6 billion to a pair of high-speed electric rail routes in the US West

The Biden administration said it will give more than $6 billion to a pair of high-speed electric rail routes in the West
December 05
FILE - A Brightline train approaches the Fort Lauderdale station on Sept. 8, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area is getting a Biden administration pledge of $3 billion to help start laying track. Nevada's two Democratic U.S. senators said Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 the $12 billion project led by Brightline West has all required right-of-way, environmental and labor approvals. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, file)
December 05

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Apple-App-Store-2023 Awards
December 05
December 05

Argentina's President-elect Milei replies to Musk's interest: 'We need to talk, Elon'

Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of the social network X, has shared a video in which Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei says equality should never come before freedom
December 05
President-elect Javier Milei waves during a joint session of Congress to officially declare him and his running mate winners of the presidential runoff election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
December 05

Apple App Store - Top Apps

Apple App Store - Top Apps Week ending 12/3/2023
December 05
December 05

Grand Theft Auto VI leak followed by an official trailer with a twist: A release date of 2025

The highly anticipated trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI has arrived a little early after a copy was leaked online
December 05
Scenes from the trailer of Grand Theft Auto VI are shown on a smartphone and monitor in New York on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. The highly-anticipated trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI arrived a little early after a copy was leaked online. Rockstar Games released its first look for the sixth game of the cult-classic video game series Monday evening. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
December 05

Massive data breach at popular genetics testing company

23andMe says hackers stole ancestry data for nearly 7 million users.
December 05
VIDEO:  Massive data breach at popular genetics testing company
December 05

AI's future could be 'open-source' or closed. Tech giants are divided

Tech leaders have been vocal proponents of the need to regulate artificial intelligence, but they’re also lobbying hard to make sure the new rules work in their favor
December 05
File - Vice President and Chief AI Scientist at Meta, Yann LeCun, speaks at the Vivatech show in Paris, France on June 14, 2023. IBM and Facebook parent Meta are launching a new group called the AI Alliance that's advocating an "open science" approach to AI development that puts them at odds with rivals like Google, Microsoft and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
December 04

More bodies found after sudden eruption of Indonesia's Mount Marapi, raising confirmed toll to 23

Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano found the last body of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption, raising the number of confirmed dead to 23
December 04
Rescuers carry the body of a victim of the eruption of Mount Marapi into an ambulance in Batu Palano, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of the volcano found more bodies of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption, raising the number of confirmed dead to nearly two dozens, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ardhy Fernando)
December 04
FILE - Text from the ChatGPT page of the OpenAI website is shown in this photo, in New York, Feb. 2, 2023. English Wikipedia raked in more than 84 billion views in 2023. That's according to numbers collected by the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit behind the free, publicly edited online encyclopedia. And the most popular article was about ChatGPT. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
December 04

Regulators begin hearings on how much customers should pay for Georgia nuclear reactors

Georgia Power Co. is urging the state’s utility regulators to approve a deal to pay for the company’s new nuclear reactors
December 04
December 04

GM's Cruise robotaxi service faces fine in alleged cover-up of San Francisco accident's severity

California regulators are alleging a San Francisco robotaxi service owned by General Motors covered up the severity of an accident involving one of its driverless cars, raising the specter they may add a fine to the recent suspension of its California ...
December 04
FILE - Associated Press reporter Michael Liedtke sits in the back of a Cruise driverless taxi that picked him up in San Francisco's Mission District, Feb. 15, 2023. The California regulator that approved the expansion of the Cruise robotaxi fleet owned by automaker General Motors is now threatening to fine the driverless service for covering up the severity of an accident that triggered the suspension of its California license. The potential penalty could be in the range of $1.5 million, based on documents filed Friday, Dec. 1, by the California Public Utilities Commission. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)
December 04

Whistleblower allegation: Harvard muzzled disinfo team after $500 million Zuckerberg donation

A prominent disinformation scholar is accusing Harvard University in a whistleblower disclosure of muzzling her speech and stifling — then dismantling — her research team as it launched a deep dive into a damning trove of Facebook files
December 04
FILE - Joan Donovan, then-research director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, speaks remotely during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, on Capitol Hill, April 27, 2021, in Washington. The prominent disinformation scholar who left Harvard University in August 2023 has accused the school of muzzling her speech and stifling — then dismantling — her research team as it launched a deep dive in late 2021 into a trove of Facebook files she considers the most important documents in internet history. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP, File)
December 04
FILE - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at Manhattan federal court on Aug. 11, 2023, in New York. Last year's collapse of crypto exchange giant FTX also “left a big scar” on the public's confidence in the crypto industry and crushed retail investors, Edward Moya, a former senior market analyst at Oanda, previously told The Associated Press — noting that institutional money, like hedge funds, are behind the bulk of current crypto investing. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
December 04

Uber set to join S&P 500 index in sign of turnaround for the ride-hailing service

Uber's stock is set to join the S&P 500 index later this month
December 04
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO, participates in a session during the APEC CEO Summit Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)