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New York pledges $1B on chip research and development in Albany in bid for jobs, federal grants

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state will spend $1 billion to expand research into chip technology in Albany, the state's capital, with the goal of turning the region into a global center of semiconductor research and manufacturing, Gov.

Dec 11, 2023 2:07 PM Read more >

Jury begins to weigh evidence in Google antitrust trial focused on Android app store payments

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court jury on Monday began its deliberations in an antitrust trial focused on whether Google's efforts to profit from its app store for Android smartphones have been illegally gouging consumers and stifling innovation.

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Biden administration says New Hampshire computer chip plant the first to get funding from CHIPS law

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced the first of many coming federal investments in computer chip production, saying Monday that it would provide $35 million for BAE Systems to increase production at a New Hampshire factory making ch

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Endangered species list grows by 2,000. Climate change is part of the problem

Climate change is worsening the planet's biodiversity crises, making environments more deadly for thousands of species and accelerating the precipitous decline in the number of plants and animals on Earth, according to an international organization t

Dec 11, 2023 9:53 AM Read more >

Europe agreed on world-leading AI rules. How do they work and will they affect people everywhere?

LONDON (AP) — European Union officials worked into the late hours last week hammering out an agreement on world-leading rules meant to govern the use of artificial intelligence in the 27-nation bloc.

Dec 11, 2023 8:57 AM Read more >

Embattled wolves gain a new frontier in Democratic Colorado. The move is stoking political tensions

DENVER, Colo. (AP) — Wildlife officials plan to release gray wolves in Colorado in coming weeks, at the behest of urban voters and to the dismay of rural residents who don't want the predators but have waning influence in the Democratic-led state.

Dec 11, 2023 7:56 AM Read more >

What did you Google in 2023? 'Barbie,' Israel-Hamas war are among the year's top internet searches

NEW YORK (AP) — Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world's.

Dec 11, 2023 2:46 AM Read more >

In Halifax, a call to promote old-growth forests as a guard against future wildfires

HALIFAX — As he stands near a Nova Scotia forest with soaring 150-year-old trees, Mike Lancaster sees a natural, long-term solution to the threat wildfires pose to city dwellers. The director of the St.

Dec 11, 2023 1:00 AM Read more >

At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At the United Nations' COP28 climate summit in Dubai, surveillance cameras seem to be everywhere you turn. And that has some worried.

Dec 10, 2023 5:36 AM Read more >

Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a

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