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FTC accuses AI search engine of 'rampant consumer deception"
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (540+ words) An example of one of the websites controlled by Just Answer. Federal Trade Commission hide caption A search engine powered by artificial intelligence known as Pearl promotes itself as a distinctive service. It offers up answers generated by a large…...
Iran enforces a nationwide internet blackout amid escalating anti-government protests
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (39+ words) Tehran has imposed a nationwide internet blackout as protests continue to spread across Iran. Iran enforces a nationwide internet blackout amid escalating anti-government protests Tehran has imposed a nationwide internet blackout as protests continue to spread across Iran....
Trump Mobile's golden phone remains nowhere to be found
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (430+ words) Eric Trump and Lara Trump arrive before President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump for a New Year's Eve celebration at his Mar-a-Lago club, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption A golden phone that…...
Russia sends 3 Iranian satellites into orbit, report says
2+ week, 2+ day ago (269+ words) TEHRAN, Iran " Russia on Sunday sent three Iranian communications satellites into orbit, the second such launch since July, Iranian state television reported. The report said that a Russian rocket sent the satellites to circle the Earth on a 500-kilometer (310-mile)…...
Viral global TikToks: A twist on soccer, Tanzania's Charlie Chaplin, hope in Gaza
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1785+ words) More than one billion users visit TikTok every month, and since its launch in 2016, it's grown to become one of the most popular social media platforms. And controversial, too. India, for example, banned the app in 2020, and Australia barred children…...
Best Of: The Map Men On Missing Islands And The Meaning Of Mistakes
2+ week, 4+ day ago (242+ words) Last year, Americans spent more than 300 billion minutes on navigation apps, like Waze or Google Maps.The GPS systems in our pockets have come a long way from the first known map, carved into a mammoth tusk 30,000 years ago.But…...
Operation Match: How the first computerized dating service came to be
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1128+ words) Back in the 1960s, a couple of Harvard students had an idea. From Radio Diaries, this is a look back at the creation of the very first computerized dating service. JO MARGOLIS: My name is Jo Margolis, and in 1966, I found…...
Reddit challenges Australia's world-first law banning children under 16 from social media
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (626+ words) The social media ban for children under 16 slogan "Let Them Be Kids" is projected onto the pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP hide caption Global online forum Reddit on Friday…...
Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (768+ words) Hugo Winwood-Smith, right, Hardy Macpherson and Edan Abou, left, all 11-years-old, use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Rick Rycroft/AP hide caption MELBOURNE, Australia " Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social…...
Environmental groups call for a moratorium on data center construction
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (68+ words) An environmental group is leading a call for Congress to place a moratorium on the construction of new data centers used to power artificial intelligence. Environment Story Of The Day NPR hide caption Environmental groups call for a moratorium on…...