2+ hour, 5+ min ago   (400+ words) Google on Wednesday unveiled its latest lineup of Pixel phones, with slimmer cameras that include more a powerful zoom and artificial intelligence features designed to help users accomplish things with fewer taps and swipes. With the improvements, the search giant…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (677+ words) A lack of marriages will have long-term impact on society There is an old song sung by Johnny Lee titled “Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places.” The chorus goes: “I was lookin’ for love in all the wrong…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (117+ words) TikTok permanently banned Perez Hilton’s account after the celebrity gossip blogger appeared to harm himself during a livestream Tuesday night, the platform confirmed, an incident that also led to his hospitalization. A TikTok spokesperson told reporters the platform’s automated systems…...

1+ week, 38+ min ago   (402+ words) PARIS — France next week will ban unsolicited telemarketing calls under a new law aimed at protecting consumers from intrusive sales pitches and shielding vulnerable people from fraudulent commercial practices. The law backed by President Emmanuel Macron’s government enters into force…...

1+ week, 37+ min ago   (152+ words) Don’t miss the full story from our staff writers, whose reportage is the basis of this article. Virginia lawmakers are weighing tougher restrictions on the state’s data center industry as residents voice growing frustration over noise, rising utility bills and…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (1281+ words) More restrictive legislation could soon curb Virginia’s data center boom, as residents push back on increased noise and utility bills. In the Virginia General Assembly, Republican state Sen. Glen Sturtevant and Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Louise Lucas recently called…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (766+ words) Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, has repeatedly run into trouble with both the Kremlin and Western officials as he cast himself as a champion of free speech. On Wednesday, Russia’s Federal Security Service,…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (691+ words) Russia charged Pavel Durov, the founder, owner and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism and put him on an international wanted list, the country’s main domestic security agency said Wednesday. The charges against Durov, who was born…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (966+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia, the world’s largest data center hub, has released a long-delayed study that examined the state’s eastern region groundwater supply and the resource-hungry industry’s possible impact on it, finding declines are likely in a critical aquifer due to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (327+ words) U.S. Postal Service officials are urging customers to take precautions when mailing checks in blue collection boxes, following a rise in check-washing incidents nationwide. Police in Crafton, Pennsylvania, reported three recent check-washing incidents tied to an outdoor mailbox at the local…...