Trump's new policy: relaxing protections for migratory birds

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Suspension of migratory bird protections sparks conservationists' alarm

Coca-Cola may use more plastic bottles to offset Trump’s aluminIum tariff

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In December, the company abandoned its plastic reduction and reuse goals, announcing that it had revised its climate goals to focus more heavily on the use of recycled ...

UK orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts

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If the UK secures access to the encrypted data, other countries that have allowed the encrypted storage, such as China, might be prompted to demand equal backdoor ...

Trump’s new trade war may prove far more disruptive than his first

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But Trump’s second trade war is shaping up to be much different from his first. The president’s ambitions for a reordering of world commerce are broader. The opposition ...

Trump readies massive shift in US economy on eve of inauguration

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The federal government is weeks away from running out of money, setting up another high-stakes funding fight in March.

How to tackle money disagreements with your partner

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Discover expert tips on how to handle financial disagreements in relationships, from initiating tough conversations to focusing on shared values.

What we just found out about the possible tie between microplastics and cancer

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They found that these shards - which are now virtually everywhere in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat - are suspected of links to colon ...

Want to visit China? New policy expands visa-free travel to 10 days.

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The United States is among the dozens of countries eligible for the more lenient measure, part of a movement to ease restrictions and welcome back foreigners.

Turkey floats limit on bank CEO tenures after ponzi scandal

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According to the proposal, CEOs would be permitted to serve in that position at the same bank for at most 10 years, according to a draft of the regulation seen by ...

I used Amazon’s AI for my holiday shopping list. Here’s how it went.

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I tried two of Amazon’s AI helpers - the Rufus chatbot and AI-powered product research guides released in October - for my holiday shopping dilemmas and questions. ...

Japan’s edible cricket startup files for bankruptcy

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The company had suffered poor performance after receiving criticism online due to the public's resistance to the idea of eating insects.

Drone sightings unsettle New Jersey residents: ‘It’s been super-scary’

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Federal authorities have said there is no known public threat, and many onlookers suggest sightings are often just misidentified airplanes, helicopters or stars. ...

Are banks really ‘de-banking’ customers? Here’s what to know

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Explore the claims of 'de-banking' made by Marc Andreessen and the implications for customers in the financial sector, as experts weigh in on the reality behind ...

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shot and killed outside NYC hotel

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The targeted shooting of the CEO of an American company, in the nation’s financial capital, shocked the health and business communities nationally.

Meta scrambles to respond to upstart social platform Bluesky’s surge

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While Threads remains the most popular X alternative, having amassed 275 million sign-ups since it launched in July 2023, Bluesky has been on a tear, growing from ...

Climate talks reach finance deal blasted as inadequate by developing nations

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Negotiators from nearly 200 countries agreed early Sunday in a non-binding commitment that wealthy nations would aim to provide at least $300 billion annually by ...

19-year-old employee found dead inside large walk-in oven

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Police in eastern Canada are investigating after a 19-year-old woman was found dead inside a large walk-in oven at a Walmart in Halifax, Nova Scoti

More than 10500 US actors, musicians, authors protest tech’s AI data grab

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Tech companies have argued this practice is protected as fair use under copyright law, but content owners and publishers have increasingly fought back.

Microsoft deal will reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI

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The restart of Three Mile Island, the site of the worst nuclear accident in US history, will mark a bold advance in the tech industry’s quest to find enough electric ...

Harvard’s Black enrolment drops after Supreme Court ruling

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Of the incoming students who identified their race - a significant number did not - 14% of the class of 2028 identified as African American or Black. Last year 18% ...

Apple unveils AirPods that can work as hearing aids

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Apple said on Monday that its AirPods Pro 2 will soon double as an US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved hearing device.

How a ban on X will affect Brazil’s fan accounts

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Many users have scrambled to reconnect with their followers on sites such as Instagram and Bluesky, which recently reported gaining more than 500000 new users in ...

Who is Mike Lynch, the British tech entrepreneur in the superyacht sinking?

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Mike Lynch, a British technology entrepreneur, is among those missing after the Bayesian superyacht sank in a freak storm off the northern coast of Sicily.

A different kind of property crash hits Dublin as Big Tech cuts office space

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It’s part of a wider global downturn that’s hit commercial real estate valuations from New York to London and Hong Kong, with implications for developers, investors, ...

Why you should spend more money on underwear

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How often do you wear a pair of underwear? If you own a week’s worth, that’s 52 wears per year.