Sports betting industry predicts 'microbets' next big thing, worrying safe-bet advocates
Imagine being able to make a bet with this level of specificity: the Yankees’ Aaron Judge will hit a home run on the fourth pitch he sees in a given at bat, which will be a curveball spinning at a certain speed
2023-05-11 03:26
Google is giving its dominant search engine an artificial-intelligence makeover
Google has disclosed plans to infuse its dominant search engine with more advanced artificial-intelligence technology
2023-05-11 02:58
3 companies to pay $615,000 in NY attorney general investigation over faked net neutrality comments
New York’s attorney general says three companies accused of falsifying millions of public comments to support the contentious 2017 federal repeal of net neutrality rules have agreed to pay $615,000 in penalties to New York and other states
2023-05-11 02:47
Tributes pour in for AFP journalist killed in Ukraine
Colleagues of Arman Soldin, the Agence France-Presse journalist slain Tuesday in Ukraine, have gathered solemnly at the press agency’s Paris headquarters Wednesday to remember him
2023-05-11 02:18
To stem the housing crisis, religious congregations are building homes
The crowd that prayed together at Arlington Presbyterian Church’s Sunday worship service had dwindled from more than 100 to a few dozen
2023-05-11 01:55
FDA panel backs over-the-counter birth control pill
Federal health advisers are recommending that a decades-old birth control pill be sold without a prescription
2023-05-11 01:27
UK ditches post-Brexit plan to scrap thousands of EU laws by year's end
The U.K. government has scrapped plan to remove all remaining EU laws from British statute books by the end of this year
2023-05-11 00:58
Can you afford to age in place?
Most older adults ages 50 to 80 say it’s important to stay in their homes for as long as they can, according to the 2022 National Poll on Healthy Aging from the University of Michigan
2023-05-10 23:52
Topless protester briefly disrupts VW annual meeting
Volkswagen’s annual shareholder meeting has been briefly disrupted by protests over the company’s factory in China’s Xinjiang province
2023-05-10 23:29
Mass event will let hackers test limits of AI technology
No sooner did ChatGPT get unleashed than hackers started “jailbreaking” the artificial intelligence chatbot – trying to override its safeguards so it could blurt out something unhinged or obscene
2023-05-10 22:55
Stock market today: Wall Street mixed after inflation data
Wall Street is mixed after a report showed inflation is making strides toward easing, even if it remains too high
2023-05-10 22:49
Spain plans to ban outdoor work in extreme heat
Spain plans to ban outdoor work during periods of extreme heat
2023-05-10 22:28