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Meta Ends Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram in Free-Speech Pitch

by Meghan Bobrowsky, Gareth Vipers Mark Zuckerberg built up Facebook’s content-policing efforts in the wake of Donald Trump’s first presidential election. Now the Meta Platforms chief executive is reversing course as he embraces a second Trump presidency. Meta is ending fact-checking and removing restrictions on speech across Facebook and Instagram, Zuckerberg said in a video Tuesday, aContinue reading “Meta Ends Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram in Free-Speech Pitch”

History Lesson Tuesdays: Steve Jobs debuts the iPhone – 2007

On January 9, 2007, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone—a touchscreen mobile phone with an iPod, camera and Web-browsing capabilities, among other features—at the Macworld convention in San Francisco. Jobs, dressed in his customary jeans and black mock turtleneck, called the iPhone a “revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any otherContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: Steve Jobs debuts the iPhone – 2007”

Travel Thursdays: Thieves target cars parked in airport parking lots at major US airports

by Tom Roussey WASHINGTON (7News) — Thieves have been targeting cars parked in garages and lots at various U.S. airports. ABC News reports car thefts have more than tripled at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta and a theft ring has allegedly stolen more than 50 cars at Dallas Fort Worth Airport in order to resell them inContinue reading “Travel Thursdays: Thieves target cars parked in airport parking lots at major US airports”

Travel Thursdays: Delta, United integrate Apple AirTags to track luggage

Delta and United have announced a new feature that allows customers to share live location data of Apple AirTags to help keep track of luggage. by Bridget Chavez SEATAC, Wash. — If you’re one of the more than 7 million travelers flying this holiday season, you might be able to breathe a little easier atContinue reading “Travel Thursdays: Delta, United integrate Apple AirTags to track luggage”

Travel Thursdays: Is Southwest getting rid of in-flight cabin service on its planes?

While turbulence-related fatalities are quite rare, injuries have piled up over the years. by Associate Press WASHINGTON — Southwest Airlines says it is ending cabin service earlier on flights, requiring passengers to do the usual pre-landing procedures such as ensuring their seatbelts are fastened and returning their seats to an upright position earlier than before.Continue reading “Travel Thursdays: Is Southwest getting rid of in-flight cabin service on its planes?”

China Urges Lifting Domestic Demand With New Trump Term in Sight

by Josh Xiao (Bloomberg) — China’s powerful planning body added to calls for the government to bolster domestic demand in an article published a week after Donald Trump’s reelection, underscoring Beijing’s focus on strengthening the economy with the threat of US tariffs looming.  “In the coming period, the domestic market in China will more clearlyContinue reading “China Urges Lifting Domestic Demand With New Trump Term in Sight”

True Crime Sundays: Colorado funeral home owners who let 190 bodies decay plead guilty to fraud

Jon and Carie Hallford were exposed when neighbors reported “an abhorrent smell” coming from their Colorado funeral home, authorities said. by Daniel Wu The owners of a Colorado funeral home who sparked a statewide scandal after authorities discovered nearly 200 decomposing bodies at their business havepleaded guilty to wire fraud, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Jon andContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Colorado funeral home owners who let 190 bodies decay plead guilty to fraud”

How San Francisco’s ranked-choice voting works, and why results can be surprising

SFGATE politics reporter Alec Regimbal has compiled a guide to ranked-choice voting for anyone confused about how it works by Alec Regimbal Though San Francisco has used ranked-choice voting for local elections for 20 years, this method of picking more than one candidate when marking your ballot can be confusing for first-time voters. Even regular voters may not understandContinue reading “How San Francisco’s ranked-choice voting works, and why results can be surprising”

True Crime Sundays: His daughter was murdered. Then she reappeared as an AI chatbot.

Drew Crecente’s daughter was murdered nearly two decades ago. Earlier this month, he discovered that her name and image had been used to create an AI chatbot. by Daniel Wu One morning in early October, about 18 years after his daughter Jennifer was murdered, Drew Crecente received a Google alert flagging what appeared to beContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: His daughter was murdered. Then she reappeared as an AI chatbot.”