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France's first lady seems to push her husband as they land in Vietnam. He says they were joking

PARIS (AP) — They were just playfighting. That was French President Emmanuel Macron 's explanation Monday for video images that showed his wife, Brigitte, pushing her husband away with both hands on his face before they disembarked from…
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Music talent agent among dead after jet crashes into San Diego neighborhood

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A private jet carrying a music talent agent and five others hit a power line in foggy weather early Thursday and crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, slamming into a home…
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OpenAI recruits legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive to work on AI hardware in $6.5B deal

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI has recruited Jony Ive, the designer behind Apple's iPhone, to lead a new hardware project for the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT. OpenAI said it is acquiring io Products,…
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Southwest Airlines will require chargers be kept out while in use because of battery fire concerns

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using them because of concerns about the growing number of lithium-ion battery fires in a new…
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President Trump signs Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes. What is it?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Monday signed the Take It Down Act, bipartisan legislation that enacts stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery, sometimes called “revenge porn," as fell as deepfakes…
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Microsoft lays off about 3% of its workforce in what one executive calls a 'day with a lot of tears'

REDMOND (AP) -- Microsoft began laying off about 6,000 workers Tuesday, nearly 3% of its entire workforce and its largest job cuts in more than two years as the company spends heavily on artificial intelligence. Hard…
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Rapper Tory Lanez attacked in California prison as he serves time for Megan Thee Stallion shooting

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Tory Lanez was hospitalized after an attack Monday at a California prison where he's serving a 10-year sentence for shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the feet, authorities said. Lanez, whose legal name…
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The recovery of superyacht off Sicily is suspended after a diver dies

ROME (AP) — The recovery of a superyacht that sank last year off the Sicilian coast was temporarily halted Saturday following the death of a specialist diver while working underwater, the company overseeing the operation said. U.K.…
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as pope, says his election is a cross and a blessing

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in Sistine Chapel. Leo spoke off-the-cuff…
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One Tech Tip: Skype shut down for good, but users still have these alternatives

LONDON (AP) — Skype is dead. What now? Microsoft's shutdown of Skype on May 5 sent millions of users scrambling to find an alternative to the pioneering internet phone service. Skype, which Microsoft bought in…
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