Twitter drama too much? Mastodon, others emerge as options
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter has been a bit of a mess since billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the helm, cutting the company’s…
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Ethiopia hosts UN internet meeting after cutting off Tigray
By JAMEY KEATEN and CARA ANNA Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. body devoted to promoting broader and better access to the internet is about to…
Continue Reading China tightens restrictions as rise in virus cases reported
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Everyone in a district of 1.8 million people in China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou was…
Continue Reading Computer chip ban signals new era as Biden and Xi meet
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration’s move to block exports of advanced computer chips to China is…
Continue Reading Thai crocodile farmers want trade restrictions relaxed
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press SRI RACHA, Thailand (AP) — Crocodile farmers in Thailand are suggesting a novel approach to saving the…
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NBA’s Miami Heat to terminate relationship with FTX, will get new arena name
By Jacob Lev, CNN The NBA’s Miami Heat and Miami-Dade County have terminated their relationship with bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX and…
Continue Reading US outlines effects of withdrawing land from oil drilling
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department’s plan to withdraw hundreds of square miles in New…
Continue Reading Miami Heat’s home arena will get new name after FTX collapse
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — The arena where the Miami Heat play will soon have a new name, after the team and Miami-Dade…
Continue Reading Tesla officially makes its charging standard available to other companies
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business One of Tesla’s biggest competitive advantages in North America has been its network of chargers that, for…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday 11/11/2022
The Associated Press Wall Street tacked more onto its stupendous surge from a day before, leaving the market with its biggest weekly gain since the…
Continue Reading Steel Dynamics, LegalZoom rise; Flowers Foods fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Steel Dynamics Inc., up 40 cents to $96.74. The steel producer…
Continue Reading Crypto CEO warns his industry faces 2008-style crisis, calls regulator scrutiny ‘a good thing’
By Matt Egan The reeling crypto industry faces a 2008-style crisis that will lead to a much-needed regulatory crackdown, crypto CEO Changpeng Zhao…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes asks for leniency for her Theranos crimes
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is casting herself as a Silicon Valley scapegoat who overcame an…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery rose $2.49 to $88.96 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for January delivery rose $2.32…
Continue Reading Deuxmoi, Instagram’s Gossip Girl, talks new novel ‘Anon Pls’
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press These days, people hungry for a status update on Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson or Shawn Mendes’…
Continue Reading Musk’s Twitter may have already violated its latest FTC consent order, legal experts say
By Brian Fung, CNN Just two weeks into Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter, the company may have already violated its consent agreement with the…
Continue Reading Larry David predicted FTX’s implosion
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Larry David made a prediction about this week’s crypto meltdown that was prettaaay prettaaay good. In a Super…
Continue Reading In less than a week, Sam Bankman-Fried’s $16 billion fortune evaporated
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Sam Bankman-Fried woke up on Monday still a billionaire, even as his cryptocurrency empire was beginning to unravel.…
Continue Reading FTX crash is eerily similar to the Bernie Madoff scandal, ex-regulator Sheila Bair says
CNN By Matt Egan, CNN Business In the span of just three years, Sam Bankman-Fried built FTX into a massive crypto exchange backed by marquee…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy says Ukrainian special military units in Kherson
By HANNA ARHIROVA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president said Friday that special military units have…
Continue Reading Space Shuttle Challenger remnants discovered underwater by documentary crew
Explorers trudged the Atlantic Ocean searching for World War II artifacts lost at sea, but they stumbled on something else — a 20-foot-long piece…
Continue Reading F1 team Mercedes suspends sponsorship deal with FTX
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Formula One team Mercedes says it has suspended its sponsorship deal with FTX, one of the…
Continue Reading Utility backs solar farm atop capped Kentucky coal ash pit
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility is proposing a $216 million solar farm project…
Continue Reading Many vets are landing jobs, but the transition can be tough
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Phillip Slaughter left the Army after 18 years and found a job similar to one he had in uniform:…
Continue Reading A day of chaos brings Twitter closer to the brink
By Brian Fung, CNN Two weeks after Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter, the future of the company has never looked less certain. In the…
Continue Reading Americans are feeling worse about the US economy
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Consumers were feeling slightly worse about the US economy in November, amid punishing rate hikes and decades-high…
Continue Reading Gulf Arab states can’t give up oil. But they can slash their emissions
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN As Western states try to wean themselves off their addiction to hydrocarbons, Gulf oil nations have been pushing back hard,…
Continue Reading Crypto exchange giant FTX collapses, files for bankruptcy
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX, short billions of dollars, is seeking bankruptcy protection…
Continue Reading Crypto giant files for bankruptcy as CEO resigns in a stunning downfall
By Matt Egan and Allison Morrow, CNN Business FTX Group said Friday it has filed for bankruptcy in the United States and that its CEO has resigned,…
Continue Reading Crypto giant files for bankruptcy as CEO resigns in a stunning downfall
CNN By Matt Egan and Allison Morrow, CNN Business FTX Group said Friday it has filed for bankruptcy in the United States and that its CEO has…
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