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Utah social media law is ambitious, but is it enforceable?

Mar. 24, 2023 17:45 PM EDT

Utah's sweeping social media legislation passed this week is an ambitious attempt to shield children and teens from the ill effects of social media and empower parents to decide whether their kids should be using apps like TikTok or Instagram. What's not clear is if — and how —...

Utah social media law means kids need approval from parents

Mar. 24, 2023 01:37 AM EDT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Children and teens in Utah would lose access to social media apps such as TikTok if they don’t have parental consent and face other restrictions under a first-in-the-nation law designed to shield young people from the addictive platforms. Two laws signed by...

Trump arrested? Putin jailed? Fake AI images spread online

Mar. 23, 2023 18:44 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump getting gang-tackled by riot-gear-clad New York City police officers. Russian President Vladimir Putin in prison grays behind the bars of a dimly lit concrete cell. The highly detailed, sensational images have inundated Twitter and...

Google suspends Chinese shopping app amid security concerns

Mar. 21, 2023 12:11 PM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — Google has suspended the Chinese shopping app Pinduoduo on its app store after malware was discovered in versions of the app from other sources. Google said in a statement Tuesday that it suspended the Pinduoduo app on the Google Play app store out of “security...

Google's artificially intelligent 'Bard' set for next stage

Mar. 21, 2023 10:09 AM EDT

Google announced Tuesday it's allowing more people to interact with “ Bard,” the artificially intelligent chatbot the company is building to counter Microsoft's early lead in a pivotal battleground of technology. In Bard's next stage, Google is opening a waitlist to use an AI...

What can ChatGPT maker's new AI model GPT-4 do?

Mar. 15, 2023 11:38 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The company behind the ChatGPT chatbot has rolled out its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-4, in the next step for a technology that’s caught the world's attention. The new system can figure out tax deductions and answer questions like a Shakespearan...

Apple-Apps-Top-10

Mar. 14, 2023 11:47 AM EDT

Top Free iPhone Apps: 1. CapCut - Video Editor, Bytedance Pte. Ltd 2. YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream, Google LLC 3. TikTok, TikTok Ltd. 4. Instagram, Instagram, Inc. 5. Facebook, Meta Platforms, Inc. 6. Snapchat, Snap, Inc. 7. Gmail - Email by Google, Google LLC 8. WhatsApp Messenger, WhatsApp Inc....

Police: Stalker kills woman, husband in Seattle-area home

Mar. 12, 2023 12:22 PM EDT

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — A longhaul truck driver from Texas who became obsessed with a software engineer in Washington state after meeting her through a social media chatroom app killed her, her husband and himself after stalking them for months, police said. Zohreh Sadeghi, 33, and...

Apple-Apps-Top-10

Mar. 07, 2023 11:48 AM EST

Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Minecraft, Mojang 2. Shadowrocket, Shadow Launch Technology Limited 3. Bloons TD 6, Ninja Kiwi 4. HotSchedules 5. Red’s First Flight, Rovio Entertainment Oyj 6. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 7. Papa’s Freezeria To Go!, Flipline Studios 8. Plague Inc., Ndemic Creations 9....

Bankman-Fried might use flip phone under stricter bail plan

Mar. 04, 2023 19:17 PM EST

Prosecutors and attorneys for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried are requesting the disgraced cryptocurrency entrepreneur be allowed a flip-phone or another device that’s not a smartphone while on bail. The proposal, submitted in a letter Friday, comes as the judge in the case is...