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AT&T says a data breach leaked millions of customers' information online. Were you affected?
NEW YORK (AP) — The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T's current and former customers has been recently discovered online, the telecommunications giant said this weekend. In a Saturday announcement addressing the data b...
Trump's social media company approved to go public, potentially netting former president billions
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is returning to the stock market, and the former president stands to reap a sizeable payout in the process. Shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded shell company, approved a deal to merge w...
Businesses are ready for April's total solar eclipse with celestial-themed doughnuts and beer
NEW YORK (AP) — Eclipse-themed beer. Jewelry and ornaments. And doughnuts that capture the sun's disappearing act with the help of buttercream frosting. With April 8's total solar eclipse right around the corner, businesses are ready for the c...
Bitcoin briefly hits an all-time high, less than two years after FTX scandal clobbered crypto
NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin has hit an all-time high less than two years after the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX severely damaged faith in digital currencies and sent prices plunging. The world's largest cryptocurrency jumped 4% this week and b...
Elon Musk says the first human has received an implant from Neuralink, but other details are scant
NEW YORK (AP) — According to Elon Musk, the first human received an implant from his computer-brain interface company Neuralink over the weekend. In a Monday post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Musk said that the patient received t...
WeWork seeks bankruptcy protection, a stunning fall for a firm once valued at close to $50 billion
NEW YORK (AP) — WeWork has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, marking a stunning fall for the office sharing company once seen as a Wall Street darling that promised to upend the way people went to work around the world. In a late Monday a...
Autoworkers are the latest to spotlight the power of US labor. What is the state of unions today?
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. labor unions are once again flexing their muscles in the national spotlight. The United Auto Workers' tentative agreements with Detroit's Big Three automakers could end the union's six-week strike. Gridlock persists in H...
What would a government shutdown mean for me? SNAP, student loans and travel impacts, explained
NEW YORK (AP) — With gridlock persisting in Washington, a government shutdown is looking more and more likely ahead of Saturday night's deadline. As the Senate marches ahead with a bipartisan approach aimed at keeping the government open, spending m...
Yellow is shutting down and headed for bankruptcy, the Teamsters Union says. Here's what to know
NEW YORK (AP) — Trucking company Yellow Corp. has shut down operations and is headed for a bankruptcy filing, according to the Teamsters Union and multiple media reports. After years of financial struggles, reports of Yellow preparing for b...
What is Threads? All your questions about Meta's new Twitter rival, answered
NEW YORK (AP) — Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live. The app, billed as the text version of Meta's photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available Wednesday night to users in more than 100 countries — including the...
The Reddit blackout, explained: Why thousands of subreddits are protesting third-party app charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of Reddit discussion forums have gone dark this week to protest a new policy that will charge some third-party apps to access data on the site, leading to worries about content moderation and accessibility. "Reddit is kill...
Yeezy shoes are back on sale - months after Adidas cut ties with Kanye West
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of Adidas' remaining Yeezy shoes are back on sale — months after the German sportswear company cut ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. Adidas ended its yearslong partnership with Ye in late October, in lig...
'Godfather of AI' leaves Google, warns of tech's dangers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sounding alarms about artificial intelligence has become a popular pastime in the ChatGPT era, taken up by high-profile figures as varied as industrialist Elon Musk, leftist intellectual Noam Chomsky and the 99-year-old retired s...
