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Amazon is accused of enrolling consumers into Prime without consent and making it hard to cancel
Amazon was sued Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly engaging in a yearslong effort to enroll consumers without consent into Amazon Prime and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions.
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Tennessee company says it can’t say for sure whether more air-bag inflators might explode and hurl shrapnel
A company that makes air bag inflators that have exploded in eight incidents involving two deaths and seven injuries argued Tuesday that it can't say for sure whether its inflators might cause further such incidents.
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Biden discusses risks and promises of artificial intelligence with tech leaders in San Francisco
President Joe Biden convened a group of technology leaders on Tuesday to debate what he called the “risks and enormous promises” of artificial intelligence.
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Microsoft says early June disruptions to Outlook, cloud platform, were cyberattacks
In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft's flagship office suite — including the Outlook email and OneDrive file-sharing apps — and cloud computing platform. A shadowy hacktivist group claimed responsibility, saying it flooded the sites with junk traffic in distributed denial-of-service attacks.
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The Reddit blackout, explained: Why thousands of subreddits are protesting third-party app charges
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.
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Can a chatbot preach a good sermon? Hundreds attend church service generated by ChatGPT to find out
The artificial intelligence chatbot asked the believers in the fully packed St. Paul's church in the Bavarian town of Fuerth to rise from the pews and praise the Lord.

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Edmunds compares the 2023 Honda HR-V and Toyota Corolla Cross
The Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 are two of the most popular SUVs on sale today.

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Alzheimer’s drug gets FDA panel’s backing, setting the stage for broader use
Health advisers on Friday unanimously backed the full approval of a closely watched Alzheimer's drug, a key step toward opening insurance coverage to U.S. seniors with early stages of the brain-robbing disease.

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GM’s electric vehicles will gain access to Tesla’s vast charging network
Electric vehicles made by General Motors will be able to use much of Tesla's extensive charging network beginning early next year under an agreement the two companies announced Thursday.

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After a rocky year, Zuckerberg lays out Meta’s road map to employees
Mark Zuckerberg has spent the last nine months against the ropes as his company has made big cuts to its workforce and struggled to gain mainstream traction with its ambitious plans for virtual reality.