FTC warns Apple’s Tim Cook over alleged political bias in its Apple News app

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sent a warning letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook about Apple News, pointing to reports claiming the news aggregator “systematically boosts left-wing sources and suppresses right-wing sources.” FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson alerted the tech giant’s chief executive that, if the allegations are true, the company could be violating the FTC Act,…

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Wegmans mixed nuts recalled in 9 states over possible salmonella contamination

An Ohio-based company is recalling mixed nuts sold at Wegmans in 9 U.S. states because they may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The affected products, 34-oz tubs of Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted and 11.5-oz bags of Wegmans Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted, were sold in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, North…

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AI is fueling a surge in crypto fraud schemes, IRS investigators say. For one victim, “There’s nothing left.”

Kyle Holder’s entire life savings were stolen from her by sophisticated scammers who used artificial intelligence to perfectly manipulate her. Her $300,000 in retirement and savings accounts, saved over decades, disappeared into the cryptocurrency universe in under three months. Holder was one of thousands of Americans swindled out of a total estimated at $20 billion…

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Zelenskyy urges Trump to broker peace in Ukraine after very “productive” call: “Surely other wars can be stopped as well”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he’d urged President Trump in a phone call Saturday to broker peace in Ukraine after his breakthrough in the Middle East. “If a war can be stopped in one region, then surely other wars can be stopped as well — including the Russian war,” Zelensky wrote on social media. He…

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U.S. launches probe into nearly 2.9 million Tesla cars over crashes linked to self-driving system

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it has opened an investigation into nearly 2.9 million Tesla vehicles after reports of traffic safety violations linked to the electric car maker’s Full Self-Driving system, according to a filing on the government regulator’s website. The probe by the agency’s Office of Defects Investigation involves Tesla vehicles equipped with…

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