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Chelle Wyatt uses her cell phone with the Otter app Friday, April 15, 2022, in Salt Lake City. People with hearing loss have adopted technology to navigate the world, especially as hearing aids are expensive and inaccessible to many. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

June 27, 2022 at 12:01 am

Why captions are suddenly everywhere and how they got there VIEW

People with hearing loss have long adopted technology to navigate the world, especially since hearing aids are expensive and inaccessible to many.

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April 21, 2022 at 9:19 am

CNN’s streaming service shutting down a month after launch VIEW

CNN is shutting down its CNN+ streaming service less than a month after its launch.

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April 19, 2022 at 5:04 am

Latest apps promise fast service but can they deliver? VIEW

Venture capitalists have poured billions into the latest pandemic delivery craze: companies that promise to get you a bottle of Tylenol, an iced coffee, hummus,...

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April 5, 2022 at 2:45 pm

EXPLAINER: What Elon Musk at Twitter might mean for users

Tesla CEO Elon Musk now has a 9% stake in Twitter and a seat on its corporate board of directors, raising questions about how the...

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FILE – Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Musk, who is now Twitter’s largest shareholder and newly appointed board member, may have thoughts on a long-standing request from users: Should there be an edit button? On Monday evening, Musk launched a Twitter poll about whether they want an edit button. More than 3 million people have voted as of Tuesday, April 5, 2022. The poll closes Tuesday evening Eastern time. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP) NYPS201 NYPS201

April 5, 2022 at 8:37 am

Twitter says it’s testing an ‘edit’ button

Twitter tweeted Tuesday that it is indeed working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages, although it says the project has nothing...

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April 4, 2022 at 9:49 am

Stock tied to Trump social firm drops on report of turmoil

Stock in a company planning to buy former President Donald Trump’s new social-media business plunged after a news report that two key executives have departed.

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April 3, 2022 at 11:42 am

Airlines cancel more than 3,500 US flights over weekend

Airlines have canceled more than 3,500 U.S. flights this weekend and delayed thousands more, citing bad weather in Florida and other issues.

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Hoan Ton-That, CEO of Clearview AI, demonstrates the facial recognition software, using his own face, for reporters in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) NYSW210 NYSW210

April 1, 2022 at 1:19 pm

Face scanner Clearview AI aims to branch out beyond police

A controversial face recognition company that’s built a massive photographic dossier of the world’s people for use by police, national governments and the Ukrainian military...

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FILE – This Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 photo shows a display of TurboTax software in a Sam’s Club in Pittsburgh. The Federal Trade Commission is suing TurboTax maker Intuit, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, saying its ads for free tax filing misled consumers. The consumer protection agency said millions of consumers cannot actually use the free tax-prep software option because they are ineligible for it. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

March 29, 2022 at 10:41 am

FTC sues Intuit to stop ‘bait-and-switch’ TurboTax ads

The Federal Trade Commission is suing TurboTax maker Intuit, saying its ads for “free” tax filing misled consumers.

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March 25, 2022 at 2:54 pm

Judge tosses Washington Post reporter’s discrimination suit

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Washington Post politics reporter who said the newspaper discriminated against her as a woman and victim...

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