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Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington received the highest US civilian honor

Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington received the highest US civilian honor

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the East Room of the White House on a particularly frigid Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ+
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Tesla data helped police after Las Vegas truck explosion, but experts have wider privacy concerns

Tesla data helped police after Las Vegas truck explosion, but experts have wider privacy concerns

NEW YORK (AP) — Your car is spying on you. That is one takeaway from the fast, detailed data that Tesla collected on the driver of one of its Cybertrucks that exploded in Las Vegas earlier this week.
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Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington will receive the highest US civilian honor

Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington will receive the highest US civilian honor

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington will be awarded the nation's highest civilian honor on Saturday in a White House ceremony.
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Taiwan says China is redoubling efforts to undermine democracy with disinformation

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan ’s government says China is redoubling efforts to undermine confidence in the self-governing island’s democracy and close ties with the United States through the spread of disinformation, especially online.
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Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by B.C. fire

Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by B.C. fire

It takes years to rebuild a whale. Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the boardwalk of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island.
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Police took over a week to name the NYC subway burning victim. A fake name spread in the meantime

Police took over a week to name the NYC subway burning victim. A fake name spread in the meantime

NEW YORK (AP) — It took police more than a week to publicly identify Debrina Kawam, 57, as the woman who was fatally set on fire in a New York subway train last month. But on the internet, it took just hours for a false name to begin spreading.
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What to know about Apple's $95 million settlement of the snooping Siri case

What to know about Apple's $95 million settlement of the snooping Siri case

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of turning its virtual assistant Siri into a snoop that eavesdropped on the users of iPhones and other trendy devices in a betrayal to its long-standing commitment to pe
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Why Apple TV+ is offering a free weekend of binge-watching

Why Apple TV+ is offering a free weekend of binge-watching

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple TV+ is hoping people will make a dent in the Strategic Popcorn Reserve by bingeing its streaming TV and movies for free this weekend in what experts are calling a canny promotion.
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A double dose of nasty winter is about to smack much of the US with snow, ice and biting cold

A double dose of nasty winter is about to smack much of the US with snow, ice and biting cold

A strong snow and ice storm followed by brutally cold conditions will soon smack the eastern two-thirds of the United States as frigid air escapes the Arctic, plunging as far south as Florida, meteorologists forecast.
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David Fincher gives ‘Seven’ a final, 4K UHD glow up for its 30th anniversary

David Fincher gives ‘Seven’ a final, 4K UHD glow up for its 30th anniversary

For David Finche r, seeing “Seven” in 4K was an experience he can only describe as harrowing. That or a high school reunion.
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