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Montana lawmakers passed a bill on Friday banning TikTok from operating in the state amid growing concerns about the app’s suspected ties to the Chinese government. The bill was passed by the state House in a 5443 vote and now heads to Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk. If Gianforte signs it into law, Montana will become

Eating in — High-altitude cave used by Tibetan Buddhists yields a Denisovan fossil Cave deposits yield bones of sheep, yaks, carnivores, and birds that were butchered. John Timmer – Jul 3, 2024 6:27 pm UTC Enlarge / The Baishiya Karst Cave, where the recently analyzed samples were obtained.Dongju Zhangs group (Lanzhou University) reader comments 47

a long time coming — Surface Pro 11 and Laptop 7 review: An Apple Silicon moment for Windows Superfluous AI features and compatibility issues don’t detract from good PCs. Andrew Cunningham – Jul 2, 2024 2:04 pm UTC Enlarge / Microsoft’s Surface Pro 11, the first flagship Surface to ship exclusively using Arm processors.Andrew Cunningham

One of New York City’s most prominent police unions is holding a first-of-its kind internal vote to decide which candidate to endorse for the 2024 presidential race but some officers already know who they think should be in the White House. The Detectives Endowment Association (DEA), which represents 18,000 active and retired NYPD detectives, is

Cat scratch fever — Cant stop your cat from scratching the furniture? Science has some tips Aggressive scratching is a stress response; small children are a common source of stress Jennifer Ouellette – Jul 3, 2024 4:01 am UTC Enlarge / Ariel and Caliban learned as kittens that scratching posts were fair game for their

Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor July 3, 2024 “God’s Not Dead” stunned Hollywood and helped usher in a new era of faith and family-friendly entertainment after its 2014 release. Listen to the latest episode of Quick Start ? With just a $1.5 million budget, the movie’s more than $60 million profit sent a clear message to

“Outrageous” — AI trains on kids photos even when parents use strict privacy settings Even unlisted YouTube videos are used to train AI, watchdog warns. Ashley Belanger – Jul 2, 2024 7:37 pm UTC EnlargeAitor Diago | Moment reader comments 78 Human Rights Watch (HRW) continues to reveal how photos of real children casually posted

Where are all the repair manuals? — Apple Vision Pro, new cameras fail user-repairability analysis Meta Quest 3, PS5 Slim also received failing grades despite new right-to-repair laws. Scharon Harding – Jul 2, 2024 9:32 pm UTC Enlarge / Apple’s Vision Pro scored 0 points in US PIRG’s self-repairability analysis. Kyle Orland reader comments 26

1.8K A few years ago, an expat friend of mine asked if I could transport some cash to her passport country, to which I was traveling. I agreed, not thinking much of it. Since we were both incredibly underpaid English teachers at that time, I expected that she would be sending only a few hundred

3.7K Let’s dig into the details of pet survival and what it would take to make sure you’re prepared to care for your pets during a crisis. What would you do if the lights went outfor good? Youve prepped for yourself and your family, but what about your pets? Have you stored what you need

The supply-chain threat that won’t die — 384,000 sites pull code from sketchy code library recently bought by Chinese firm Many website admins, it seems, have yet to get memo to remove Polyfill[.]io links. Dan Goodin – Jul 3, 2024 7:36 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 53 More than 384,000 websites are linking to

Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage. For more than a year, an invisible asterisk hovered next to Donald Trumps slim but steady polling lead over Joe Biden. Although the dozens of indictments brought against Trump in 2023 hardly hurt his campaign, surveys indicated that a criminal conviction could transform

Joe Biden must resign the presidency. The last person to do so was Richard Nixon, who left in disgrace after abusing the powers of his office. Nixon had to resign because he led an assault on American democracy. Biden must resign for the opposite reason: to give American democracy its best chance of surviving. The

Ransomware attack — Everythings frozen: Ransomware locks credit union users out of bank accounts Patelco Credit Union in Calif. shut down numerous banking services after attack. Jon Brodkin – Jul 3, 2024 5:17 pm UTC Enlarge / ATM at a Patelco Credit Union branch in Dublin, California, on July 23, 2018. Getty Images | Smith

On Sunday morning, Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina tried to cover for President Joe Bidens disastrous debate performance with an explanation that was an extreme reach. All of us know how stutterers operate, Clyburn said on CNNs State of the Union. He was just the latest Biden supporter to use the presidents lifelong stutter

After the Biden administration attempted to apply federal statute to supersede an Idaho law protecting unborn life, the Supreme Court chose to dismiss Idahos cases and allow emergency abortions to take place in the state. While proponents on both sides of the abortion debate have voiced their opinions on the matter, the decision of the

Share Tweet By Tr Goins-Phillips Editor June 28, 2024 A Chick-fil-A restaurant in Irving, Texas, is temporarily closing its doors after a Salvadoran man in the U.S. illegally reportedly shot and killed two employees at the fast-food location. Officers with the Irving Police Department said in the aftermath of the attack that they do not

For art’s sake — Tool preventing AI mimicry cracked; artists wonder whats next Artists must wait weeks for Glaze defense against AI scraping amid TOS updates. Ashley Belanger – Jul 4, 2024 11:35 am UTC EnlargeAurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 4 For many artists, it’s a precarious time to post art online. AI