WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices increased 2.4 percent in May compared with a year ago, according to a new Labor Department report. That is up from a 2.3 percent yearly increase in April. On a monthly basis, overall prices ticked up just 0.1 percent from April to May, down from 0.2 percent the previous month, [...]
Gov. Mike DeWine and BroadbandOhio have announced plans to spend $23.7 million to expand broadband internet access in the state by reimbursing internet service providers for infrastructure costs. Through the state’s broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program, six internet providers have been awarded reimbursement funding for infrastructure costs across 23 counties. Undergrounding costs include the [...]
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — After stumbling out of the starting gate in Big Tech’s pivotal race to capitalize on artificial intelligence, Apple tried to regain its footing earlier this week during an annual developers conference that focused mostly on incremental advances and cosmetic changes in its technology. The pre-summer rite, which attracted thousands of developers [...]
One of crypto’s hottest trends is publicly traded companies buying bitcoin and then buying more. President Donald Trump’s media company recently announced a plan to raise $2.5 billion to buy bitcoin, joining a growing number of so-called “bitcoin treasury companies” as the world’s most popular cryptocurrency hits all-time highs. The companies buy bitcoin for different [...]
It was an unusual question coming from a police officer. Heather Brady was napping at home in San Francisco on a Sunday afternoon when the officer knocked on her door to ask: Had she applied to Arizona Western College? She had not, and as the officer suspected, somebody else had applied to Arizona community colleges [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking to block the sale of personal genetic data by 23andMe without customer consent. The lawsuit comes as a biotechnology company seeks the court’s approval to buy the struggling firm. Biological samples, DNA data, health-related traits and medical [...]
The union for Hollywood’s video game performers has reached a tentative contract with several video game companies that may bring an end to an almost year-long strike tied to the use of artificial intelligence. Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists went on strike in July 2024 after negotiations with [...]
TOKYO (AP) — The truck divisions of Japan’s Toyota and Daimler of Germany have agreed to merge to form “a new strong Japanese truck powerhouse” to work together in vehicle development, procurement and production. Details, including the scope and specifics of the collaboration, still were undecided, but Hino Motors and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus [...]
Sixteen states have sued the Trump administration over its plan to allow the sale of forced-reset triggers that make semiautomatic rifles fire more rapidly and return devices already seized to their owners. The suit argues that returning the triggers would violate federal law, pose a threat to residents and law enforcement, and worsen gun violence. [...]