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EU official defends talks on Big Tech helping fund networks

EU official defends talks on Big Tech helping fund networks

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Europe's existing telecom networks aren't up to the job of handling surging amounts of internet data traffic, a top European Union official said Monday, as he defended a consultation on whether Big Tech companies should help p
Jeff Probst a constant for 'Survivor' as it nears 44th game

Jeff Probst a constant for 'Survivor' as it nears 44th game

NEW YORK (AP) — There was a time Jeff Probst could not imagine doing what he will on Wednesday, being on hand as host for the start of a 44th season of “Survivor.
'An absurdity': Experts slam WHO excusal of sex misconduct

'An absurdity': Experts slam WHO excusal of sex misconduct

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Two experts appointed by the World Health Organization to investigate allegations that some of its staffers sexually abused women during an Ebola outbreak in Congo dismissed the U.N.
Review: 'The Exceptions' an inspiring and infuriating story

Review: 'The Exceptions' an inspiring and infuriating story

"The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science," by Kate Zernike (Scribner) Kate Zernike had been covering higher education at The Boston Globe for about six months when she was tipped off to a major story: the Massachusetts
CBC's 'Plan B' adaptation brings the Quebec-grown series to a wider audience

CBC's 'Plan B' adaptation brings the Quebec-grown series to a wider audience

Toronto-born actor Patrick J. Adams says that after living in the United States for about 20 years, a lot of Canadians may have assumed he’s only interested in pursuing opportunities there.
Legacy of Wounded Knee occupation lives on 50 years later

Legacy of Wounded Knee occupation lives on 50 years later

WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) — Madonna Thunder Hawk remembers the firefights.
AI learns to outsmart humans in video games - and real life

AI learns to outsmart humans in video games - and real life

Speed around a French village in the video game Gran Turismo and you might spot a Corvette behind you trying to catch your slipstream.
Kimberly Palmer: 5 ways to deal with money envy

Kimberly Palmer: 5 ways to deal with money envy

If you’ve ever scrolled through social media posts only to be gripped with envy when you see a friend posing in front of their beautiful house or enjoying themselves at a luxurious resort, then you understand how easy it is to want what other people
Review: The hunt for Shackleton’s ’Ship Beneath the Ice'

Review: The hunt for Shackleton’s ’Ship Beneath the Ice'

“The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance” by Mensun Bound (Mariner Books) That old proverb your mother taught you — “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” — applies to marine archaeology just as it does to other asp
Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 5-11

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 5-11

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 5-11: March 5: Actor Paul Sand (“St. Elsewhere”) is 91. Actor James B. Sikking (“Hill Street Blues,” ″Doogie Howser, M.D.”) is 89. Football player-turned-actor Fred Williamson is 85.
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