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IN 'OPPENHEIMER,' CHRISTOPHER NOLAN BUILDS A THRILLING, SERIOUS BLOCKBUSTER FOR ADULTS

Christopher Nolan has never been one to take the easy or straightforward route while making a movie.

3 Tax Prep Firms Shared 'Extraordinarily Sensitive' Data About Taxpayers With Meta, Lawmakers Say

A group of congressional Democrats reported this week that three large tax preparation firms sent "extraordinarily sensitive" information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years.

EUROPE SIGNS OFF ON A NEW PRIVACY PACT THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE'S DATA TO KEEP FLOWING TO US

The European Union signed off Monday on a new agreement over the privacy of people's personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease European concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies.

AMAZON PUSHES BACK AGAINST EUROPE'S PIONEERING NEW DIGITAL RULES

Amazon is disputing its status as a big online platform that needs to face stricter scrutiny under European Union digital rules taking effect next month, the first Silicon Valley tech giant to push back on the pioneering new standards.

CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER TO START COMPLEX PROCESS TO DISPLAY SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR VERTICALLY

The lengthy process of putting the retired space shuttle Endeavour on display in the vertical launch position will begin this month in Los Angeles.

WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE SPOTS MOST DISTANT BLACK HOLE YET. MORE MAY BE LURKING

Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole yet using the Webb Space Telescope, but that record isn't expected to last.

WHAT IS A STRIKE IN BASEBALL? ROBOTS, RULE BOOK AND UMPIRES VIEW IT DIFFERENTLY

The education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150 years: The strike zone called on the field doesn't match the one mapped out in the rule book.

MUSIC STREAMS FOR 2023 HIT 1 TRILLION IN RECORD TIME.LATIN AND K-POP ARTISTS ARE BIG REASONS WHY

Is non-English language music the future of the music business? Perhaps.

MICROSOFT CAN MOVE AHEAD WITH RECORD $69 BILLION ACQUISITION OF ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, JUDGE RULES

A federal judge has handed Microsoft a major victory by declining to block its looming $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard. Regulators sought to ax the deal saying it will hurt competition.

RELUCTANT TWITTER USERS, INFLUENCERS AND OTHERS ARE FLOCKING TO META'S NEW THREADS APP

Celebrities, lawmakers, brands and everyday social media users are flocking to Meta's freshly minted app Threads to connect with their followers, including many Twitter refugees tired of the drama surrounding Elon Musk's raucous oversight of that platform.

TWITTER THREATENS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST META OVER ITS NEW RIVAL APP THREADS

Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new text-based app called Threads, which has drawn tens of millions of users since launching this week as a rival to Elon Musk’s social media platform.

KIA TO INVEST $200M IN GEORGIA PLANT TO BEGIN BUILDING ELECTRIC SUV THERE, HIRING 200

Kia Corp. will invest $200 million in its Georgia factory to begin producing an electric-powered SUV, the company announced this week.

WHAT IS THREADS? ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT META'S NEW TWITTER RIVAL, ANSWERED

Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live.

Threads

TWITTER'S NEW RIVAL RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA HABITS

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ASKS APPEALS COURT TO BLOCK ORDER LIMITING ITS CONTACTS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA

The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court Monday to temporarily block a lower court's order limiting executive branch officials' discussions with social media companies about controversial online posts.

TAKE THE LEAP WITH TOM CRUISE IN 'MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING, PART ONE

Wondering if you should choose to accept the latest \"Mission: Impossible\" entry? Maybe you're sick of all the bombast at the movie theater lately? Well, put it another way: Do you really want to disappoint Tom Cruise?

CILLIAN MURPHY, PLAYING OPPENHEIMER, FINALLY GETS TO LEAD A CHRISTOPHER NOLAN FILM

The day Christopher Nolan called Cillian Murphy about his new film, \"Oppenheimer, Murphy hung up the phone in disbelief.

TWITTER SEEKS END TO US OVERSIGHT OF DATA USE AS FTC'S LINA KAHN GOES BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE

Twitter wants a federal court to end an order imposed by the Federal Trade Commission that limits its data security practices.

DELTA AIR LINES IS SOARING TO A RECORD $1.8 BILLION PROFIT AS SUMMER VACATIONERS PACK PLANES

Delta Air Lines soared to a record quarterly profit of more than $1.8 billion as summer vacationers packed planes, especially to international destinations, and the airline enjoyed a tailwind from falling fuel prices.

ELON MUSK UNVEILS HIS NEW AI STARTUP WITH A TEAM OF TOP RESEARCHERS BUT A VAGUE MISSION

Elon Musk is finally starting to talk about the artificial intelligence company he founded to compete with ChatGPT-maker OpenAl.

CANADA'S GOVERNMENT TO STOP ADVERTISING ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AFTER META SAYS IT WILL BLOCK NEWS

Canada’s government said this week it would stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram, in response to Meta’s decision to block access to news content on their social platforms as part of a temporary test.

HOW TO HAVE A FUN SUMMER WHEN YOUR FINANCES FALL SHORT

With layoffs, bank closures and inflation, financial tensions remain high for many Americans heading into the summer.

TIKTOK AND 5 CONTENT CREATORS ASK FEDERAL JUDGE TO BLOCK MONTANA FROM BANNING APP

TikTok Inc. and a group of five content creators who are suing the state of Montana over its first-in-the-nation law to ban the video-sharing app are now asking a federal judge to block implementation of the law while the case moves through the courts and before it takes effect in January.

META LOOKS TO TARGET TWITTER WITH A RIVAL APP CALLED THREADS

Meta is poised to unveil a new app that appears to mimic Twitter — a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk.

UAE ANNOUNCES PLANS TO INVEST $54B IN ENERGY AND TRIPLE RENEWABLE SOURCES

The United Arab Emirates plans to triple its supply of renewable energy and invest up to $54 billion over the next seven years to meet its growing energy demands.

CLIMATE CHANGE KEEPS MAKING WILDFIRES AND SMOKE WORSE.SCIENTISTS CALL IT THE 'NEW ABNORMAL'

It was a smell that invoked a memory. Both for Emily Kuchlbauer in North Carolina and Ryan Bomba in Chicago. It was smoke from wildfires, the odor of an increasingly hot and occasionally on-fire world.

COMPANY EXECUTIVES URGE EUROPE TO RETHINK ITS WORLD-LEADING AI RULES

More than 150 executives are urging the European Union to rethink the world’s most comprehensive rules for artificial intelligence, saying that upcoming regulations will make it harder for companies in Europe to compete with rivals overseas, especially when it comes to the technology behind systems like ChatGPT.

FACEBOOK FACES LEGAL SETBACK IN EU COURT DECISION ON DATA PRIVACY & ADS

The United Arab Emirates plans to triple its supply of renewable energy and invest up to $54 billion over the next seven years to meet its growing energy demands.

HARRISON FORD GETS A SWASHBUCKLING SENDOFF IN 'INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY'

Goodbyes don’t tend to mean much in the Hollywood franchise system. Death isn’t a reliable end for characters or, lately, even actors.

EUROPEAN TELESCOPE LAUNCHED TO HUNT FOR CLUES TO UNIVERSE'S DARKEST SECRETS

A European space telescope blasted off last weekend on a quest to explore the mysterious and invisible realm known as the dark universe.