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USPS Will Soon Start Shipping Free COVID Tests Again: Here’s How to Order

As the weather cools, the federal government will restart its program to send free COVID-19 tests to US households. As the fall season begins and yet another COVID-19 variant spreads across the world, the US federal government is preparing once again to ship at-home COVID tests to homes in the US. Using the COVIDTests.gov website, US households will soon again be […]

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North Korea releases images of Kim Jong Un visiting a uranium enrichment site, giving rare glimpse inside its nuclear program

Seoul, South KoreaCNN —  New pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un touring what state media said is a uranium enrichment facility have given an extremely rare glimpse inside the isolated nation’s closely guarded nuclear weapons program. According to a report from Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Friday, Kim visited the facility – a […]

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Boar’s Head plant tied to deadly listeria outbreak to close indefinitely

The company said that the production process for liverwurst was the culprit for contamination and that it will no longer produce liverwurst at its facilities. JARRATT, Va. — Boar’s Head Provisions announced Friday that it would indefinitely close its southern Virginia plant at the epicenter of a listeria outbreak that killed nine people and hospitalized […]

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Spotify begins piloting parent-managed accounts for kids on family plans

Following the moves of other tech giants, Spotify announced on Friday it’s introducing in-app parental controls in the form of “managed accounts” for listeners under the age of 13. The new feature will initially be offered as a pilot program for parents or guardians on a Family plan in select markets, including Denmark, New Zealand, and Sweden. […]

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GOOGLE TO FIX AI PICTURE BOT AFTER ‘WOKE’ CRITICISM

GOOGLE TO FIX AI PICTURE BOT AFTER ‘WOKE’ CRITICISM Google is racing to fix its new AI-powered tool for creating pictures, after claims it was over-correcting against the risk of being racist.Users said the firm’s Gemini bot supplied images depicting a variety of genders and ethnicities even when doing so was historically inaccurate.For example, a […]