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Florida jury says CNN defamed Navy veteran in story about endangered Afghans

A Florida jury on Friday found that CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans following the Taliban takeover of that country. It was an unusual ruling against a media outlet in a defamation case. Libel laws are generally protective of news ...

Apple pulls error-prone AI-generated news summaries in its beta iPhone software

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple is suspending an error-prone feature that used artificial intelligence to deliver bogus news alerts to some iPhone owners. The decision was disclosed Thursday as part of a test version for the next software release, iOS 18.3. The beta version is only available ...

Bitcoin soars past $100,000 ahead of possible early action on crypto by Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — The price of bitcoin topped $100,000 again early Friday as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry expects early action by Donald Trump when he's sworn in as president next week. Once a skeptic who said a few years ago that bitcoin " seems like a scam," Trump has embraced ...

Fire at the world’s largest battery plant in California forces evacuations

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fire at the world's largest battery storage plant in Northern California smoldered Friday after sending plumes of toxic smoke into the atmosphere, leading to the evacuation of up to 1,500 people. The blaze also shook up the young battery storage industry. The fire at ...