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Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees, its third round of cuts in recent months, the company confirmed on Wednesday. The staff reduction will affect less than 4% of the company’s total workforce, or around 9,000 workers, according to a company spokesperson. It marks the tech giant’s largest layoffs since it cut 10,000 employees in…
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A group of leading tech companies is teaming up with two teachers’ unions to train 400,000 kindergarten through 12th grade teachers in artificial intelligence over the next five years. The National Academy of AI Instruction, announced on Tuesday, is a $23 million initiative backed by Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, the national American Federation of Teachers and…
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Karla Dzienkowski’s daughter was 11 when she started coming into her mom’s room at night saying she couldn’t fall asleep because of a stabbing feeling in her legs. She had to walk to make it stop. The preteen became cranky and tired. Her grades started to slip, and she even fell asleep on a bench…
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Veteran actor Michael Douglas, a two-time Oscar winner who starred in classic movies like “Wall Street” and “Fatal Attraction,” says he has no plans to act again unless “something special came up.” “I have not worked since 2022 purposefully because I realized I had to stop,” the 80-year-old told reporters on Sunday at the Karlovy Vary International Film…
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As James Gunn walked into our interview to promote the newest “Superman,” the A-list Hollywood creative didn’t appear to bring any ego into the room – just, quaintly, his wife and a publicist. Then, I asked about David Corenswet, the Julliard-trained actor he cast as the next Man of Steel. “Yes, I have a bit…
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The “Rookie” actor is featured in the new DC Studios extravaganza as Guy Gardner, one of the comic book characters who is elected to a position of intergalactic law enforcer known as a Green Lantern (yes – like the Green Lantern that Ryan Reynolds portrayed in the 2011 film). In the new “Superman” movie, just as…
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The US Department of Health and Human Services called off an upcoming meeting of expert advisers on preventive health care, raising questions about the future of the longtime nonpolitical advisory group. An HHS spokesperson confirmed to CNN that the US Preventive Services Task Force — which has set recommendations for cancer screenings, STI testing and…
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At 96 years old, Betty Parker is tired of hearing about other people’s aches and pains. Instead, she fills her journal with all the great things she is still doing: picking roses from her garden, reading, playing cards with her regular group and baking pies when she entertains. OK, she admits that maybe she doesn’t…
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The agency of mask-wearing officers who aren’t afraid to smash windows, detain lawmakers and pluck nonviolent undocumented immigrants off the street is about to become the best-funded federal police force. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has already been acting with impunity during President Donald Trump’s second term. Get used to ICE Video of agents on horseback and in…
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A federal judge agreed Thursday to issue a new nationwide block against President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The ruling from US District Judge Joseph Laplante is significant because the Supreme Court last month curbed the power of lower court judges to issue nationwide injunctions, while keeping intact the ability of plaintiffs to seek…