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World
After COVID, WHO defines disease spread 'through air'
LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the confusion early in the COVID-19 pandemic that some scientists have said cost lives.
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World
Lawyers select 12 jurors to serve in Trump hush-money case
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Lawyers in Donald Trump's historic criminal trial on Thursday selected 12 jurors who will assess his guilt or innocence over the coming weeks in a case stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star.
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World
Indonesian volcano eruption forces evacuations, airport closure
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia shut a provincial airport and evacuated hundreds of people from the vicinity of the Ruang volcano after it belched explosive plumes of lava, rocks and ash for days, officials said on Thursday, declaring the highest alert on the situation.
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World
Croatia ruling party races to form coalition after election win
ZAGREB (Reuters) -Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Thursday his long-dominant ruling HDZ party will announce the name of a coalition partner "very soon", after it won Wednesday's snap election but fell short of an outright majority.
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World
India's election officials climb hills, ford rivers to reach voters
NONGRIAT, India (Reuters) -India was preparing on Thursday for the world's largest general election, as polling officers clambered up hills, travelled deep into areas riven by violent insurgencies and crossed rivers to reach millions of voters across the sprawling nation.
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Nation
Dubai's flood aftermath, Malaysian travellers facing difficulties
DUBAI: Passengers at Dubai Airport are contending with the aftermath of the city's worst flood in 75 years, which has led to disruptions in luggage retrieval.
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Internet
3,000-member revenge porn group had underage victims, US officials say. Creator arrested
Police have arrested the creator of a revenge porn group that contained victims from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas officials said.
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World
Dubai faces massive clean up after deluge swamps glitzy desert city
DUBAI (Reuters) -Dubai, a city in the desert proud of its modern gloss, faced the towering task on Thursday of clearing its waterclogged roads and drying out flooded homes two days after a record storm saw a year's rain fall in a day.
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Gadgets
Parents find camera disguised as phone charger in girl’s room, US cops say. Man charged
The discovery of a hidden camera in an underage girl’s bedroom led to the arrest of a Michigan man whose cellphone contained 294 “graphic images” of child pornography, authorities said.
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World
Germany arrests two for alleged military sabotage plot on behalf of Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) -Two German-Russian nationals have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of plotting sabotage attacks, including on U.S. military facilities, in an effort to undermine military support for Ukraine, officials said on Thursday.
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Data breach
What to do if your personal info has been exposed in a data breach
Data breaches like the recent one involving millions of AT&T customers are becoming an almost regular occurrence.
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AI
AI-generated child pornography is circulating. This US prosecutor wants to make it illegal.
After several reports of artificial intelligence-generated child pornography surfaced in California, Ventura County Dist. Atty. Erik Nasarenko advocated for a change to state law to protect children who are increasingly vulnerable to this misuse of technology.
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Internet
Study links excessive Internet use to teen school absence risk
From TV and games consoles to smartphones and computers, parents and specialists are worried about the effects of screens on young people's cognition, behavior and well-being. A Finnish study published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood will do nothing to reassure them, since it highlights the impact of excessive internet use on school attendance.
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Social media
EU watchdog: Meta shouldn’t force users to pay for data protection
Facebook owner Meta and other online platforms must not force users to pay for the right to data protection enshrined in EU law when offering ad-free subscriptions, the European data regulator said Wednesday.
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Technology
Layoff whiplash scars workers who find new jobs only to lose them
Unlike previous cycles, when employers might do one big layoff, lately employers have done multiple rounds of cuts, and certain sectors like recruitment and marketing have been hit particularly hard. That’s left some workers on edge, with an increasing share of jobseekers saying it’s likely they’ll get laid off from their current or new job in the next six months, according to ZipRecruiter Inc.
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Mobile apps
European Union questions TikTok on new app that pays users for watching
European Union regulators said on April 17 they’re seeking details from TikTok on a new app from the video sharing platform that pays users to watch videos.
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Internet
Man watches RM119,000, woman disappear in online dating scam, US police say
A local man lost US$25,000 (RM119,387) in a scheme originating on an online dating site, police said.
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World
Polish president meets privately with Trump in New York
WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish President Andrzej Duda said he met privately with former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during his visit to New York on Wednesday.
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e-Hailing
Uber is helping investigators look into account that sent driver to US home where she was killed
Uber is helping investigators look into an account that sent a driver to the Ohio home where an 81-year-old man allegedly shot the woman to death because he erroneously believed she was part of a scam that targeted him, the ride-hailing company said on April 17.
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AI
AI computing is on pace to consume more energy than India, Arm says
AI’s voracious need for computing power is threatening to overwhelm energy sources, requiring the industry to change its approach to the technology, according to Arm Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Rene Haas.