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Shadowy Russian actors spread Princess Kate conspiracies, analysis finds
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Shadowy Russian actors spread Princess Kate conspiracies, analysis finds

LONDON — Social media accounts linked to a prominent Russian disinformation campaign were all too happy to capitalize on conspiracy theories about the whereabouts of Kate, Princess of Wales, according to an analysis by British security experts. The role played by these shadowy Russian actors may serve as an alarming test case, experts said, in a year when elections in Washington and Europe will be buffeted by the long-standing fake news threat — which is now being supercharged by artificial intelligence.However, clear as the malicious foreign involvement in the #KateGate conspiracy was, the researchers at the Security, Crime and Intelligence Innovation Institute at Cardiff University in Wales were quick to point out that these actors were not responsible for originating rumors and consp...
Toyota weighing electric, plug-in Tacoma and Tundra pickups
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Toyota weighing electric, plug-in Tacoma and Tundra pickups

2024 Toyota Tacoma TrailhunterToyotaNEW YORK — Toyota Motor is evaluating an expansion of its U.S. truck lineup that could include all-electric or plug-in hybrid electric versions of its Tacoma and Tundra pickups.Jack Hollis, executive vice president of Toyota Motor North America, said the Japanese automaker is assessing its options to determine what makes the most sense based on expected customer demand and tightening federal emissions and fuel economy regulations."I do think there's room to grow our entire truck footprint. Whether it be Tundra, Tacoma or something else in addition to the lineup," Hollis told CNBC on Tuesday during the New York Auto Forum conference. "Whether that's a compact or something else, I think it's important for us to continue to see what the customers are loo...
Michigan’s governor signs law to help foster youth earn diplomas
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Michigan’s governor signs law to help foster youth earn diplomas

DETROIT — A new Michigan law aims to ensure that foster youth in the state receive an education that builds toward a high school diploma. The law, signed Thursday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, comes nearly two years after NBC News exposed an educational crisis that had forced vulnerable teens to repeat classes they took while living in state-funded residential facilities, delaying graduation for some and leading others to drop out. The law will, for the first time, require the state to provide children in foster care with “an education that prioritizes meeting the graduation requirements” to earn a diploma. Until now, the state had placed children in residential facilities that were required only to provide “appropriate educational services.” That vague description meant some students took ...
Tal día como HOY: 29 de marzo
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Tal día como HOY: 29 de marzo

1803.- Creación en Madrid del Real Museo Militar, actual Museo del Ejército. 1830.- Fernando VII, sin heredero varón, promulga la Pragmática Sanción que anula la llamada Ley Sálica que hubiera impedido reinar a su hija Isabel. 1890.- Firma del protocolo de la Conferencia de Berlín, por el que se establece en Alemania el descanso dominical. 1908.- La Cámara de los Comunes británica concede el derecho de voto a las mujeres. 1929.- El príncipe Luis II se proclama dictador de Mónaco. 1941.- Promulgación en España de la Ley de Seguridad del Estado. 1945.- Segunda Guerra mundial: los rusos cruzan la frontera austriaca. 1947.- Comienza en Madagascar el movimiento de liberación contra la administración colonial francesa. 1973.- Las últimas tropas estadounidenses abandonan Vietnam. 1975.- Av...
Rusia dice tener pruebas de que los atacantes de Moscú recibieron dinero de Ucrania y la Casa Blanca le acusa de “vender basura”
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Rusia dice tener pruebas de que los atacantes de Moscú recibieron dinero de Ucrania y la Casa Blanca le acusa de “vender basura”

Actualizado Jueves, 28 marzo 2024 - 17:20El Comité de Instrucción de Rusia afirmó este jueves que había encontrado pruebas que conectaban a los pistoleros que mataron a más de 140 personas en un ataque a un teatro de conciertos la semana pasada con "nacionalistas ucranianos". El comité detuvo a otro posible implicado en el atentado del pasado viernes en la sala de conciertos Crocus City Hall, en las afueras de Moscú, que ha dejado al menos 143 muertos, que "participó en la financiación de los terroristas", señala la nota oficial, dice Efe.La Casa Blanca calificó hoy a los líderes rusos de "vendedores de basura" por intentar vincular a Ucrania con el reciente ataque mortal que fue reivindicado por el grupo Estado Islámico, según Afp."Mi tío solía decir (...) que los mejores vendedores d...
Supreme Court delay prompts federal judges to act over South Carolina redistricting dispute
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Supreme Court delay prompts federal judges to act over South Carolina redistricting dispute

WASHINGTON —The Supreme Court has delayed resolving a South Carolina redistricting case for so long that a lower court has been forced to step in, saying on Thursday that a congressional district it previously ruled was racially gerrymandered can be used in this year’s election.Last year, a federal court ruled that the Charleston-area district held by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., was unlawfully drawn by removing thousands of Black voters.But on Thursday, the same court said in an order that the map could be used for this year's congressional election.The three-judge panel wrote that "with the primary election procedures rapidly approaching, the appeal before the Supreme Court still pending, and no remedial plan in place, the ideal must bend to the practical."The decision constitutes a setba...
TikTok makes ad buy as Senate reviews bill that could ban app
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TikTok makes ad buy as Senate reviews bill that could ban app

CMichael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesTikTok has launched a $2.1 million advertising campaign with a clear message for senators in tough reelection fights this year: Block the House bill that could effectively ban the app in the United States."Think about the 5 million small business owners that rely on TikTok to provide for their families," one purported TikTok user says in the ad. "To see all of that disappear would be so sad," says another apparent user.The company has reserved television ad space in the battleground states of Nevada, Montana, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Ohio, according to data from AdImpact.All five states are represented by vulnerable Senate Democrats, each of whom is running for another six-year term.Other states that will see the new TikTok ads include New York, Mas...
‘I am sorry’: Sam Bankman-Fried apologizes in court before sentencing – live | Sam Bankman-Fried
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‘I am sorry’: Sam Bankman-Fried apologizes in court before sentencing – live | Sam Bankman-Fried

'I am sorry': Sam Bankman-Fried apologizes in court before sentencingBankman-Fried told the court Thursday morning, “I am sorry”. Previously, Bankman-Fried had expressed little contrition for his role in what happened at FTX. He maintained throughout his trial that he had not committed fraud. On Thursday, however, he said he made “a series of bad decisions” that “haunts me every day”.“A lot of people feel really let down, and they were very let down, and I am sorry about that. I am sorry about what happened at every stage,” he said. “My useful life is probably over”.ShareUpdated at 11.17 EDTKey eventsJudge Lewis Kaplan said Sam Bankman-Fried’s claim that FTX’s customers will get their money back “is misleading, it is logically flawed, it is speculative.” He said that this argument for l...
Nobelist Daniel Kahneman, a pioneer of behavioral economics, dead at 90
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Nobelist Daniel Kahneman, a pioneer of behavioral economics, dead at 90

SAN FRANCISCO — Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained neurological biases influence decision making, died Wednesday at the age of 90.Kahneman and his longtime collaborator Amos Tversky reshaped the field of economics, which prior to their work mostly assumed that people were “rational actors” capable of clearly evaluating choices such as which car to buy or which job to take. The pair’s research — which Kahneman described for lay audiences in his best-selling 2011 book “Thinking, Fast and Slow” — focused on how much decision-making is shaped by subterranean quirks and mental shortcuts that can distort our thoughts in irrational yet predictable ways.Take, for instance, false confidence in predictions. In an excerpt from his...