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Meta announced that it would block access to news posts on its platforms in Canada after the country passed Bill C-18, or the Online News Act, a law that would require tech companies to pay media outlets a fee for news content. 

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The Week

SUDOKU - JUNE 30, 2023

The Week

CROSSWORD - JUNE 30, 2023

The Week

SUDOKU - JUNE 30, 2023

The Week

CROSSWORD - JUNE 30, 2023 

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This week's question:  Artificial intelligence is being used to extract John Lennon's vocals from an unreleased demo tape to help create what Sir Paul McCartney is calling "the final Beatles song." What would be an appropriate title for the Fab Four's AI-enabled single?

When the FBI first uncovered a host of classified materials at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence last summer, it was Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, who OK'd the appointment of a "special master," or an independent arbiter tasked with reviewing the seized materials. Now, almost a year later, Cannon has been once again tapped to preside over proceedings in the debacle, which has since escalated into a federal indictment of Trump over alleged violations of the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice, among other charges. Читать дальше...

A submersible en route to the ruins of the shipwrecked RMS Titanic lost contact with its mother ship and was declared missing with five people aboard. After days of searching, all that was found was debris near the site of the Titanic believed to be the submersible. Following the finding, OceanGate Expeditions, the company responsible for the expedition, declared that all aboard had "sadly been lost." Finding such a vessel is a "very difficult search," according to The New York Times, and sea rescues have been historically rare. Читать дальше...

Next month at the movies: Tom Cruise nearly dies for our entertainment, Ryan Gosling unleashes his Kenergy, and Christopher Nolan once again threatens to permanently damage our eardrums. What more could you want? From the year's most anticipated double feature to a horror sequel and a Sundance crowd-pleaser, look out for these titles at the multiplex and on streaming in July 2023: 

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on American education. New test results have revealed "the single largest drop in math in 50 years" among the nation's 13-year-olds, The Washington Post reported. Reading scores also suffered. The news is being treated as an emergency by education officials. "We really need to be concerned about what is happening here," said one expert.

The Titan submersible vessel that went missing on Sunday experienced a "catastrophic implosion," Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said Thursday, killing all five people on board.

Climate change is an unfortunate reality that is going to reshape many parts of our world — and investing is likely no exception. According to a recent study by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), "effects on returns from climate change are inevitable," with — perhaps unsurprisingly — "the energy sector most significantly impacted."