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Did Taylor Swift create a new era for food bank donations?

Ahead of Taylor Swift's July 14, 2023, concert in Denver, Aditi Desai, chief marketing officer at the Food Bank of the Rockies, got an unusual call. The billionaire pop star wanted to donate tens of thousands of meals to the nonprofit — a philanthropic effort she had repeated, much like her favorite songs, as she traverses the ... (full story)

Google agreed to pay millions for California news. Journalists call it a bad deal

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Google will soon give California millions of dollars to help pay for local journalism jobs in a first-in-the-nation deal, but journalists and other media industry experts are calling it a disappointing agreement that mostly benefits the tech giant.
The agreement, which was hashed out behind closed ... (full story)

Southwest’s poison pill

Q. I saw that Southwest Airlines set up a "poison pill." What does that mean? -- T.M., Juneau, Alaska
A. A poison pill is a maneuver designed to thwart an unsolicited takeover, often by threatening to dilute the hostile party's ownership stake. In this case, once any shareholder's stake reaches or exceeds 12.5% of the ... (full story)

Local

China leans into using AI − even as the US leads in developing it

(THE CONVERSATION) In the competitive arena of global technology, China's ambitions in artificial intelligence stand out – not just for their scale but for their distinct strategic approach.
In 2017, the Chinese Communist Party declared its intent to surpass the United States to become the world leader in AI by 2030. This ... (full story)

For many in Puerto Rico, 'energy dominance' is just a new name for US colonialism

(THE CONVERSATION) The Trump administration has made "achieving American energy dominance" a central policy goal. President Trump asserts that "energy dominance" requires expanding nuclear development, increasing coal and natural gas exports, building transnational pipelines and accessing offshore oil and gas dep ... (full story)

State

Justice Department accuses RealPage of a scheme to help landlords hike rents in antitrust lawsuit

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit recently against real estate software company RealPage Inc., accusing it of an illegal scheme that allows landlords to coordinate to hike rental prices.
The lawsuit, filed alongside attorneys general in states including North Carolina and California, alleg ... (full story)

Police officers are starting to use AI chatbots to write crime reports. Will they hold up in court?

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A body camera captured every word and bark uttered as police Sgt. Matt Gilmore and his K-9 dog, Gunner, searched for a group of suspects for nearly an hour.
Normally, the Oklahoma City police sergeant would grab his laptop and spend another 30 to 45 minutes writing up a report about the search. But thi ... (full story)

OSU research studies ‘stealthy contributors’ to saturated fat, sugar intake

Ohio State University researchers recently published results of a study that analyzed the diets of more than 35,000 adults in an effort to assist consumers with the task of selecting healthy foods.
Beyond the greatest sources of saturated fat and added sugar in participants’ diets––cheese and soft drinks, respe ... (full story)