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A pet cockatiel escaped. A Billy Joel song helped return him to his owner.
When the cockatiel began bobbing his head to “Uptown Girl,” they knew who the bird belonged to
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Pulling the Plug on TikTok Will Be Harder Than It Looks
The tensions over the Chinese-owned social media app will come to a head on Thursday, when the company’s chief executive testifies on Capitol Hill.
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Google Releases Bard, Its AI Chatbot, a Rival to ChatGPT and Bing
The internet giant will grant users access to a chatbot after years of cautious development, chasing splashy debuts from rivals OpenAI and Microsoft.
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What Google Bard Can Do (and What It Can’t)
Google has released a new chatbot to a limited number of people in the U.S. and Britain. How does it compare with what is already out there?
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U.S. Is Ready to Protect Smaller Banks if Necessary, Yellen Says
The Treasury secretary pledged that the Biden administration would take additional steps as needed to support the banking system.
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Strains Emerge Inside the Union That Beat Amazon
Nearly a year after its victory on Staten Island, the Amazon Labor Union is grappling with election losses and internal conflict.
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As War in Ukraine Grinds On, China Helps Refill Russian Drone Supplies
China has shipped more than $12 million in drones to Russia since it invaded Ukraine, in an indication of quiet collaboration between the two.
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Where High Interest Rates Have Sent Home Prices Sliding
In Sweden, the central bank’s fight against inflation is crimping economic growth and has contributed to a 15 percent drop in home prices.
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Idaho hospital to stop delivering babies, partly due to ‘political climate’
Bonner General Health noted “legal and political climate” in a state where trigger laws banned nearly all abortions after the fall of the constitutional right to them.