Real 'Fault in Our Stars' couple reunited by hope Katie and Dalton Prager, a young couple who both have cystic fibrosis, celebrated happy news when they reunited Tuesday afternoon after nearly five months apart: Katie is on her way to getting a lifesaving lung transplant. More
Top Editors Abruptly Leave Village Voice Will Bourne, who became editor in chief of The Village Voice in November, and Jessica Lustig, the deputy editor since January, are leaving the weekly publication. They met with the staff at 11 a.m. on Thursday and said that Christine Brennan, executive editor of Voice Media Group, had instructed them to lay off or drastically reduce the roles of five employees on the 20-person staff. More
Stocks surge to new highs after hiring climbs A big gain in the job market is lifting the stock market to new milestones. The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 15,000 for the first time early Friday, and the Standard and Poor's 500 index, a broader market measure, broke through 1,600 for the first time. More
Unemployment falls to 7.5%; job creation solid in April The job market plugged along steadily, and unemployment fell in April, according to new data out Friday, suggesting that the U.S. economy is still expanding. The nation added 165,000 jobs in April as the unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent, from 7.6 percent in March, the Labor Department said on Friday. More
U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 5-Year Low The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in more than five years, a positive signal for the labor market ahead of Friday's April jobs report. More
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Major tech companies have been slammed as “pirates” in Australia as the artificial intelligence (AI) boom continues. Amazon, Google, and Meta were in the firing line as a Senate inquiry probed how Australian data is used.
The Australian inquiry is about adopting artificial intelligence and the impacts and opportunities it could present.
Social media has become a huge part of day-to-day life, with a recent study finding that adults in the UK spend a daily average of four hours 20 minutes online.
The study, published by Ofcom the regulator for communication services in the UK, shows people are now spending a high amount of time online.
“Young adults spent the most time online, with 18-24-year-olds spending a daily average of 6 hours 1 minute online, and those aged 65+ spending the least time online (3 hours 10 minutes).”
How the UK compares to the US
While the statistics out of the UK sound high, it’s worse in the U.
As Google updates its ads policy, it finally lifts the ban and allows social casino game app campaigns to run on its platform.
This is due to the company removing social casinos from its restricted ‘Gambling,’ sensitive interest category, so adverts for social casinos will now be able to appear on web pages.
The ads will be allowed to run from December 4, with advertisers able to gain the ability to personalize online social casino game app ads by the end of March 2025.
This announcement came through an update on Google Support, with the November 2024 change now visible within the ads policy.
“Specifically, the Gambling in personalized ads sensitive interest category will be updated to explicitly exclude social casino game App campaigns.