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What is Signal, the chat app used by US officials to share attack plans?

What is Signal, the chat app used by US officials to share attack plans?

LONDON (AP) — A magazine journalist's account of being added to a group chat of U.S. national security officials coordinating plans for airstrikes has raised questions about how highly sensitive information is supposed to be handled.
Trump downplays national security team texting military operation plan on Signal as a minor 'glitch'

Trump downplays national security team texting military operation plan on Signal as a minor 'glitch'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the texting of sensitive plans for a military strike against Yemen's Houthis this month to a group chat that included a journalist, saying it was “the only glitch in two months” of his ad
More states move to ban cellphones in school as Georgia is latest to act

More states move to ban cellphones in school as Georgia is latest to act

ATLANTA (AP) — More states are moving to ban or restrict cellphones in school, a trend that continues to win bipartisan support in legislatures.
Calgary paleontologist part of discovery of new dinosaur with 30-centimetre claws

Calgary paleontologist part of discovery of new dinosaur with 30-centimetre claws

CALGARY — A University of Calgary paleontologist is part of a discovery of a new species of dinosaur with 30-centimetre-long claws found in a Mongolian desert.
Napster sold to tech commerce company for $207 million

Napster sold to tech commerce company for $207 million

NEW YORK (AP) — A brand that was notoriously connected to music piracy before reemerging as a subscription music service has been sold to Infinite Reality for $207 million.
Waymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to Washington in 2026

Waymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to Washington in 2026

Waymo on Tuesday added Washington to its pioneering robotaxi service's steadily expanding list of U.S. markets , although passengers will have to wait until next year until they can take a driverless ride around the nation's capital city.
Science in steel boxes: how research teams hitched a ride with navy to Antarctica

Science in steel boxes: how research teams hitched a ride with navy to Antarctica

HALIFAX — Scientists who went aboard a Royal Canadian Navy mission to Antarctica say the trip demonstrated how portable labs and gear can effectively probe the ocean depths.
Tesla sales fall by 49% in Europe even as the electric vehicle market grows

Tesla sales fall by 49% in Europe even as the electric vehicle market grows

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European sales of Tesla electric vehicles tumbled 49% in the first two months of the year compared with a year earlier even as overall sales of EVs grew, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association.
CIBC signs federal government's code of conduct for generative AI

CIBC signs federal government's code of conduct for generative AI

TORONTO — CIBC says it has signed on to the federal government's voluntary code of conduct for generative artificial intelligence. It says it is the first major Canadian bank to sign the code.
Han Jong-Hee, who elevated Samsung's television business, dies

Han Jong-Hee, who elevated Samsung's television business, dies

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Han Jong-Hee, a senior Samsung Electronics executive credited with elevating the company's television business, died Tuesday, the company said. He was 63.
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