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Monica Cowan is the host of the WDB Podcast and writes about news in the above categories. She was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, where she studied journalism at Ohio State University. In her spare time, Monica enjoys cooking and baking (especially cupcakes), reading fiction novels, playing tennis, and yoga classes with friends,

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Elon Musk says the first human has received an implant from Neuralink, but other details are scant

NEW YORK — According to Elon Musk, the first human received an implant from his computer-brain interface company Neuralink over the weekend. In a Monday post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Musk said that the patient received the implant the day prior and was “recovering well.” He added that “initial results show […]

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Improving Parent Communication by switching to Lillio

Center Name: Little Discoveries Early Learning Cooperative  | Location: Weyburn, Saskatchewan | Size: 120 children  “When we had Procare, families engaged very little. Lillio creates more opportunities for parents to interact, so now I see them commenting on photos, sending messages to teachers and overall connecting with us more on a daily basis and saying

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Google taps Whiting-Turner to build $600M Oregon data center

Award: Data centerValue: $600 millionLocation: Wasco County, OregonClient: Google Design LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of tech giant Google, selected Baltimore-based Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. to build a $600 million data center in Wasco County, Oregon, according to filings with The Dalles Community Development Department. The 290,000-square foot facility will add to Google’s already existing data center footprint

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NJ study finds wide disparity in public construction contracts

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A recent study of public construction contracting in New Jersey found an overwhelming disparity between the number of minority- and women-owned construction companies and the percentage of projects they win in the state. While nearly

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Margaritaville expands in Texas with 2 resorts

Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Galveston, in particular, is seeing a surge in travelers. The island saw over 8 million visitors in 2022, a 25% increase over 2021 and an 11% increase over 2019. The Greater Houston Partnership, an economic development organization, dubbed the island’s tourism growth and hotel development a “hospitality renaissance.”  Private real estate

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ChatGPT violated European privacy laws, Italy tells chatbot maker OpenAI

LONDON — Italian regulators said they told OpenAI that its ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot has violated European Union’s stringent data privacy rules. The country’s data protection authority, known as Garante, said Monday that it notified San Francisco-based OpenAI of breaches of the EU rules, known as General Data Protection Regulation. The watchdog started investigating ChatGPT

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GM releases 2023 fourth-quarter and full-year results, and 2024 guidance

General Motors Co. today reported fourth-quarter 2023 revenue of $43.0 billion, net income attributable to stockholders of $2.1 billion and EBIT-adjusted of $1.8 billion General Motors Co. today reported fourth-quarter 2023 revenue of $43.0 billion, net income attributable to stockholders of $2.1 billion and EBIT-adjusted of $1.8 billion. GM reported full-year 2023 revenue of $171.8

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X restores Taylor Swift searches after deepfake explicit images triggered temporary block

LONDON — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has restored searches for Taylor Swift after temporarily blocking users from seeing some results as pornographic deepfake images of the singer circulated online. Searches for the singer’s name on the site Tuesday turned up a list of tweets as normal. A day earlier, the same search resulted

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