Tracking Trends, Breaking News
Hybrid vehicle production and sales increase as people seem to turn away from EV’s – CBS News Watch CBS News The sales growth of fully electric vehicles in the U.S. has slowed in the past year, but the sales of hybrid vehicles surged by 53% in 2023. Surveys show Americans are hesitant to go fully
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YouTube called out for videos on how to build ghost guns YouTube called out for videos on how to build ghost guns 02:41 YouTube is updating its policy on firearm videos to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users. The video-sharing platform, which is owned by Google, announced this week it will prohibit any
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Three years ago, police investigated Tyler Cestia for negligent homicide after he left his 2-and-a-half-year-old son, Thomas, in his truck at work on a hot summer day. “In my mind, I remember thinking, ‘well, I don’t remember walking in the sitter’s house to drop Thomas off; I don’t remember that,’” said Cestia. “I just said
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Family urges better technology to help remind drivers of children in back seat of cars – CBS News Watch CBS News Many newer vehicles have built-in technology that is meant to remind drivers that a child is in the back seat of a car, which can be deadly on a hot day. But a Louisiana
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The nation’s largest broadband affordability program is coming to an end due to a lack of congressional funding. The Federal Communications Commission is reluctantly marking the end, as of Saturday, of a pandemic-era program that helped several million low-income Americans get and stay online. Created in December 2020, what became the Affordable Connectivity Program, or
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Boeing Starliner launch scrubbed yet again – CBS News Watch CBS News What was to be the maiden launch of the Boeing Starliner with astronauts on board was halted yet again Saturday, this time less than four minutes before liftoff, when a computer system triggered an automatic hold. A launch last month was also canceled
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Boeing’s Starliner set to launch Saturday to space station – CBS News Watch CBS News All systems are go for a second attempted launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule on Saturday, making its maiden voyage to the International Space Station with two astronauts on board. Manuel Bojorquez reports from the Kennedy Space Center. View CBS News
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Google on Thursday admitted that its AI Overviews tool, which uses artificial intelligence to respond to search queries, needs improvement. While the internet search giant said it tested the new feature extensively before launching it two weeks ago, Google acknowledged that the technology produces “some odd and erroneous overviews.” Examples include suggesting using glue to
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A cybercriminal group claims it has stolen personal data belonging to more than 500 million Ticketmaster customers. Although the event ticketing service, owned by Live Nation Entertainment, hasn’t confirmed the attack, security experts warn that it could put users of the platform at risk for a range of scams. The hackers, called ShinyHunters, said in
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5/28: CBS Evening News 5/28: CBS Evening News 18:17 Tokyo — The world’s first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft is scheduled to be carried into space off on a SpaceX rocket in September. Each side of the experimental satellite developed by scientists at Kyoto University and
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