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YouTube to begin testing a new AI-powered age verification system in the U.S.

YouTube to begin testing a new AI-powered age verification system in the U.S.

YouTube on Wednesday will begin testing a new age-verification system in the U.S. that relies on artificial intelligence to differentiate between adults and minors, based on the kinds of videos that they have been watching.
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Keep your eyes on the skies: Annual Perseid meteor shower set to peak tonight

Keep your eyes on the skies: Annual Perseid meteor shower set to peak tonight

Stargazers are in for a shimmering show tonight as the annual Perseid meteor shower is set to reach its peak. NASA says the fireball shower began last month and the celestial event is expected to peak tonight and tomorrow before ending on Aug. 23.
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Kenyan farmers use bees and sesame to keep away marauding elephants

Kenyan farmers use bees and sesame to keep away marauding elephants

TAITA TAVETA, Kenya (AP) — For farmers in the Taita hills in southern Kenya, elephants are a menace: they raid crops and will occasionally injure or even kill people. Farmer Richard Shika, 68, has had some close encounters.
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Scientists search for DNA of an endangered salamander in Mexico City’s canals

Scientists search for DNA of an endangered salamander in Mexico City’s canals

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Sixty years ago, residents of a canal-crossed borough in Mexico City could pluck axolotls — the large salamander reminiscent of a tiny dragon — out of the water with their hands because they were so plentiful.
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Ford hits the pedal on EV production with $2 billion overhaul of Kentucky plant

Ford hits the pedal on EV production with $2 billion overhaul of Kentucky plant

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. will invest nearly $2 billion retooling a Kentucky factory to produce electric vehicles that it says will be more affordable, more profitable to build and will outcompete rival models.
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US will get a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China under a new, unusual agreement

US will get a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China under a new, unusual agreement

NEW YORK (AP) — Nvidia and AMD have agreed to share 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China with the U.S. government, as part of a deal to secure export licenses for the semiconductors.
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Bugs are popular pets in nature-loving Japan, buzzing with lessons about ecology and species

Bugs are popular pets in nature-loving Japan, buzzing with lessons about ecology and species

TOKYO (AP) — The pet of choice in Japan , as much as cuddly kitties and playful puppies, is the humble bug .
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Venus and Jupiter appear close in the sky as summer's best meteor shower peaks soon

Venus and Jupiter appear close in the sky as summer's best meteor shower peaks soon

WASHINGTON (AP) — Summer's most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids , peaks early Wednesday. At the same time, Venus and Jupiter will converge in the sky — overlapping like a very bright star.
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Bell to provide customers free access to Perplexity Pro for a year in latest AI move

Bell to provide customers free access to Perplexity Pro for a year in latest AI move

MONTREAL — Bell Canada is partnering with Perplexity, an AI-powered conversational search engine, to give its customers a year of free artificial intelligence services.
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Study maps 'megathrust' quake zone off northern B.C., but risk may be far in future

Study maps 'megathrust' quake zone off northern B.C., but risk may be far in future

Scientists have captured the first detailed images of the meeting of two tectonic plates off the coast of northern British Columbia, an area they say has the potential to generate the largest "megathrust" earthquakes and tsunamis.
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