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Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping

MADISON, Wis. (AP) 鈥� Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could find. Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks 鈥� anything the ocean gave up.

Oct 1, 2024 10:06 PM Read more >

Lack of ambition in Canada creating '600-pound beaver in the room': Shopify president

TORONTO 鈥� The president of e-commerce giant Shopify Inc. is calling on Canada to address a problem he calls "the 600-pound beaver in the room.

Oct 1, 2024 8:13 PM Read more >

North Carolina town that produces quartz needed for tech products is devastated by Helene

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) 鈥� Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels and fiber-optic cables have been shut down by Hurricane Helene with no reopening date in sight.

Oct 1, 2024 6:52 PM Read more >

Swiss glaciers are receding again after 2 punishing years and despite a good start to 2024

GENEVA (AP) 鈥� The volume of Switzerland's glaciers shrank again this summer, compounding the negative impact of climate change after a devastating two-year run that depleted the ice by more than 10% , scientific experts reported Tuesday.

Oct 1, 2024 5:46 PM Read more >

Australia's online dating industry adopts code of conduct to keep users safer

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) 鈥� A code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to better protect Australian users after research found that three-in-four people suffer some form of sexual violence through the platforms, Australia鈥檚 gove

Oct 1, 2024 4:25 PM Read more >

October's 'ring of fire' solar eclipse will dazzle parts of South America and the Pacific

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A 鈥渞ing of fire鈥� eclipse of the sun is coming. But only a lucky few will be in the path. The annular solar eclipse will be visible Wednesday over Easter Island and the tips of Argentina and Chile.

Oct 1, 2024 3:29 PM Read more >

Montana man gets 6 months in prison for cloning giant sheep and breeding it

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) 鈥� An 81-year-old Montana man was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Central Asia and the U.S.

Oct 1, 2024 2:52 PM Read more >

Details from New Mexico's lawsuit against Snap show site failed to act on reports of sextortion

Snapchat failed to act on 鈥渞ampant鈥� reports of child grooming , sextortion and other dangers to minors on its platform, according to a newly unredacted complaint against the company filed by New Mexico's attorney general.

Oct 1, 2024 2:50 PM Read more >

Appeals court reinstates Indiana lawsuit against TikTok alleging child safety, privacy concerns

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) 鈥� The Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated a lawsuit filed by the state accusing TikTok of deceiving its users about the video-sharing platform's level of inappropriate content for children and the security of its consumers鈥� pers

Oct 1, 2024 12:38 PM Read more >

WNBA Toronto president Teresa Resch set to speak at Elevate tech conference

TORONTO 鈥� Teresa Resch likes to put her time and energy into organizations that go beyond the surface level.

Oct 1, 2024 8:21 AM Read more >