White House, Justice Department unveil new plan to protect personal data from China and Russia

Washington — The Biden administration is proposing regulations to help the Justice Department stop data brokers from selling Americans’ personal information to “countries of concern,” the White House announced Wednesday. President Biden is issuing an executive order that will for the first time propose guardrails that shield bulk biometric and healthcare data and financial information collected by businesses inside the …

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Ryan Gosling performing Oscar-nominated song "Im Just Ken" from "Barbie" at 2024 Academy Awards

Ryan Gosling will be performing “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie” at the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced. Gosling, who will perform with song co-writer Mark Ronson, joinsseveral other performers announced Wednesday for the 2024 Academy Awards. Gosling, who earned a best supporting actor nomination for his portrayal of Barbie’s long-term boyfriend, performed “I’m Just Ken” …

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Whos performing at the 2024 Oscars? Heres the list of tonights confirmed Academy Awards performers.

A list of accomplished performers will take to the Oscarsstage tonight. They’ll be performing the nominated songs for the 2024 Academy Awards. Who is performing at the 2024 Oscars? The performers on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ list for this year’s award showare: Jon Batisteperforming “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony” Becky G performing “The Fire …

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Billie Eilish performing Oscar-nominated song What Was I Made For? from Barbie at 2024 Academy Awards

Billie Eilish will be performing “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie” at the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced. Eilish, along with her brotherFinneas O’Connell, joins several other performers announced Wednesday for the 2024 Academy Awards. Written by Eilish and O’Connell, “What Was I Made For?” is one of two tracks from “Barbie” nominated for …

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai says its AI app problems are completely unacceptable

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is putting heat on the internet company’s engineers to fix its Gemini AI app pronto, calling some of the tool’s responses “completely unacceptable.” The new search tool, which the company hastoutedas revolutionary, came under fire after some users asked it to generate images of people drawn from history, such as German soldiers during World War 2, …

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Ghanas parliament passes strict new anti-LGBTQ legislation to extend sentences and expand scope

Johannesburg —Ghana’s parliament approved a highly controversial anti-LGBTQ bill on Wednesday after months of debate. The Human Sexual Rights and Family Values bill is one of the toughest pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation in Africa. Homosexuality is already illegal in Ghana and punishable by up to three years in prison. Under the new law, that maximum sentence will increase to five …

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Coinbase scrambles to restore digital wallets after some customers saw $0 in their accounts

Coinbase apps are “recovering” after some customers opened their digital accounts to find them showing zero balances, CEO Brian Armstrong said Wednesday afternoon. The cryptocurrency exchangeacknowledgedthe issue earlier Wednesday after users reported difficulties making trades and that their accounts were empty. “Apps are now recovering,” Armstrong said on X (formerly known as Twitter). “We had modeled a ~10x surge in …

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Housing market shows no sign of thawing as spring buying season nears

Although the housing market traditionally thaws every spring, aspiring homebuyers may want to consider an extended hibernation given what is an exceptionally tough market this year. Home prices last year rose an average of 6.7% in the country’s 20 biggest metro areas, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller data. Across the nation as a whole, housing prices rose than …

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