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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A revolution in charitable giving is underway due to the growth of donor-advised funds in the United States. Known widely as DAFs, these financial accounts are designated for charitable giving. Donors can get an immediate tax deduction by putting money or other assets into the accounts, and advise the accounts'…

People are using Apple's new spatial computer, the Vision Pro in some bizarre ways, including when driving. This is causing some major concerns over how people are endangering roads. Because the laws dealing with this are very vague, most states are scrambling to amend them…

Photo: NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP (Getty Images)In the summer of 2022, 18-year-old Aditya Verma was boarding a flight to Spain at London’s Gatwick Airport when he sent a message to his friend on Snapchat: “On my way to blow up the plane (I’m a member of the Taliban).” As you might expect, the message was a joke. Unfortunately, the kid happened to be using the airport’s WiFi network when he sent it.Why Banning TikTok Won’t Protect Our Privacy Several hours later, when Verma deplaned at his destination, he was arrested and…

Apple is scrambling to make software updates to Apple Watch algorithms that measure blood oxygen levels to avoid an impending ban on the smartwatch in the US over a patent dispute, Bloomberg reported. Changing how the Watch measures oxygen saturation, Apple believes, could help keep the Watch on shelves during the busy holiday shopping season.The blood oxygen sensor, which was first introduced with the Apple Watch 6 in 2020, is at the heart of a patent dispute between Apple and Masimo, another California-based company…

Detached houses on a large housing development on the western side of Nashville, Tennessee.Georgeclerk | Istock | Getty ImagesNashville natives say they barely recognize the city's skyline anymore. And they probably won't anytime soon, as cranes still litter the picture.The Nashville building boom is in full effect, despite higher interest rates, higher home prices and a weaker national economy.It began well before the pandemic-induced mass migration from big cities to smaller, more affordable ones. During the Great…

When Headspace Health laid off a large number of its therapists June 29, patients were told their providers had left the platform.What they didn’t know was their therapists had lost their jobs. And they suddenly had no way to contact them.Several therapists who were let go from Headspace, the Santa Monica-based meditation app and remote mental healthcare company, have raised alarm over their treatment and that of their patients after the companywide layoff of 181 employees, which amounts to 15% of the workforce.After the…

A security breach in March robbed MSI of up to 1.5TB of sensitive data. However, MSI is not the only company impacted. As a result of the breach, Intel is now investigating a major leak of Intel Boot Guard keys. The extent of the damage is still unclear, but the worst-case scenario is that the security feature is now useless on compromised devices — and that’s a pretty lengthy list. This whole fiasco seems to have begun with the MSI data breach that took place earlier this year. The Money Message extortion gang…

Ollie Millington/Contributor/Getty ImagesIf you heard the new Drake and The Weeknd song last weekend on social media, you may be surprised to hear the whole song, including vocals, was generated by AI. The song, called Heart On My Sleeve, was created by TikTok user Ghostwriter977 using AI and previous soundbites of the artists' voices. Also: The best headphones for musicHeart on My Sleeve has accumulated over 8 million views on Ghostwriter977's TikTok account alone, with reposts on other sites also accumulating…

Advertisers are seeking any assurances from TikTok, the viral app that helped usher in a wave of short-form video across social media, as the Chinese-owned company again faces a potential ban in the U.S. over national security concerns. When TikTok's Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew testifies before Congress for the first time on Thursday, advertisers will be closely watching his appearance for news as well as the reaction of lawmakers, several ad agencies told Reuters. TikTok's U.S. ad revenue is expected to reach…

Hello, it’s Wednesday, March 22, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today.TOP STORIES Strike shuts down LAUSD, leaving 420,000 students out of schoolA three-day strike calling for better wages and working conditions for some of Los Angeles public schools’ lowest-paid employees — bus drivers, custodians, special-education assistants and others — kicked off with picketers marching through the dark, rainy morning.Those employees, joined in solidarity by the teachers union, shuttered the nation’s second-largest…