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Month: August 2023

Opinion: There’s a better way to tackle America’s student debt crisis

Opinion by Kelli Rhee (CNN) — Back in June, mere hours after the Supreme Court rejected the Biden administration’s first attempt at broad-based student debt relief, the White House kicked off a renewed push. The president announced a new effort to cancel student debt, this time under a different legal authority than the “national emergency” one used previously. The latest attempt, which requires a

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Homeland Security report details how teen hackers exploited security weaknesses in some of the world’s biggest companies

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A group of teenage hackers managed to breach some of the world’s biggest tech firms last year by exploiting systemic security weaknesses in US telecom carriers and the business supply chain, a US government review of the incidents has found, in what is a cautionary tale for America’s critical

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The era of cheap streaming is officially over

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — It’s the end of an era. The disruptive streaming model birthed by Netflix that dangled all-you-can-eat menus of films, shows, and endless entertainment without pesky advertisements for extraordinarily low prices came to an official close on Wednesday. Disney boss Bob Iger announced during the company’s quarterly earnings report

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Safety standards weren’t met at French vacation home housing disabled adults where a fire killed 11

PARIS (AP) — A prosecutor says required safety standards weren’t met at a vacation home housing adults with disabilities at which a fire killed 11 people in eastern France. The victims include 10 adults with slight intellectual disabilities and one person accompanying them. The deputy prosecutor of Colmar, Nathalie Kielwasser, said Thursday that the first

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China accuses US of trying to block its development and demands that technology curbs be repealed

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China has accused Washington of trying to block its development after President Joe Biden stepped up a feud over technology and security by tightening controls on U.S. investments that might help Beijing develop its military. The Foreign Ministry accused the Biden administration of pursuing “technology hegemony”

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