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Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative

Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative

TORONTO (AP) — Many of the expected conventions of music biopics are present in “Piece by Piece,” about the producer-turned-pop star Pharrell Williams , and “Better Man,” about the British singer Robbie Williams .
RCMP lifts veil on use of emerging technologies to fight crime

RCMP lifts veil on use of emerging technologies to fight crime

OTTAWA — The RCMP says it installed tools on digital devices to covertly collect electronic evidence in 32 cases over a recent five-year period.
Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes

LONDON (AP) — Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty, after the bloc's top court ruled against it Tuesday in a case that came with a whopping fine and helped jumpstart an era of intensifying scrutiny for Big Tech comp
EU's top court dismisses Apple's final appeal against order to pay Ireland 13B euros in back taxes

EU's top court dismisses Apple's final appeal against order to pay Ireland 13B euros in back taxes

BRUSSELS (AP) — Apple on Tuesday lost its last bid to avoid paying 13 billion euros ($14.
A robot has begun a 2-week mission to retrieve melted fuel from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant

A robot has begun a 2-week mission to retrieve melted fuel from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant

TOKYO (AP) — An extendable robot began on Tuesday a two-week mission to retrieve the first sample of melted fuel debris from inside one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Pollution of the potent warming gas methane soars and people are mostly to blame

Pollution of the potent warming gas methane soars and people are mostly to blame

The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge climate change , a new study finds.

Australia proposes legal minimum age for children accessing social media

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government on Tuesday promised to legislate this year to enforce a minimum age for children to access social media, but it has yet to announce how ages will be verified.
SpaceX launches billionaire to conduct the first private spacewalk

SpaceX launches billionaire to conduct the first private spacewalk

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A daredevil billionaire rocketed back to space Tuesday, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture farther than anyone since NASA's Apollo moonshots.

Australia proposes legal minimum age for children accessing social media

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government on Tuesday promised to legislate this year to enforce a minimum age for children to access social media, but it has yet to announce how ages will be verified.

EU's top court dismisses Apple's final appeal against order to pay Ireland 13 billion in back taxes

LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s top court on Tuesday rejected Apple’s final legal challenge against an order from the bloc’s executive commission to repay 13 billion euros in back taxes to Ireland, bringing an end to the long-running dispute.
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