Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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OpenAI reveals Voice Engine, but won't yet publicly release the risky AI voice-cloning technology
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is getting into the voice assistant business and showing off new technology that can clone a person's voice, but says it won't yet release it publicly due to ...
Mar 29, 2024
Georgia joins states seeking parental permission before children join social media
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents' explicit permission to create social media accounts. Lawmakers on Friday gave final approval...
Mar 28, 2024
Network political contributors have a long history. But are they more trouble than they're worth?
NEW YORK (AP) - One of the nation's most prominent news outlets has found itself in an embarrassing mess over the hiring - and quick firing - of someone who isn't even a journalist in the first place....
Mar 28, 2024
Georgia teachers and state employees will get pay raises as state budget passes
ATLANTA (AP) - Pay raises for Georgia's public school teachers and state employees were never in doubt politically from the moment Gov. Brian Kemp proposed them, but lawmakers finally clinched the dea...
Mar 28, 2024
Youngkin vetoes Virginia bills mandating minimum wage increase, establishing marijuana retail sales
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities on Thursday: bills that would have allowed the recreational retail sales of marijuana to b...
Mar 28, 2024
Facebook News tab will soon be unavailable as Meta scales back news and political content
Meta will be sunsetting Facebook News in early April for users in the U.S. and Australia as the platform further deemphasizes news and politics. The feature was shut down in the U.K., France and Germa...
Mar 28, 2024
Ex-Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura says he will sell cannabis edibles
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has announced he is entering the cannabis market as a seller, as the state still figures out retail sales of the drug on the heels of legalizing ...
Mar 28, 2024
Federal EV charging stations are key to Biden's climate agenda, yet only 4 states have them
LONDON, Ohio (AP) - Within 24 hours of buying his red Ford Mustang Mach-E, Liam Sawyer set off on a camping trip. Sawyer, who bought the electric SUV "because I think the technology is cool and the ra...
Mar 28, 2024
Sports betting won't be legal in Georgia after lawmakers couldn't agree on how to spend taxes
ATLANTA (AP) - An effort to authorize sports betting in Georgia has failed for another year, after lawmakers couldn't agree on how to spend money collected on taxes. Neither a proposed state constitut...
Mar 28, 2024
TikTok is under investigation by the FTC over data practices and could face a lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) - The Federal Trade Commission is investigating TikTok over its data and security practices, a probe that could lead to a settlement or a lawsuit against the company, according to a pers...
Mar 27, 2024
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Trudeau's behaviour after leaving office isn't endearing him to the public
Sarah Mills says the former PM has skied with a prince, appeared on Instagram with a backwards cap alongside his popstar...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 17
On Friday's show, Evan entertains the question of whether Pierre Poilievre should step down as Conservative Party leader...