Sarah Parvini

This image provided by King.com Limited shows the “Candy Crush Saga” video game. (King.com Limited via AP)

How AI helps push Candy Crush players through its most difficult puzzles

May 11, 2025 at 9:31 a.m.

Players swiping their way through more than 18,700 levels of Candy Crush Saga might be surprised to learn they’re solving puzzles designed with an assist from artificial intelligence.

President Donald Trump holds off on TikTok ban after he almost closed deal with ByteDance, AP Source says

April 4, 2025 at 3:46 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Friday said he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days to give his administration more time to...

Amazon’s last-minute bid for TikTok comes as a US ban on the platform is set to take effect Saturday

April 2, 2025 at 3:50 p.m.

Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to go...

Why no one is challenging Trump’s executive order that keeps TikTok running

April 2, 2025 at 9:17 a.m.

After TikTok was banned in the United States earlier this year, President Donald Trump gave the platform a reprieve, barreling past a law that was passed in Congress and upheld...

FILE – The icon for the TikTok video sharing app is seen on a smartphone in Marple Township, Pa., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Trump to hold a meeting on possible investors to buy TikTok with possible ban at stake

April 1, 2025 at 5:19 p.m.

President Trump will hold a Wednesday meeting with aides about possible investors who could buy a stake in TikTok, a deal that could potentially stop the social media site from...

Slack platform down as users report service outage

February 26, 2025 at 3:12 p.m.

Workplace communications platform Slack experienced an outage Wednesday morning as thousands of users reported they were unable to use the service.

FILE – Amazon Web Services data center is seen on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Boardman, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Joe Biden signs executive order aimed at growing AI infrastructure in the US

January 14, 2025 at 8:28 a.m.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that seeks to ensure the infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations, such as large-scale data centers and...

Surveillance tech advances by Biden could aid in Trump’s promised crackdown on immigration

November 26, 2024 at 2:24 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump will return to power next year with a raft of technological tools at his disposal that would help deliver his campaign promise of cracking down on immigration...

Una hamburguesa cuarto de libra de McDonald’s el miércoles 23 de octubre de 2024, en Chicago. (AP Foto/Charles Rex Arbogast)

McDonald’s says testing rules out beef patties as the source of Quarter Pounder E. coli outbreak

October 27, 2024 at 5:39 p.m.

Testing has ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, the company said Sunday. It will resume selling the...

Actor Sena Bryer, second from left, joins other demonstrators in a SAG-AFTRA video game actor strike picket line outside Warner Bros. Studios on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Video game actors’ union calls for strike against ‘League of Legends’

September 24, 2024 at 4:21 p.m.

Hollywood’s actors union called a strike against the popular multiplayer online game “League of Legends,” arguing the company that produces the game attempted to get around the ongoing video game...

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