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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s ‘Road Trip’ Highlights America, and Some of Its Sponsors

The transportation secretary’s six-part YouTube series is fueling ethical concerns over family adventures funded in large part by corporate sponsors regulated by his department.

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The reality road trip series tracks Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, his wife, their nine children and his son-in-law.
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The Indian City Where AI Is Creating Jobs for Humans

In the fast-growing field of data annotation, workers in a small city in south India train A.I. to improve how it performs tasks traditionally done by people.

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Hating Matcha, Yet Loving Life, Made Him a TikTok Star at 89

Werner Kalecinski is a social media sensation among young Germans. How did he go from heartbroken widower to partying on a yacht?

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China Wants Its Data to Power the World’s A.I.

China is exporting more than A.I. models. It wants its data to influence the world’s chatbots, raising fears that Beijing’s narratives will spread with the technology.

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A Google booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai last month. China wants a greater voice in the development of A.I. chatbots.
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La France interdit les appels de télémarketing non sollicités

Une loi française interdit désormais à la plupart des entreprises et des organisations de contacter les consommateurs sans leur consentement préalable.

Le gouvernement français estime qu’environ trois Français sur quatre recevaient jusqu’à maintenant au moins un appel non sollicité par semaine sur leur téléphone cellulaire.

Au Canada, le Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes autorise les télévendeurs à contacter les consommateurs qui n’ont pas inscrit leur numéro sur une liste d’exclusion.

[L'article La France interdit les appels de télémarketing non sollicités a d'abord été publié dans InfoBref.]

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France Bans Unsolicited Telemarketing Calls

Companies will no longer be allowed to advertise goods and services through cold calls without previous consent from consumers.

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At Parc des Buttes-Chaumont in Paris. The ban on unsolicited telemarketing is unlikely to be met with any opposition in a country where 97 percent of the population say they are annoyed by such daily calls.
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The ‘Heated Rivalry’ Star Hudson Williams Uplifts a Canadian Tire Bag

After the actor Hudson Williams was photographed carrying a plaid reusable shopping bag, priced under $2, the tote has become a viral fashion accessory.

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Hudson Williams, who plays the gay hockey player Shane Hollander in “Heated Rivalry,” at the Golden Globes in January.
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