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Brenda Gray is a news writer for the Hold Tight Podcast. She writes about sports, education, and tech, with a focus on local stories that impact her community. Brenda has been writing for over 10 years and uses her skills to help inform the public about important issues. She also has a passion for playing the piano and enjoys spending time with her family when she's not working!

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Albania to close TikTok for a year blaming it for promoting violence among children

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TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s prime minister said Saturday the government will shut down the video service TikTok for one year, blaming it for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children. Albanian authorities held 1,300 meetings with teachers and parents following the stabbing death of a teenager in mid-November by another teen after a quarrel that […]

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Google proposes altering contracts to correct illegal search monopoly

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After the government pushed for the breakup of Google, accusing it of business practices that violate antitrust laws, the Mountain View, Calif., tech giant proposed its own solutions on Friday — to restructure its business contracts instead. “Regulating a fast-changing industry like search with an invasive decree like the one proposed by Plaintiffs would harm

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What changes should small businesses be aware of for 2025?

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For small businesses, the biggest change in the new year will be the arrival of a presumably more business-friendly administration in Washington. But there are other shifts owners should keep on their radar. Among them: changes to state-level overtime and minimum wage rules, the delayed federal FinCEN registration, taxes on payments from third-party providers like

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The Electric Explorer’s Nightmare Launch Shows Everything Ford Gets Right and Wrong About EVs

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I asked Amko Leenart, director of design for Ford Europe, about why Ford used VW’s woeful controls in both the Explorer and the Capri, and he told me Ford worked with a partner to better the response on the sliders (but wouldn’t tell me how), then admitted that “we tried to improve it a bit—and

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Google Says It Won't Force Gemini on Partners in Antitrust Remedy Proposal

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If Google’s generative AI Gemini Assistant chatbot is to surpass OpenAI’s ChatGPT in popularity in the coming years, it may have to do so without some of the promotional partnerships that helped thrust Google search front and center into Americans’ lives. In a US federal court filing on Friday, Google proposed a series of restrictions

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At 87, Jane Fonda Is Getting Back Into the Fitness Game

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Decades before Instagram coaches, TikTok trainers, and yoga classes on YouTube, Jane Fonda became the first celebrity-turned-fitness influencer. With her best-selling video, Jane Fonda’s Workout, she revolutionized at-home exercise. The 1982 tape marked the beginning of a shift in fitness culture, opening up the formerly male-dominated industry to women worldwide, launching an aerobics class craze,

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