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New technology installed beneath Detroit street can …

An electric van drives on a street with in-road wireless charging coils below the surface in Detroit, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. A demonstration of the first electric vehicle charging road in the U.S. took place Wednesday on a quarter-mile stretch of a Motor City street. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Taylor Swift is Spotify’s most-streamed artist of 2023, …

FILE - Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour" in Nashville, Tenn., May 5, 2023. According to Spotify Wrapped, Swift was 2023's most-streamed artist globally, raking in more than 26.1 billion global streams since Jan. 1, 2023. That means the pop powerhouse has dethroned Puerto Rican reggaetón star Bad Bunny, who held the coveted title for three years in a row: 2020, 2021, and 2022. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Humanoid robots are here, but they’re a little awkward. …

Joel Carrasco performs maintenance on humanoid robot Figure 01 at Figure AI's test facility in Sunnyvale, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Figure plans to start with a relatively simple use case, such as in a retail warehouse, but aims for a commercial robot that can be "iterated on like an iPhone" to perform multiple tasks to take up the work of humans as birth rates decline around the world. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony has been …

This image provided by NASA shows an artist’s illustration of the Tess telescope. Astronomers have discovered six planets orbiting a bright nearby star in perfect rhythmic harmony. They say it's a rare, frozen-in-time cosmic wonder that can help explain how solar systems across the galaxy came to be. The compact in-sync system, announced Wednesday, is 100 light-years away. (NASA via AP)

Michigan to join state-level effort to regulate AI political …

FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, May 4, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. Campaigns will be required to clearly state that political advertisements airing in Michigan were created with the use of artificial intelligence under legislation expected to be signed in the coming days by Whitmer. The use of AI-generated deepfakes within 90 days of an election will be prohibited without a disclosure identifying the media as manipulated. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Climate contradictions key at UN talks. Less future warming …

FILE - People search for flood victims in Derna, Libya, Sept. 15, 2023. Climate negotiators gather in Dubai for marathon United Nations talks that include a first-ever assessment of how well the world is doing in its battle against global warming. (AP Photo/Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, File)

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Amazon launches Q, a business chatbot powered by …

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2019 file photo, people stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York. Amazon finally has its answer to ChatGPT. The tech giant said Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, it will launch Q – a generative-AI powered chatbot for businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

New Google geothermal electricity project could be …

A rig operator works at Fervo Energy's geothermal drilling site near Milford, Utah, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. In Nevada, Fervo Energy's first operational project has begun pumping carbon-free electricity onto that state's electric grid to power Google data centers, Google announced Tuesday, Nov. 28. That pilot will help Fervo launch projects like this one in Utah to deliver far more carbon-free electricity to the grid. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

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Chinese AI firm SenseTime denies research firm Grizzly’s …

The booth for Chinese artificial intelligence company Sensetime demonstrates its AI generated images during the World AI Conference in Shanghai, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. SenseTime, a major Chinese artificial intelligence company known for its facial recognition technology, has rejected claims by a research company that it has inflated its revenue. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

As Mexico marks conservation day, advocates say it …

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2008 photo, a snorkeler swims past an elkhorn coral on a coral reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary near Key West, Fla. The International Union for Conservation of Nature, lists elkhorn coral as critically endangered, the last step before extinction. As of Nov. 2023, elkhorn coral has the lowest level of endangerment on Mexico’s list, despite scientists' requests to review its classification for at least five years. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Le, file)

Google will start deleting ‘inactive’ accounts in …

FILE - Google logos are shown when searched on Google in New York, Sept. 11, 2023. Google will start deleting 'inactive' accounts in December. Under Google’s updated inactive account policy, which the tech giant announced back in May, accounts that haven’t been used in at least two years could be deleted. Accounts deemed inactive could be erased beginning Friday, Dec. 1. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)