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NEW YORK (AP) — Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced Thursday. Such encryption means that no one other than the sender and the recipient — not even Meta — can decipher people’s messages. Encrypted chats, first introduced as an optional feature in […]
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Last sentencings are on docket in 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
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The White House is threatening the patents of high-priced drugs developed with taxpayer dollars
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AP Election Brief | What to expect in Houston’s mayoral runoff election
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s down to two candidates in the race to lead the nation’s fourth-largest city. U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire will face off in Saturday’s runoff election to be the next mayor of Houston. Whitmire and Jackson Lee, both Democrats, were the top two vote-getters in the Nov. […]
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