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Get caught up on this morning’s news: Trump trial nears end of second week, Arizona repeals its near-total abortion ban and more in today’s edition of The Yodel newsletter
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Arizona's governor signs repeal of near-total abortion ban. But the procedure still may not be available there this summer. Here's why.
On Thursday, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs repealed a controversial Civil War-era abortion ban that banned abortions except when necessary to save the mother’s life. However, the repeal will not take effect immediately. Here's what that means for women trying to access abortion in Arizona now.
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Microsoft bans US police departments from using enterprise AI tool for facial recognition
Microsoft has reaffirmed its ban on U.S. police departments from using generative AI for facial recognition through Azure OpenAI Service, the company's fully managed, enterprise-focused wrapper around OpenAI tech. Language added Wednesday to the terms of service for Azure OpenAI Service more clearly prohibits integrations with Azure OpenAI Service from being used "by or for" police departments for facial recognition in the U.S., including integrations with OpenAI's current -- and possibly future -- image-analyzing models. A separate new bullet point covers "any law enforcement globally," and explicitly bars the use of "real-time facial recognition technology" on mobile cameras, like body cameras and dashcams, to attempt to identify a person in "uncontrolled, in-the-wild" environments.
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Kajabi, the video and web hosting platform for content creators to sell online courses, announced Thursday the official launch of its no-code branded mobile app offering, letting users host their own customized native app through the App Store and Google Play. Kajabi already has a mobile app for hosting online courses, but this new product allows creators to control the user experience and interact with customers in a new way. Creators can customize their app’s icon, login screen, layout, and content, including the welcome screen, explore page, push notifications, custom links, carousels featuring online courses, other in-app purchases like bundle offers, and more.
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Higher proportions of Black, American Indian and Alaska Native women live in states with abortion restrictions than in states without, new study finds
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Florida's 6-week abortion ban is now in effect. Here's how the law affects access to the procedure in the Southeast.
Florida's six-week abortion ban takes effect on May 1. Here's what the law says and how it will affect access to the procedure beyond state lines.
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Twins beat White Sox again, extending team's longest winning streak since 2008 to 10 games
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