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• Sunday to mark the longest day of the year for half the planet

  Sunday to mark the longest day of the year for half the planet

• Fans are fuming after World Cup tickets they bought through resale sites fall through

  The World Cup has been delivering thrills on the pitch, but fans have flooded social media with complaints about tickets that never arrived, orders canceled at the last minute and hours spent trying to sort out problems between FIFA’s ticketing system...

• A city's push for facial recognition on public buses ignites debate over security and privacy

  Kansas City, Missouri, plans to boost security by installing facial recognition cameras on buses

• One Tech Tip: Watch out for scams when buying World Cup tickets

  Soccer fans should be on the watch for cyber scammers targeting those seeking last-minute World Cup tickets

• AI executives gather at G7 as Europeans seek checks on American dominance

  Artificial intelligence takes center stage Wednesday at the G7 meeting in France

• California labor union offers to scale back billionaire tax proposal after pushback

  A California labor union is offering to scale back a proposal to temporarily increase taxes on billionaires

• Europe explores energy security alternatives after Iran war's turmoil

  The Iran war's impact on global fuel prices has pushed Europe to explore alternative trade and energy routes

• FDA panel considers a first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology

  U.S. health advisers are debating a new kind of flu vaccine

• Some anglers praise forward-facing sonar, others say high-tech fishing ruins a day at the lake

  The use of advanced sonar to catch fish has some anglers divided about the point of heading out onto the lake

• 5.5 magnitude earthquake rattles Tokyo region but no danger of a tsunami, meteorological agency says

  An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 has shaken eastern Japan including Tokyo

• Fox buying streaming platform Roku in cash-and-stock deal worth about $22 billion

  Fox Corp. is buying streaming platform Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $22 billion

• Some people are making guns with 3D printers. A new law seeks to cancel their print jobs

  Legislation in two of the nation's most populous states could force 3D printers to come equipped with technology blocking them from making guns

• Japan's tech business SoftBank rolls out OpenAI 'patches' against cyberattacks

  Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp. is launching a service using OpenAI technology to protect against the looming threat of cyberattacks

• Dan David Prize awards 9 scholars $300,000 each for research on the human past

  Nine scholars from around the world have been awarded $300,000 each to advance their careers

• African and Commonwealth nations in Kenya urge quick execution of a key treaty protecting oceans

  African and Commonwealth nations have called for a swift implementation of a landmark treaty protecting the high seas