Boeing's outgoing CEO says the company needs to 'slow down' after Alaska Airlines incident

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun.

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  • Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun told CNBC the company needs to slow down and put safety before speed.
  • Calhoun announced Monday he will be stepping down from the planemaker by the end of the year.
  • The announcement follows a scathing FAA report on Boeing's safety procedures.

Boeing has been mired in a quality control crisis, and even the company's

Ron DeSantis signs bill requiring parental consent for kids under 16 to hold social media accounts

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) just signed into law HB 3, a bill that will give parents of teens under 16 more control over their kids’ access to social media and require age verification for many websites.

The bill requires social media platforms to prevent kids under 14 from creating accounts, and delete existing ones. It also

Zoom unveils all-in-one AI work platform for more than just video conferencing

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Zoom is putting all of its AI tools in one place for the ultimate productivity super-platform.

On Monday, the video conferencing company announced Zoom Workplace, an "AI-powered collaborative platform," that houses its AI virtual assistant in addition to a bunch of new features designed to improve workflow within teams.

The video conferencing company, which became a mainstay in the era of remote

Instagram is limiting political content. Here's how to get around it.

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Instagram users will be seeing a lot less political content on their feeds — if that's what they want.

The Meta-owned social media company announced that political content will be automatically limited from people's suggested posts in Explore, Reels, Feed Recommendations, and Suggested Users. This won't affect the content from accounts that someone follows.

Meta has been moving away from news

40+ deals still live after Best Buy's Member-Exclusive Sale

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UPDATE: Mar. 25, 2024, 11:01 a.m. EDT This story has been updated with deals still live following the Best Buy Member Exclusive Sale.

The best live deals from the Best Buy Member Exclusive Sale at a glance:
BEST APPLE DEAL

X's new best friend is a GIF of a joint-smoking cartoon duck

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X / Twitter users are getting all their ducks in a row, one duck to be specific.

In the past 48 hours, a GIF of a cartoon duck with half-lidded eyes holding a joint in its wing has become beloved on the platform. In the GIF, the duck chuckles to itself and shakes its head. Through repeated use, the clip came to mean something like, "exactly" or "isn't that true." As one user wrote, "is your entire