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On Wednesday, Xcel Energy customers will have a chance to tell the Colorado Public Utilities Commission what they think about the company's request - to raise base electricity rates 8.2%, and bring in $312 million more in revenue. Bill Levis is a former director of the Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel and AARP Colorado volunteer. He said this is the fifth request to raise rates in as many years - and low and fixed-income Coloradans who are already spending up to 30% of their budget on utility bills, can't afford another hike. ...

Phone scammers are now using artificial intelligence to steal money from victims with realistic-sounding facsimiles of loved ones. Scammers take existing recordings uploaded to social media and use AI to create a dynamic version of the voice that can read a script, and is then used to trick others out of cash. Seniors are often targeted, and when AI voice cloning is coupled with phone "spoofing," which falsifies the caller ID to appear as a familiar and trusted phone number, these calls become very convincing frauds. ...

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The growing imbalance between Hawaii’s younger and older generations has far-reaching consequences such as greater demands on health care systems, housing and the shrinking workforce for caregivers and service providers.

The growing imbalance between Hawaii’s younger and older generations has far-reaching consequences such as greater demands on health care systems, housing and the shrinking workforce for caregivers and service providers.