3 h. ago U.S., Ukraine near deal to grant mineral rights to Washington

U.S., Ukraine near deal to grant mineral rights to Washington  The Washington Post

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4 h. ago Colorado Snowboarder Becomes Fourth Avalanche Victim in a Week

The victim was traveling on a terrain feature known as The Nose near Silverton, Colo., when the avalanche occurred on Thursday, officials said.

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4 h. ago WATCH: USPS to honor Betty White in new Forever stamp coming March 27

Betty White will be honored with a Forever stamp from the U.S. Postal Service. An event at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens on March 27 will mark the first day it’s available for purchase.

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5 h. ago Volunteers travel from near and far to preserve historic Port Washington lighthouse

Volunteers travel from near and far to preserve historic Port Washington lighthouse  TMJ4 News

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5 h. ago Census Bureau stopped work on data for protecting trans rights, former director says

Because of a Trump executive order, the Census Bureau is stopping work on statistics that could help protect the rights of transgender people, its recently departed director, Robert Santos, tells NPR.

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6 h. ago Court filings show Meta staffers discussed using copyrighted content for AI training

For years, Meta employees have internally discussed using copyrighted works obtained through legally questionable means to train the company’s AI models, according to court documents unsealed on Thursday. The documents were submitted by plaintiffs in the case Kadrey v. Meta, one of many AI copyright disputes slowly winding through the U.S. court system. The defendant, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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6 h. ago Whitman County resident dies of hantavirus: First Washington state case and death in 2025

Whitman County resident dies of hantavirus: First Washington state case and death in 2025  KHQ Right Now

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7 h. ago Brian Armstrong says Coinbase spent $50M fighting SEC lawsuit — and beat it

Coinbase on Friday said the SEC has agreed to drop the lawsuit against the company with prejudice, meaning it cannot be filed again.  The move, which is still subject to the approval of the SEC’s Commissioners, is yet another signal that the Trump administration plans to be more friendly to crypto than the SEC was […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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8 h. ago Tax on tourists and travelers coming soon to this popular city

The City of Edinburgh will charge a 5% per night tax on accommodations starting in July 2026. The city's council approved the new fees affecting those staying in hotels and other guest spots.

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8 h. ago Skiing: Unique Mount Washington race makes ‘all of the pain worthwhile’

Skiing: Unique Mount Washington race makes ‘all of the pain worthwhile’  Conway Daily Sun

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9 h. ago Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says market got it wrong about DeepSeek’s impact

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said the market got it wrong when it comes to DeepSeek’s technological advancements and its potential to negatively impact the chipmaker’s business. Instead, Huang called DeepSeek’s R1 open source reasoning model “incredibly exciting” while speaking with Alex Bouzari, CEO of DataDirect Networks, in a pre-recorded interview that was released […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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9 h. ago Report: OpenAI plans to shift compute needs from Microsoft to SoftBank

OpenAI is forecasting a major shift in the next five years around who it gets most of its computing power from, The Information reported on Friday. By 2030, OpenAI expects to get three-quarters of its data center capacity from Stargate, a project that’s expected to be heavily financed by SoftBank, one of OpenAI’s newest financial […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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9 h. ago Bondi says Epstein client list 'sitting on my desk right now,' and is reviewing JFK, MLK files

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi told 'America Reports' host John Roberts that she is reviewing the Jeffrey Epstein list, which is "sitting on my desk right now," along with the JFK and MLK files.

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9 h. ago Study: Even after learning the right idea, humans and animals still seem to test other approaches

New research adds evidence that learning a successful strategy for approaching a task doesn’t prevent further exploration, even if doing so reduces performance.

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10 h. ago Sakana walks back claims that its AI can dramatically speed up model training

This week, Sakana AI, a Nvidia-backed startup that’s raised hundreds of millions of dollars from VC firms, made a remarkable claim. The company said it had created an AI system, the AI CUDA Engineer, that could effectively speed up the training of certain AI models by a factor of up to 100x. The only problem […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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11 h. ago Look inside Cape Cod’s Wequassett Resort and Golf Club after a $12 million renovation

The hotel has a new look in time for its 100th anniversary. The post Look inside Cape Cod’s Wequassett Resort and Golf Club after a $12 million renovation appeared first on Boston.com.

Economics

11 h. ago Who Will Republicans Want to Succeed Trump? JD Vance Gets Cheers From the Right

The Conservative Political Action Conference this week was abuzz with talk about President Trump’s Republican heir. And much of that centered on JD Vance.

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11 h. ago MLB Commish Calls ESPN a 'Shrinking Platform' Amid Parting of Ways on Media Rights Deal

Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Rob Manfred took a parting shot at ESPN while announcing the end of the media rights deal between MLB and ESPN at the end of the 2025 season. The post MLB Commish Calls ESPN a ‘Shrinking Platform’ Amid Parting of Ways on Media Rights Deal appeared first on Breitbart.

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11 h. ago Bannon’s Salute at CPAC, Echoing Musk, Prompts a French Protest

Jordan Bardella, the president of France’s far-right National Rally, canceled his planned speech at the conference, saying the gesture referred to “Nazi ideology.”

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11 h. ago Crypto exchange Bybit says it was hacked and lost around $1.4 billion

Crypto exchange Bitby disclosed a breach that that amounts to a loss of $1.4 billion, the largest crypto theft of all time. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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