90 m. ago Officials Are Fired at Traffic Safety Agency Investigating Musk’s Company

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has raised questions about crashes involving Tesla’s self-driving technology.

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2 h. ago Officials Fired at Traffic Safety Agency Investigating Musk’s Company

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has raised questions about crashes involving Tesla’s self-driving technology.

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2 h. ago Allison Epstein's 'Fagin the Thief' gives the Oliver Twist character a backstory

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with novelist Allison Epstein about her new novel "Fagin the Thief," which imagines a backstory for the character from the Charles Dickens book "Oliver Twist."

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8 h. ago Enhanced geothermal systems promise wider access to clean energy

Historically, access to geothermal energy has hinged on real estate's famously three most important factors: location, location, and location. Because conventional geothermal power plants require hot, permeable rocks and plenty of underground fluid, use of the technology has been limited mostly to places with recent volcanism, such as Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, Kenya, El Salvador, Iceland, and the western United States.

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9 h. ago Arab leaders huddle in Saudi Arabia in pushback to Trump's Gaza plans

Leaders from Egypt, Jordan and other Arab states met in Saudi Arabia to discuss alternative plans for Gaza's future than the one laid out by President Trump, which calls for displacing Palestinians.

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14 h. ago ‘I just want to continue setting the tone for the team’: New Celtic Torrey Craig discusses his role in Boston

“I want to contest everything and try to block everything that comes to the rim.” The post ‘I just want to continue setting the tone for the team’: New Celtic Torrey Craig discusses his role in Boston appeared first on Boston.com.

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15 h. ago Saudi Arabia Hosts 'Informal Brotherly Gathering' to Counter Trump Gaza Plan

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomed a host of regional Arab leaders to Riyadh on Friday for what Saudi media described as an "informal brotherly gathering" to discuss "cooperation and coordination." The post Saudi Arabia Hosts ‘Informal Brotherly Gathering’ to Counter Trump Gaza Plan appeared first on Breitbart.

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16 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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18 h. ago Trump brings GOP lawmaker and Teamsters president together after 'stand your butt up' feud

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., and Teamsters president Sean O’Brien discuss how they reconciled and became friends after their heated verbal spat on the Senate floor on "Hannity.'

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19 h. ago ABC's Hostin: Buttigieg Calling Out Dems on DEI 'Wrong,' 'So Tone Deaf'

Sunny Hostin told her co-hosts Friday on ABC's "The View" that former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was being "tone deaf" after he criticized his own party’s approach to DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) during a recent panel discussion the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. The post ABC’s Hostin: Buttigieg Calling Out Dems on DEI ‘Wrong,’ ‘So Tone Deaf’ appeared first on Breitbart.

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19 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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19 h. ago At WWU, Washington Supreme Court hears oral arguments and discusses anti

At WWU, Washington Supreme Court hears oral arguments and discusses anti-diversity measures  Bellingham Herald

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22 h. ago Lawyer says West Boylston town administrator faces firing over Trump flag controversy

Town officials have scheduled a hearing to discuss the matter further on Monday afternoon. The post Lawyer says West Boylston town administrator faces firing over Trump flag controversy appeared first on Boston.com.

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22 h. ago The real reason why oil and gas companies are bullish on carbon capture

Occidental CEO Vicki Hollub compared using CO2 in enhanced oil recovery to fracking, the technology that sent U.S. oil and gas production skyrocketing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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23 h. ago How automotive exec Crystal Brown founded CircNova, an AI drug discovery biotech

Tiny Michigan biotech startup CircNova has raised a $3.3 million seed round for its technology that uses AI to target so-called “circular RNA.” The development holds promise as a new method to quickly develop therapies for conditions that currently have no drug treatments. The new funding is also a victory lap for co-founder and CEO […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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23 h. ago MSNBC parent company NBCUniversal settles ‘uterus collector’ lawsuit ahead of high

NBCUniversal has settled its "uterus collector" lawsuit that saw Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace, and Chris Hayes’ programs make "verifiably false" statements about a Georgia gynecologist.

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28 h. ago The World Is in a Polyester Crisis. One Company Is Trying to Recycle a Way Out

The European company Reju may have developed the polyester recycling technology the textile industry needs. The question is whether the world is ready for it.

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30 h. ago Washington Post columnist Jason Willick discusses the latest facing NYC Mayor Adams

Steve Inskeep talks with Jason Willick, a Washington Post columnist who argues the Trump administration needlessly created a scandal in its handling of corruption charges facing NYC Mayor Eric Adams.

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33 h. ago Harrison Ford shuts down AI fears, dismisses technology's power to 'steal my soul'

Harrison Ford has dismissed AI fears, noting the technology can't "steal my soul" when there are talented actors rising the ranks behind him.

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33 h. ago Chicken or the egg? Alaska Veterinarian discusses high egg prices, avian flu

Chicken or the egg? Alaska Veterinarian discusses high egg prices, avian flu  Alaska's News Source

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