3 h. ago Mistrial declared in case against Irish firefighter charged with rape

The firefighter was visiting Boston for the St. Patrick's Day parade when he allegedly raped a woman while she slept. A retrial is scheduled for October. The post Mistrial declared in case against Irish firefighter charged with rape appeared first on Boston.com.

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6 h. ago Washington has one of the 'best global' universities in 2025, US News finds

Washington has one of the 'best global' universities in 2025, US News finds  Kitsap Sun

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6 h. ago Roxbury Library renamed for city’s first Black woman TV reporter

"Hopefully, future generations will want to learn about her life and the values she held dear.” The post Roxbury Library renamed for city’s first Black woman TV reporter appeared first on Boston.com.

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7 h. ago Boston police seeking public’s help looking for 2 missing teenagers

The two teens, who have gone missing in unrelated incidents, were last seen several days ago, according to police. The post Boston police seeking public’s help looking for 2 missing teenagers appeared first on Boston.com.

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8 h. ago New framework reduces memory usage and boosts energy efficiency for large

BingoCGN, a scalable and efficient graph neural network accelerator that enables inference of real-time, large-scale graphs through graph partitioning, has been developed by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan. This breakthrough framework utilizes an innovative cross-partition message quantization technique and a novel training algorithm to significantly reduce memory demands and increase computational and energy efficiency.

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9 h. ago Semantic watermarks for AI image recognition can be easily manipulated

Images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) are often almost indistinguishable from real images to the human eye. Watermarks—visible or invisible markers embedded in image files—may be the key to verifying whether an image was generated by AI. So-called semantic watermarks, which are embedded deep within the image generation process itself, are considered to be especially robust and hard to remove.

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10 h. ago Downtown group concerned new zoning regs would ‘Manhattanize’ Boston

The city argues the new regulations will follow state shadow laws and bring more affordable housing to the downtown corridor. The post Downtown group concerned new zoning regs would ‘Manhattanize’ Boston appeared first on Boston.com.

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10 h. ago Where will late night food trucks be open in Boston this summer?

Mayor Michelle Wu announced the schedules and locations of 10 food trucks participating in a new late night initiative. The post Where will late night food trucks be open in Boston this summer? appeared first on Boston.com.

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10 h. ago Here's why the public needs to challenge the 'good AI' myth pushed by tech companies

While there's been much negative discussion about AI, including about the possibility that it will take over the world, the public is also being bombarded with positive messages about the technology, and what it can do.

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10 h. ago Part of the Orange Line is closed this week. Here’s what to know.

Orange Line service will be suspended from Forest Hills to Back Bay during the week, and the suspension will be extended through North Station this weekend. The post Part of the Orange Line is closed this week. Here’s what to know. appeared first on Boston.com.

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10 h. ago AI is consuming more power than the grid can handle. Nuclear might be the answer

New partnerships are forming between tech companies and power operators—ones that could reshape decades of misconceptions about nuclear energy.

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11 h. ago How the end of carbon capture could spark a new industrial revolution

The U.S. Department of Energy's decision to claw back US$3.7 billion in grants from industrial demonstration projects may create an unexpected opening for American manufacturing.

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11 h. ago To spur the construction of affordable, resilient homes, the future is concrete

Wood is, by far, the most common material used in the U.S. for single-family home construction.

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11 h. ago South Africa's big rooftops could power six million homes: How to make it happen

South Africa has many factories, warehouses, schools and hospitals—big buildings with large rooftop spaces. In such a sunny country, these flat surfaces would be perfect for large photovoltaic solar systems that could generate enough renewable energy to supply themselves, and feed into the national grid. This would reduce the amount of coal that South Africa's national electricity provider would need to burn. Renewable energy engineer and Ph.D. candidate Mamahloko Senatla-Jaane was part of a team who researched how commercial buildings could be set up to serve as strategic assets for decarbonization and increase the security of South Africa's power supply.

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11 h. ago New research reveals Uber's algorithmic pricing leaves drivers and passengers worse off

A new study from researchers in the University of Oxford's Department of Computer Science has found that Uber's use of dynamic pricing has led to higher fares for passengers and lower earnings for drivers, while increasing Uber's share of revenue.

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11 h. ago State Police union on Karen Read verdict: ‘The death of John O’Keefe has been investigated with great scrutiny’

“Careers have been lost, families have been devastated, and many lives have been changed forever,” the union said. The post State Police union on Karen Read verdict: ‘The death of John O’Keefe has been investigated with great scrutiny’ appeared first on Boston.com.

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11 h. ago New laser power converters can transmit power to further, remote destinations

From smart grids to the internet of things, the modern world is increasingly reliant on connectivity between electronic devices. Thanks to University of Ottawa researchers, these devices can now be simultaneously connected and powered with a simple optical fiber over long distances, even in the harshest environments.

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12 h. ago Iran launches missile attacks on U.S. bases in Qatar and Iraq

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched missile attacks Monday on U.S. military bases in Qatar and Iraq, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites and escalating tensions in the volatile region. Qatar condemned the attack on Al Udeid Air Base, but said it successfully intercepted the missiles and no casualties were […] The post Iran launches missile attacks on U.S. bases in Qatar and Iraq appeared first on Boston.com.

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12 h. ago AI applications are producing cleaner cities, smarter homes and more efficient transit

Artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly transforming how cities generate, store and distribute energy, acting as the invisible conductor that orchestrates cleaner, smarter and more resilient cities.

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12 h. ago 'Thermoelectric permanent magnet' achieves record power density for energy harvesting

In joint research with The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) and Nagoya University, the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) developed a new material "thermoelectric permanent magnet" exhibiting extremely high transverse thermoelectric conversion performance, and achieved transverse thermoelectric generation with a power density of 56.7 mW/cm2 around room temperature in a thermoelectric-permanent-magnet-based module.

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