Artificial intelligence is confusing, so confusing that many companies don’t even understand how their AI works, often labeling their systems a “black box.” But another aspect of AI that’s led to confusion is the infrastructure propping it up. For AI to work, it needs data centers to process massive amounts of information. These data centers […]
Corporations are people in the eyes of the U.S. Supreme Court. In Delaware, they can vote. A Delaware judge declined to strike a law allowing a company representative to vote on its behalf in local elections. The lawsuit, filed by a civil rights organization, concerned the “one person, one vote” principle and the legality of […]
The U.S. oil industry is expanding production in reaction to prices that are expected to stay high, even if the war with Iran ends soon. But the increased oil drilling is unlikely to lead directly to price relief at the pump. The tally of active rigs is up from a low point of 466 in […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday refiled a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones & Company, that was thrown out by a federal judge last month. News Corp, the WSJ’s parent company, its CEO Robert Thomson, former chair Rupert Murdoch and the reporters who worked on the story are […]
A software engineer at Google faces federal charges after allegedly using insider information to make more than $1.2 million on Polymarket. Michele Spagnuolo, a 36-year-old Italian citizen living in Switzerland, is the latest prediction market user accused of insider trading. While the number of such cases have been mounting, actual arrests and charges have been rare. […]
Two major chemical accidents just a week apart have killed several people and forced thousands to evacuate. That includes an implosion in Washington state and a potential leak in California. While not all accidents are as major as those two, chemical accidents are an ongoing problem in the U.S., where manufacturing still accounts for at […]
The U.S. military has secured permission from Guatemala to launch collaborative strikes against drug cartels within its borders, according to The New York Times. Guatemala is the Latin American nation to authorize domestic U.S. military actions against cartels, following a precedent established by Ecuador earlier this year. According to sources cited by The Times, the […]
America’s top-rated television news show, “60 Minutes” on CBS, underwent a major shakeup Thursday, and the program’s new top editor wasted no time before announcing plans for drastic changes to the storied, 58-year-old program. The result could change what Americans watch on Sunday evenings and beyond, and could influence the direction of the television news […]
After decades of pushing to bring technology into schools, parents are now leading the charge to take tech out again. Student learning outcomes have shifted, and not in a positive way. The most recent report from the National Center for Education Statistics shows a drop in reading and math scores. While some of the setbacks […]
Iran targeted a U.S. airbase in retaliation Thursday after the U.S. shot down four Iranian attack drones near the Strait of Hormuz, and targeted a ground control site in Bandar Abbas that was preparing to launch a fifth. Iran says the U.S. attacks were a “blatant violation” of both the unstable ceasefire and international law, […]
