SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The forest of a private island in the Caribbean was quiet until conservationists turned it into a love nest for the critically endangered Lesser Antilles iguana. Now the sounds of iguanas crashing to the ground and scurrying as they breed make scientists smile. “It’s something that’s ours,” said Devon … Read more
HE NEEDS TO KNOW South Memphis residents say they worry about long-term health effects from the rapid construction of Elon Musk’s data center last year “It is the air given by God and man should not take it from us,” said a 76-year-old woman. While various organizations, advocates and watchdog groups are sounding the alarm, … Read more
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices likely rose the most in 1-1/2 years in the year to November, economists predicted, underscoring worsening affordability challenges facing Americans that were partly blamed on import tariffs. The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics will not release month-over-month changes when it releases its delayed … Read more
President Donald Trump made a series of false claims during his first White House address Wednesday night, most of which have been debunked before. Here’s a fact check. Inflation and the economy Inflation under Trump: Near the end of the speech, Trump falsely claimed, “Inflation is stopped.” Inflation did not stop; September’s year-over-year inflation rate … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died. He was 91 years old. Arnett, who won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his … Read more
Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died at the age of 91. Arnett, who won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his coverage of the Vietnam War … Read more
Austria is buying 12 M-346F Block 20 light fighter jets from Italian defense contractor Leonardo as part of an overhaul of its air force, the Luftstreitkräfte. Austria already operates 15 Eurofighter Typhoons, which were acquired under controversial circumstances. These aircraft have very limited capabilities compared to other Typhoons, as well as high operating costs, which … Read more
SHANGHAI, Dec 17 (Reuters) – MetaX Integrated Circuits surged 700 percent in its Shanghai market debut as the Chinese AI chip maker benefited from a strong boost sparked by Beijing’s efforts to reduce reliance on chips from U.S. firms Nvidia ( NVDA ) and Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ). Founded by former AMD executives, … Read more
Dec 17 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google is working on a new initiative to improve its artificial intelligence chips running PyTorch, the world’s most widely used AI software framework, in a move aimed at weakening Nvidia’s long-standing dominance of the AI computing market, according to people familiar with the matter. The effort is part of Google’s … Read more
00:00 Speaker A For more on what a potential SpaceX IPO means for other space companies looking to go public, as well as a general landscape for next year, I’m joined here on the set by Chad Anderson, founder and CEO of Space Capital. He is also the author of The Space Economy. I’m glad … Read more