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Amazon's AI push raises employee climate, layoff concerns
As Amazon culls its workforce, the company is pouring billions of dollars into its artificial intelligence infrastructure, leaving some employees wondering whether the trade-off is worth it.
The company will report ...Read more
Heated debate over California water plan as environmentalists warn of 'ecosystem collapse'
LOS ANGELES — The question of how to protect fish and the ecological health of rivers that feed California’s largest estuary is generating heated debate in a series of hearings in Sacramento, as state officials try to ...Read more
This Illinois zoo leads effort to protect polar bears as Trump opens Arctic refuge to oil drilling
CHICAGO — Shortly after her arrival last fall, Amelia Gray met Hudson, and the pair hit it off immediately. They touched their noses together in greeting and chuffed — a soft, breathy, snorting sound that signals ...Read more
A push to end a fractured approach to post-fire contamination removal
LOS ANGELES — The patchwork efforts to identify and safely remove contamination left by the 2025 Eaton and Palisades fires has been akin to the Wild West.
Experts have given conflicting guidance on best practices. ...Read more
Today's Word "Wamble"
wamble \WOM-buhl\ (verb intr.) - 1 : To move unsteadily; to totter, waver, roll, etc. 2 : To feel nausea. 3 : (Of a stomach) To rumble or growl.
(noun) - 1 : An unsteady motion. 2 : A feeling of nausea.
"Such was the ...Read more
This Day in History, January 29
On January 29th, 1944, the battleship USS Missouri was launched.
Find the Hidden Animals
In each sentence, an animal is concealed. The first sentence has dog concealed. Can you find the others?
1. What shall I do, Gertrude?
2. Asking nutty questions can be most annoying.
3. A gold key is not a common key.
4. Horace tries in school to be a very good boy.
5. People who drive too fast are likely to be arrested.
6. Did I ever tell you, Bill, I once found a dollar?
7. John came late to his ...
Tesla plots $20 billion spending spree to build Musk's AI future
Tesla Inc. plans $20 billion of spending this year to streamline its electric-vehicle lineup and shift resources toward robotics and AI, part of a sweeping set of changes pushing the company further from its roots as an ...Read more
Meta leans on improved ad business to fuel massive AI spending
Meta Platforms Inc.’s better-than-expected sales outlook helped ease Wall Street concerns about plans for unprecedented spending on artificial intelligence this year.
The social networking giant topped projections for ...Read more
Maryland power grid faces strain amid record cold, high demand
BALTIMORE — PJM, the regional grid operator, warned it could set a winter electricity demand record this week as extreme cold grips Maryland and surrounding states, heightening concerns about temporary power outages.
In...Read more
San Diego County approves $8.75 million to combat Tijuana River pollution crisis
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved $8.75 million Wednesday to address the ongoing Tijuana River pollution crisis through health studies, infrastructure improvements and an expanded...Read more
Map shows the far-flung places Colorado's wolves traveled in the past month
DENVER — At least one of Colorado’s collared wolves roamed widely across southwestern Colorado in the last month, a new map of wolf locations released Wednesday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows.
One of the state�...Read more
10 people dead in Kentucky after Winter Storm Fern, Gov. Beshear says
Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday said 10 people in Kentucky have died as a result of Winter Storm Fern, which slammed Kentucky with several inches of snow and ice over the weekend.
Beshear released the ages and home ...Read more
For injured sea turtles like 'Porkchop,' Southern California's Aquarium of the Pacific has doubled its care space
LONG BEACH, Calif. — A hunk of romaine was easy pickings for Porkchop and her three flippers.
On a rainy day last week, the green sea turtle pumped her limbs and stretched her beak up to chomp a lettuce leaf floating on...Read more
Kentucky's Appalachian lawmakers have a plan to combat flooding, climate disasters
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Lawmakers representing Kentucky’s mountainous Appalachian counties are coalescing behind an effort this legislative session to bolster resiliency to natural disasters in the wake of extreme Eastern ...Read more
Wolves and other predators present 'a crisis,' California's environment chief says
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Tuesday took initial steps toward addressing the public safety concerns posed by the state’s growing populations of wolves, mountain lions and other predators — issues the...Read more
Free rent, few takers: Despite incentives, labs aren't taking space in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — Life science space is dead.
While asking rents have decreased for 14 consecutive quarters, landlords have given huge concessions — from tenant improvement subsidies to a year of free rent.
Still, biotechs...Read more
Pinterest to cut up to 15% of its workforce as focus on AI intensifies
Pinterest said Tuesday it's planning to slash up to 15% of its workforce.
The San Francisco-based image-sharing platform used for inspiration for home decor, fashion and other interests is laying off workers as part of a ...Read more
Body of 10th NYer who died in freezing temps found by Queens grocer who had offered help
NEW YORK — The most recent person to die on New York City streets amid historic low temperatures refused offers for help from a concerned Queens supermarket manager who spotted him on a bench outside the store the night ...Read more
After switch from ULA, SpaceX knocks out speedy national security launch
SpaceX launched its latest national security mission, yet another GPS satellite that was originally to have been launched by United Launch Alliance.
A Falcon 9 that was delayed from Monday because of weather lifted off ...Read more
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