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Amazon making smart glasses for drivers, aimed at making deliveries faster
Could a special pair of glasses for delivery drivers be the key to making sure your Amazon packages are always delivered on time? Amazon is developing smart glasses that would give drivers turn-by-turn navigation on a small embedded screen along their routes to make deliveries happen faster. The glasses are being modeled off Amazon’s Echo… -
California’s offshore wind plans spark debate over environmental impact
California’s offshore wind plans are seeing pushback from a local non-profit that warns moving ahead with constructing this renewable energy infrastructure will “harm or kill” local marine life. However, developers of these projects refer to the claims made by those environmental advocacy groups as “misinformation.” The Golden State is aiming to generate 25 gigawatts of… -
Cruise company offers Americans upset with Trump’s reelection a way out
Some individuals have threatened to leave the United States over the result of the 2024 presidential election. Now, a cruise company is offering voters opposed to a second term from President-elect Donald Trump to have a real option to get away, that’s if they’re willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars. Cruise company Villa… -
Communist China imposes restrictions on ‘Night Riding Army’ biking movement
What started as a light-hearted adventure among Chinese students searching for soup dumplings has quickly evolved into a government-monitored event. Over the weekend, more than 100,000 students joined the “Night Riding Army” in Henan province, biking 37 miles from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng. This massive night-time gathering, first popularized on social media in June, became an… -
Disney cruise ship saves 4 boaters from sinking Catamaran
Four stranded boaters are safe thanks to a Disney cruise ship joining the U.S. Coast Guard on a rescue mission. It happened Sunday, Nov. 10, when the Catamaran started sinking about 265 miles off the coast of Bermuda. The escape hatch blew a gasket causing the boat to take on water. Coast Guard officials put… -
Private jet emissions driven up nearly 50% by world’s wealthiest individuals
A recent study by a European research team has highlighted a significant surge in carbon pollution from private jets, with emissions increasing by 46% since 2019. The report, published Thursday, Nov. 7, analyzed data from over 18.5 million flights across approximately 26,000 private aircraft during the last five years. The report found a two-hour flight… -
Racist text messages targeting Black Americans prompt FBI response
A series of racially-charged text messages referencing slavery and targeting Black Americans have surfaced across the United States, prompting a federal response. Recipients of these messages report being informed they were “selected” to pick cotton at “the nearest plantation.” The texts, reportedly sent from unknown numbers, began appearing shortly after the recent presidential election. Many… -
AI humanoid robot artist’s Alan Turing painting sells for over $1M
A portrait of WWII codebreaker Alan Turing, painted by a humanoid robot named Ai-Da, has sold for a record-breaking $1,084,800 at auction. The sale, handled by Sotheby’s, marks the highest auction price for any artwork created by an AI-driven humanoid. Ai-Da, a robot developed by British gallerist Aidan Meller, created the painting titled “AI God:… -
Bells of Notre Dame sound in Paris for the first time since 2019 fire
April 2019 saw the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris burn, with the iconic spire collapsing as the metal roof fell. Now, a little over five years later, the cathedral is about to reopen to the public. French President Emmanuel Macron set an ambitious goal to have the building reopened in five years back in… -
Push for CHIPS Act subsidies ramps up ahead of Trump taking office
The Biden administration is working to complete CHIPS and Science Act agreements with multiple companies like Intel and Samsung. The administration hopes to finish up the initiative before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. The act, which stands for creating helpful incentives to produce semiconductors, provides incentives for chipmakers to set up manufacturing… -
World’s largest floating solar plant debuts, drawing environmental concerns
Taiwan has deployed the world’s largest floating solar power plant, expanding an earlier installation to more than double its previous energy output. The plant now provides enough electricity to power 74,000 Taiwanese households and is expected to offset 136,000 tons of CO2 annually, equivalent to the emissions produced by burning around 150 million pounds of… -
California’s Mountain Fire forces thousands to flee, threatens homes
A wildfire northwest of Los Angeles grew on Thursday, Nov. 7, engulfing dozens of homes and forcing more than 10,000 Californians to evacuate. The Mountain Fire threatened thousands of structures across neighborhoods, ranches and agricultural areas in Ventura County after sparking on Wednesday, Nov. 6. At least 800 firefighters were being deployed on Thursday to… -
Amazon wants more nuclear power, but regulators fear spike in consumer costs
Federal regulators recently denied Amazon’s request for additional nuclear power to support its expanding data center operations. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ruled 2-1 against the proposal, citing concerns that granting tech companies greater access to nuclear energy could drive up consumer costs and strain grid reliability. In addition to Amazon, other tech giants,…
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