Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah 'with or without a deal' as ceasefire talks with Hamas continue Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the ... 04/30/2024 - 12:40 am | View Link
Powerful tornadoes tear across Nebraska and Iowa as weather service warns of 'catastrophic' damage Devastating tornadoes are tearing across parts of eastern Nebraska and Iowa on Friday as a multiday severe thunderstorm event ramped up in the central United States, injuring at least three people. 04/26/2024 - 9:48 am | View Link
Iowa lawmakers pass $8.9 billion budget for the coming year DES MOINES — Iowa’s budget for next year, just shy of $9 billion, was finalized by state lawmakers early Saturday morning and passed on to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk. The $8.9 billion figure ... 04/20/2024 - 12:56 am | View Link
Budget reveals how public lands will be used to build 1.2 million homes OTTAWA—Tuesday’s federal budget claims that a new plan to “unlock” public land for much-needed housing will allow construction of 250,000 homes by 2031, as the Liberal government fleshes ... 04/15/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
In politically calamitous week, talks breaks down with state budget on the line “And it’s going to look like chaos.” Torian, in his second stint as budget chairman, said, “We will see where the plane lands.” ... 04/1/2024 - 6:32 am | View Link
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The US Supreme Court yesterday denied a request to block a Texas law that requires age-verification systems on porn websites. The Supreme Court denial leaves in place, at least for now, an appeals court ruling that said Texas can enforce the law.
"The application for stay presented to Justice [Samuel] Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied," the one-sentence order issued yesterday said.
Pornhub disabled its website in Texas after the appeals court ruling in March.
Enlarge / Part of the cover illustration from "The Applesoft Tutorial" BASIC manual that shipped with the Apple II computer starting in 1981. (credit: Apple, Inc.)
Sixty years ago, on May 1, 1964, at 4 am in the morning, a quiet revolution in computing began at Dartmouth College. That's when mathematicians John G.
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If you've ever sent an iPhone in for repair, you might be familiar with the dance Apple asks you to do if your device still powers on: back up your data, then either erase the phone or disable the Find My feature so your phone can easily be serviced (or, if it's being exchanged for a new one, refurbished and resold).
Enlarge / EU Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton wants Europe to have its own secure satellite communications network. (credit: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
It has been 18 months since the European Union announced its intent to develop an independent satellite Internet constellation, and the plans appear to be heading into troubled waters.
In that time, a single bid—from a consortium of multinational companies that includes Airbus Defence and Space, Thales Alenia Space, and Arianespace—has emerged to build the network of a few hundred satellites.
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OpenAI has been showcasing Sora, its artificial intelligence video-generation model, to media industry executives in recent weeks to drum up enthusiasm and ease concerns about the potential for the technology to disrupt specific sectors.
The Financial Times wanted to put Sora to the test, alongside the systems of rival AI video generation companies Runway and Pika.
We asked executives in advertising, animation, and real estate to write prompts to generate videos they might use in their work.
Enlarge / The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula. (credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, K. Misselt (University of Arizona) and A. Abergel (IAS/University Paris-Saclay, CNRS))
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