Rail spikes hammered, bullet train being built from Sin City to the City of Angels A $12 billion high-speed passenger train line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area has started construction ... 04/22/2024 - 4:26 pm | View Link
State needs to assure better rail service for Amtrak Cascades The Puget Sound region’s population is expected to grow by 4 million people in two or three decades, yet in its most recent planning document, the Washington state Department of Transportation is ... 04/17/2024 - 9:30 pm | View Link
President Joe Biden calls on Hamas to agree to latest cease-fire deal WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden pushed Hamas on Wednesday to agree to his administration's latest cease-fire and hostage release proposal. "[It] is now up to Hamas. They need to move on the ... 04/10/2024 - 8:44 am | View Link
Baltimore bridge collapse latest: Six missing workers 'presumed dead'; satellite images reveal scale of bridge damage Thank you for following along. You can scroll down to catch up on the latest updates as happened during the day. We'll be back with more news tomorrow. Officials say they are transitioning from ... 03/26/2024 - 3:15 am | View Link
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Israel 'wasn't left to fend for itself' Mr Zelenskyy said he talked with the soldiers and gave them awards, adding: "Thank you for your service and protection of Ukraine! Our country is proud to have such soldiers." ... 03/9/2022 - 1:59 am | View Link
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
Enlarge / A meeting of the UN Security Council on April 14. (credit: Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that would have reaffirmed a nearly 50-year-old ban on placing weapons of mass destruction into orbit, two months after reports Russia has plans to do just that.
Russia's vote against the resolution was no surprise.
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Logitech announced a new mouse last week. A company rep reached out to inform Ars of Logitech’s “newest wireless mouse.” The gadget’s product page reads the same as of this writing.
I’ve had good experience with Logitech mice, especially wireless ones, one of which I'm using now.
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Trendy, unproven "vampire facials" performed at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico left at least three women with HIV infections. This marks the first time that cosmetic procedures have been associated with an HIV outbreak, according to a detailed report of the outbreak investigation published today.
Ars reported on the cluster last year when state health officials announced they were still identifying cases linked to the spa despite it being shut down in September 2018.
The HMD Pulse base model. [credit:
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HMD has been known as the manufacturer of Nokia-branded phones for years now, but now the company wants to start selling phones under its own brand. The first is the "HMD Pulse" line, a series of three low-end phones that are headed for Europe.
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In the world of AI, what might be called "small language models" have been growing in popularity recently because they can be run on a local device instead of requiring data center-grade computers in the cloud. On Wednesday, Apple introduced a set of tiny source-available AI language models called OpenELM that are small enough to run directly on a smartphone.