ZeroAvia’s new Everett center ‘a huge step in decarbonizing’ aviation On Wednesday, the company developing hydrogen-electric powered airplanes opened a new 136,000-square-foot Propulsion Center of Excellence, for a “sevenfold increase” in space, said ZeroAvia’s CEO and ... 04/25/2024 - 2:30 am | View Link
Wall Street’s Patience for a Costly A.I. Arms Race Is Waning A sell-off in Meta’s stock after the company disclosed huge investments in the technology may be a sign of investor fears about tech giants’ spending. 04/25/2024 - 1:02 am | View Link
For the largest private companies in Mass., it's been a lot of ups and downs Take a look at the most notable ups and downs for the largest private employers in Massachusetts when it comes to revenue and employee count. 04/24/2024 - 9:55 pm | View Link
Foot Locker Adds a Huge New Store to New Jersey Mall Foot Locker revealed a new and upgraded store concept at a New Jersey mall on Wednesday, aiming to reverse a sales decline, strengthen ties with brand partners, and regain investor confidence by ... 04/24/2024 - 8:35 pm | View Link
One of America’s ‘fastest-growing companies’ is in eastern Idaho, and it’s celebrating 10 years of business IDAHO FALLS – After building one of Inc 5000’s “fastest-growing private companies in America,” Stuart Draper is looking forward to the next phase of life. The 40-year-old Idaho Falls man stepped down ... 04/24/2024 - 3:30 pm | 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.
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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.