Chicago’s response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents Chicago spent hundreds of millions to provide migrants with housing and health care, stirring resentment among Black residents who feel the city has long been indifferent to their needs. 04/22/2024 - 8:15 am | View Link
Despite opening weekend issues, nearly all rides operational at Big El Paso Fair The Big El Paso Fair said all of their rides are operating except one after experiencing ride malfunctions during their opening weekend. 04/20/2024 - 11:43 am | View Link
Big El Paso Fair addresses ride malfunctions, assures safety as top priority The Big El Paso Fair said all of their rides are operating except one after experiencing ride malfunctions during their opening weekend. 04/19/2024 - 5:37 pm | View Link
Minnesota to close state park on Iron Range, turn it back into a mine The state once offered pontoon boat rides across the pit as it steadily ... trying to get the state to invest in the park, to keep it open and water levels manageable. The University of Minnesota ... 04/19/2024 - 4:58 am | View Link
Kudos to the VPP but who should Meghalaya prefer? By Albert Thyrniang The Voice of the Peoples’ Party (VPP) is quite a sensation. The leaders of the party have drawn huge and passionate crowds in their campaigns in the Shillong seat. The shouts ‘Ha u ... 04/17/2024 - 9:35 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.