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Cybersecurity experts: Old threats growing more dangerous in the age of AI
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (14+ words) Baltimore Sun...
AI is an energy and water hog, here's what you can do to counter that
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (966+ words) Artificial intelligence and the data centers they require use growing amounts of energy and are water hogs " and AI companies aren't transparent about how much of those resources they use, experts said. So each time you turn to the internet…...
Chinese AI models raise cybersecurity concerns, new report warns
2+ day, 16+ min ago (421+ words) Chinese'artificial intelligence'models are rapidly gaining popularity in the United States, driven in part by lower costs and growing capabilities. But a new report from defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton is raising questions about whether those savings could come with cybersecurity…...
New fossils suggest human evolution was more crowded than scientists thought
2+ week, 2+ day ago (332+ words) New fossil discoveries are reshaping scientists" understanding of a pivotal chapter in human evolution, revealing that several human ancestor lineages lived side by side nearly 3 million years ago. The findings, published in separate studies in the journal Nature, come from…...
First US small nuclear reactor project to connect to PJM regional grid
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (480+ words) The first American electric plant powered by small modular nuclear reactors is under development to connect to the PJM Interconnection regional grid that includes Maryland. But an operational date of 2034 offers distant hope for state residents squeezed by escalating power…...
Iran war is a wake-up call for Southeast Asia's energy sector, IEA report says
1+ week, 3+ day ago (567+ words) By ANTON L. DELGADO An overreliance on oil and gas transported through the Strait of Hormuz left the region particularly vulnerable to shocks from the Iran war, a "stark wake-up call" for its energy security, the report says. It notes that…...
AI companies should release environmental impact, commit to clean energy, says UN chief
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (713+ words) United Nations Secretary-General Ant'nio Guterres on Tuesday called on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon pollution they create, along with the water and land used to power their operations. "No more hidden costs," Guterres said at Europe's…...
Millions of honeybees escape into a rural Texas neighborhood after a semitrailer crash
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (372+ words) Millions of honeybees escaped into a rural Texas neighborhood after a semitrailer carrying about 400 hives tipped over, officials said. Emergency officials in Orange County, Texas, shut down roads in the area Sunday morning and warned residents to stay in their…...
Inundated" by 1, 200% jump in solar projects, state agency outlines new process
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (16+ words) Baltimore Sun...
How Baltimoreans can cool off in the summer heat | GUEST COMMENTARY
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (124+ words) End of the spring And here she comes back Hi, hi, hi, hi there Them summer days Those summer days Sly Stone's "Hot Fun in the Summertime" joined a tradition stretching back to Du Bose Heyward and Ira Gershwin's "Summertime…...