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Air Force Museum to host DARPA ‘Lift’ challenge this summer
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (210+ words) The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will host teams competing this summer to create drones that can lift their way to victory. From August 2 to 9, the museum will host the the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's "Lift Challenge," a…...
How extreme cold is affecting Americans' lives, according to a new AP-NORC poll
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (478+ words) The finding points to the growing prevalence of experiences with cold weather, or at least people's perceptions of them, after a massive winter storm brought freezing temperatures to the East Coast and caused widespread power outages in the South. In…...
NASA boss blasts Boeing and space agency managers for Starliner's botched astronaut flight
18+ hour, 8+ min ago (365+ words) NASA's new boss blasted Boeing and the space agency Thursday for Starliner's botched flight that left two astronauts stuck for months at the International Space Station. Administrator Jared Isaacman said poor leadership and decision-making at Boeing led to Starliner's troubles....
Modi’s AI summit turns awkward as tech leaders Sam Altman and Dario Amodei dodge contact
21+ hour, 37+ min ago (400+ words) And they did. But what caught some of the audience's attention, and later went viral on social media, was an awkward interaction between two rival tech leaders: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Modi, host of the India…...
NASA conducts second rocket fueling test that will decide when Artemis astronauts head to the moon
22+ hour, 37+ min ago (325+ words) For the second time this month, launch teams began pumping more than 700,000 gallons (2.6 million liters) of supercold fuel into the rocket atop its launch pad. It's the most critical and challenging part of the two-day practice countdown. The outcome will…...
Impact of data centers on regional water supply ‘an emerging issue’
23+ hour, 41+ min ago (533+ words) Water use is one of the most commonly cited concerns with data centers nationwide, but just how much water data centers use is a subject of emerging research, said Ramanitharan Kandiah, professor of Environmental Engineering and chair of the Department…...
‘Life-changing decision’: Data center growth fuels fears in local communities
23+ hour, 42+ min ago (1127+ words) Credit: David Sherman, Video Producer | Bryn Dippold, Reporter When Angie Markham first heard that a data center was planned about half a mile from her home in Trenton, her first words to her husband were, "We're going to have to…...
Dayton sets new record, ties another after spring-like temperatures
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (113+ words) An unseasonably warm Wednesday broke one weather record and tied another in Dayton. Dayton's high temperature was 66 degrees, tying the previous record high set in 2017, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington. The low temperature " 50 degrees " is warmest low…...
Chance for severe thunderstorms, isolated tornadoes tonight
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (223+ words) Severe thunderstorms are possible this evening, bringing a chance of damaging winds and isolated tornadoes to southwest Ohio. Showers will move into the region this afternoon and could develop into stronger storms, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington....
Modi pitches India as global artificial intelligence hub at AI summit
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (462+ words) Design and develop in India. Deliver to the world. Deliver to humanity," Modi told a gathering of some world leaders, technology executives and policymakers at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. Modi's remarks came as India " one of…...