50+ min ago  (1699+ words) Data centers are generating new concerns after the federal government granted emergency authorization for the resource-intensive facilities to fire up their backup power to avoid residential outages and keep air conditioners running across 13 states during recent sweltering weather. “It is…...

4+ day, 52+ min ago  (826+ words) Context is king, but contrast holds a key seat in its court. Whether subtle or stark, contrast shines a strident light on bumbling jesters posing as credible professionals. In an informed and inflamed court of public opinion, a jester dressed…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (358+ words) How do we know this? Researchers tickled 13 captive apes — including gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees and bonobos — and recorded the results. The new research reexamined those decades-old recordings and compared them with the newly captured giggles of four young children while they…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (1212+ words) ARCHBALD — Representatives for the proposed Project Green Mountain data center campus contend their project will comply with Archbald’s noise requirements, but borough officials and industry opponents are still worried about the effects of seven data centers, raising concerns about changing…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (274+ words) Lackawanna County residents are encouraged to attend a community broadband workshop next week planned as part of a broader effort to bolster access to reliable, high-speed internet in the county. The workshop, another step in the Lackawanna County Broadband Assessment…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (595+ words) I’ve spent so much time in the Valley View High School auditorium over the past six months, it’s beginning to feel like my alma mater. While other venues have hosted marathon hearings and municipal meetings addressing the most pressing threat…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (613+ words) “Community is like an old coat. You aren’t aware of it until it is taken away.” – Amish proverb The lush, tranquil farmlands of Lancaster County might seem a strange setting for reflection on the existential menace of “artificial intelligence,” but…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (829+ words) HARRISBURG — Chatbots on five different websites claimed to be licensed to practice medicine in the commonwealth when prompted — the same kind of output that led the Shapiro administration to file a lawsuit last month. A task force under Pennsylvania’s Department…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (315+ words) Worker bees perform a myriad of jobs to keep up the hive, including collecting food, nurturing young bees and caring for the queen, who lays all the eggs. New research reveals that the honeybees responsible for crafting the queen’s home…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (859+ words) By MATT O’BRIEN, AP Technology Writer They found Robbie, a robot that rolls out of a hallway into their living room several times a day. “Do you want to exercise now? Please answer yes or no,” the caregiver robot asks…...