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Thunder storms expected to hit Pittsburgh and Greensburg areas in early evening
7+ hour, 27+ min ago (181+ words) Fun in the sun this weekend will hit a little bump in the early evening Saturday. According to WTAE meteorologist Jill Szwed, some scattered thunderstorms heading for the Pittsburgh and Greensburg areas are predicted to turn severe. "The likely onset…...
Anthropic urges industry coordination to allow for a "pause" in AI development if risks grow
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (618+ words) Anthropic is proposing that the world's top artificial intelligence companies come up with a coordinated way to pause development of advanced AI systems, warning the technology is improving so quickly there's a risk humans would lose control. The company behind…...
Allegheny County climate plan draws questions about data centers, environmental justice
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (725+ words) Allegheny County's Department of Sustainability held its first in-person open house Thursday evening to gather feedback on its developing Climate Action Plan, which aims to reduce emissions over the next two decades, drawing about 70 residents. Attendees said they were encouraged…...
Swarm of bees removed from Acrisure Stadium before Morgan Wallen show
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (332+ words) Al Fine has handled bee removals for more than four decades. But a call this week may have put him on the largest stage yet. Fine, owner of the Fine Family Apiary in Monongahela, removed about 4 to 5 pounds of bees…...
Allegheny County to seek public input on climate action plan
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (675+ words) Allegheny County's Department of Sustainability has launched the final phase of public engagement for the county's first Climate Action Plan, a roadmap aimed at reducing emissions over the next two decades. As part of that effort, the department will host…...
Millvale groups celebrate activation of new solar energy system on North Avenue
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (306+ words) A new solar energy system is up and running in Millvale. On May 13, the Millvale Community Development Corp. , New Sun Rising and the Triboro Ecodistrict celebrated the activation of the new rooftop solar energy system at the community hub under…...
Scientists lose critical climate record as ocean observatory will go dark under Trump funding cuts
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (469+ words) SEATTLE " A portion of one of the most ambitious ocean monitoring networks ever built will go dark this month when scientists board a research vessel and motor off the Oregon coast to pull a research buoy from deep out of…...
Sandra Matz: Privacy isn't dead " it's just that tech companies have made it inconvenient
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (794+ words) You have zero privacy ". Get over it," Scott Mc Nealy, then CEO of Sun Microsystems, declared in 1999. What might have sounded like a bold claim at the turn of the millennium has turned into a self-fulfilling prophecy in today's era…...
Editorial: Preserving humanity amid AI revolution
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (436+ words) Artificial intelligence seems to have found its way into almost everything. For Catholic colleges in Western Pennsylvania, however, the debate recently gained another voice. Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas" is not a warning against artificial intelligence so much as…...
Meteor over Massachusetts causes explosion reports, sightings from Delaware to Montreal
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (259+ words) Reports of an explosion from people across New England Saturday afternoon sent police agencies and others scrambling to understand what caused a double boom that shook buildings in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The American Meteor Society said that the booms…...