United States firms debut Jalapeño AI accelerator chip

 

United States-based OpenAI and U.S. semiconductor company Broadcom have unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI’s first custom-designed artificial intelligence chip, developed to accelerate inference workloads such as real-time ChatGPT responses. The application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) marks OpenAI’s most aggressive move yet to reduce its dependence on Nvidia’s dominant general-purpose GPUs and to move...

New Mexico wildfire prompts urgent Sandoval County evacuations

 

A fast-moving wildfire known as the McCauley Springs Fire has forced mandatory evacuations and road closures in Sandoval County, New Mexico, after it was detected early Wednesday morning, June 24, 2026. Burning in the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest near Battleship Rock along Highway 4, the...

Vermont enacts first-in-nation paraquat ban amid concern

 

Montpelier, Vt. — This week Vermont's legislature voted to ban paraquat, a widely used herbicide, citing concerns about an alleged connection to Parkinson's disease; lawmakers enacted the measure after advocacy groups and some public health officials urged precaution, making Vermont the first U.S. state to prohibit the chemical's sale and...

United States: IBM unveils sub-one-nanometer chip technology

 

United States-based IBM has announced what it describes as the world’s first sub-one-nanometer semiconductor chip technology, unveiling a new three-dimensional transistor architecture called NanoStack for the 0.7-nanometer, or seven-angstrom, node. Revealed on June 25, 2026, the research breakthrough marks a significant step in the global race to produce smaller, faster...

Washington acquires Alex Tuch in major sign-and-trade

 

Washington, D.C. — The Washington Capitals have acquired veteran winger Alex Tuch from the Buffalo Sabres in a blockbuster sign-and-trade completed Wednesday, June 24, 2026, one of the most significant moves of the NHL offseason. Buffalo first signed the 30-year-old, who had been widely projected as a premier target in...

Boise chipmaker Micron posts record $41.4 billion revenue

 

BOISE, Idaho — Micron Technology Inc. reported fiscal third-quarter 2026 revenue of $41.46 billion, far exceeding Wall Street forecasts and marking a 346% increase from the $9.30 billion recorded in the same period a year earlier. Revenue also rose 74% from $23.86 billion in the prior quarter, underscoring the pace...

Las Vegas reality star charged over alleged death threats

 

Las Vegas, Nevada authorities have charged TLC reality personality Karen Derrico, 46, with multiple offenses after she allegedly sent emails threatening to kill her ex-husband, Deon Derrico, and harm their children. According to Clark County court records, one June 14, 2026 email stated, “I want you dead... I could kill...

Washington Republicans reverse war powers vote after Trump confrontation

 

Senate Republicans held an emergency late-night vote Wednesday in Washington to reverse their previous support for a war powers resolution that had passed the chamber one day earlier. The original measure was intended as a rebuke of the Trump administration’s handling of the ongoing military conflict in Iran. According to...

DOJ and Kansas Seek Court Ruling on Tuition Eligibility

 

Topeka, Kansas. On Wednesday the U.S. Justice Department sued Kansas, asking a federal judge to invalidate the state law that grants certain undocumented residents in-state college tuition; Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach joined the DOJ’s filing seeking an order to bar universities and state officials from enforcing HB 2145 this...

Utah Wildfires Grow, Residents Return After Evacuations Friday

 

Utah this week saw multiple large wildfires burn across the state, including the Cottonwood Fire that ignited June 22 and the Iron Fire near Eureka. Fire officials said the Cottonwood Fire more than doubled midweek to over 60,000 acres, prompting mandatory evacuations and mobilizing crews from local, state and federal...