Lawyers for former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn demanded independent inspector general investigations into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation and his dismissed criminal case. Hearn was indicted on July 2 for allegedly vandalizing the pool liner during a rushed project ordered by President Donald Trump. Prosecutors dropped the case...
Aragon, a sparsely populated region in northeast Spain, has emerged as a major European digital infrastructure hub, attracting over sixty billion dollars in planned data centre investments. Driven by agile regional planning laws, abundant renewable energy, and extensive land availability, the area offers expedited permits through Project of General Interest...
Nvidia-backed artificial intelligence cloud computing provider Lambda is reportedly targeting up to four billion dollars in a new funding round. The investment values the company at fourteen point five billion dollars pre-money ahead of an anticipated initial public offering. According to a letter reviewed by the Wall Street Journal, investment...
The National Book Foundation announced finalists for the annual National Book Awards across five competitive categories, spotlighting literature addressing gender identity, criminal justice, and global conflicts. Prominent fiction nominees include Edwidge Danticat and Valeria Luiselli, while translation finalists feature works translated from Spanish, French, Arabic, and Indonesian. A notable omission...
Global commercial oil stockpiles and strategic reserves have dropped significantly to offset severe supply disruptions caused by conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. Industry executives meeting at a London forum warned that less than 6 billion barrels of commercial inventory remain globally, with only a fraction practically accessible for...
A United States federal judge held a hearing on Walt Disney Company's lawsuit seeking to block a Federal Communications Commission early review of eight company-owned ABC station licenses. The legal challenge tests First Amendment free speech rights against administrative enforcement efforts led by FCC Chair Brendan Carr. President Donald Trump...
Slovenian researchers announced that Mount Triglav’s historic glacier has dwindled to isolated ice patches and could vanish within days. Tracked since 1946 when it spanned fourteen hectares, the glacier ceased functioning as new ice stopped flowing decades ago. Accelerated European warming, below-average winter snowfall, and unusually early snowmelt exposed the...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation on Tuesday into whether Fruit of the Loom and Hanes utilize toxic chemicals in manufacturing children underwear. Paxton sent civil investigative demands to Fruit of the Loom, owned by Berkshire Hathaway, and Hanes, owned by Gildan Activewear, citing potential health risks to...
Thousands of administrative and operational systems at European solar parks and wind farms are directly exposed to the internet, creating significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Researchers from internet-scanning company Modat and the Dutch National Cyber Security Centre revealed that machine learning techniques identified 8,547 internet-facing systems across 35 European countries. These exposed...
Google has signed a major agreement with Constellation Energy to upgrade eleven nuclear units across Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey to supply 3.6 gigawatts of clean energy for its growing data center operations. The deal responds to capacity constraints and price surges within the PJM Interconnection grid driven by rising...
