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Officials in Florida diverted crucial disaster preparedness and response resources to support the hasty construction of the so-called Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention jail by the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, a newly published report has claimed. Some of the $20m in contracts analyzed by Talking Points Memo (TPM) before they inexplicably disappeared from the Florida department of financial services website went …

Uber is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into EV maker Lucid and autonomous vehicle technology startup Nuro in a bid to launch its own premium robotaxi service. Under the deal announced Thursday, Uber will invest $300 million in Lucid and separately buy “at least” 20,000 of the EV maker’s new Gravity SUV over the next six years. Those EVs …

The Navy has struggled to construct ships. Now it may cut the admirals who help build them.  Politico Source link

Mark Zuckerberg proclaimed that Meta would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on developing artificial intelligence products in the near future and, to that end, construct a data center planned to be nearly the size of Manhattan. The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is among the large tech companies that have struck high-profile deals, and doled out multimillion-dollar …

Plant Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant in Waynesboro, GA, August 15, 2024. Van Applegate | CNBC Westinghouse plans to build 10 large nuclear reactors in the U.S. with construction to begin by 2030, interim CEO Dan Sumner told President Donald Trump at a roundtable in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Westinghouse’s big AP1000 reactor generates enough electricity to power more than 750,000 homes, …

Microsoft’s extensive gaming portfolio was hit hard by sweeping earlier this month. The situation appears to have been particularly galling for staff at Candy Crush developer King who are reportedly set to be replaced by AI tools they worked on. Multiple anonymous sources have told  that a number of narrative, UX, level design and user research staffers at King have …

Candy Crush developer King is reportedly replacing laid off staff with AI tools they helped to build. At the start of the month, Microsoft announced around 9000 employees would be laid off. This included roughly 200 staff from King. Now, in a report from MobileGamer.biz, sources stated they’ve spent the last few years building and training AI tools, which will …

If you’re looking to build strength but find yourself gazing forlornly at a pair of light dumbbells, wondering how they can help, I have good news. Research suggests that it doesn’t matter how light or heavy you lift, so long as you lift to the point of near failure. That’s the lesson recently shared by certified trainer, Technogym ambassador and …

Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg are in a hurry to build their superintelligence tech. The company has been poaching AI researchers, while Zuckerberg announced on Monday that Meta is building a 5-gigawatt data center called Hyperion. The urgency is palpable. As SemiAnalysis reported last week and Business Insider noted, Meta is so eager to boost its computing power that it’s …

The Race Is On to Build U.S. Copper Mines After Trump Pledges Higher Tariffs – WSJ  The Wall Street Journal Why Markets Went Crazy Over 50% Copper Tariffs  Bloomberg.com Looming Copper Tariffs Leave Companies Scrambling: ‘Prices Will Go Up’  The New York Times Trump says 50% tariff on copper imports will begin Aug. 1  CNBC Who pays for tariffs?  marketplace.org Source link