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'It just takes one storm': Hurricane-season preparation urged in South Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Palm Beach County officials on Tuesday urged the public to stay vigilant for storms now that the six-month hurricane season has started. And they’re telling residents how to prepare.
The region...Read more
Nvidia CEO sees tenfold boost to Europe's AI computing power
Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang projected that Europe’s artificial-intelligence computing capacity will increase by a factor of ten over the next two years, with more than 20 so-called AI factories in ...Read more
Venture capital investment is rising in Los Angeles -- and not just for AI startups
Early this year, private equity firm Blackstone bet big on the future of artificial intelligence by investing $300 million in a Los Angeles company that’s been around for more than two decades.
The company, DDN, helps ...Read more
California 'strike team' aims to keep wolves from attacking cattle on ranches
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California wildlife officials may use “injurious” techniques to chase wolves away from cattle ranches in the state’s Sierra Valley and Siskiyou County rangeland this summer, part of a new ...Read more
Mispronunciation of 'Nuclear' Goes 'Noo-kyoo-lur'
President Donald Trump deserves credit for having one talent that many previous presidents have lacked: pronouncing the word "nuclear" correctly.
Commanders in chief from Dwight Eisenhower to Jimmy Carter to George ...Read more
Jim Rossman: What to do when your cloud storage is full?
I got a question from a friend last week who received an email message from Apple about his iPhone.
The message read, “Your iCloud storage is full. Because you’ve exceeded your storage plan, your documents, contacts...Read more
Gadgets: A powerful portable speaker
Tribit's StormBox Lava portable wireless (Bluetooth 5.4) speaker is as advertised: powerful, great-sounding and portable.
The powerful bass-heavy, room-filling sound comes from 80 watts of internal speakers consisting ...Read more
Kangaroo hopping around Florida road highlights problems with exotic pets
ORLANDO, Fla. — The stunning sight of a kangaroo hopping down a busy St. Cloud road made headlines last month and, for the animal sanctuary that took in the wayward marsupial, provided another reminder that ordinary ...Read more
Today's Word "collegial"
collegial \kuh-LEE-jee-uhl; -juhl\ (adjective) - 1 : Characterized by or having authority or responsibility shared equally by each of a group of colleagues. 2 : Characterized by equal sharing of authority especially by ...Read more
"Force"
A man wanted to encrypt his password but he needed to do it in a way so that he could remember it. His password is 7 characters long. The password consists of letters and numbers only (no symbols like ! or <). In order to remember it he wrote down "You force heaven to be empty" Can you guess what his password is?
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This Day in History, June 11
On June 11th, 1184 B.C., it is believed that Troy was sacked and burned.
Wearing a computer on your face? Snap looks to take on rivals with new augmented reality glasses
For years, Snap has envisioned a future where people wear glasses to view and interact with computer-generated images without having to scroll through their smartphones.
The Santa Monica, California-based tech company ...Read more
SpaceX plans up to 76 Starship launches annually from old Delta IV launch site
The first of two Environmental Impact Statements around SpaceX plans for Starship launch sites on Florida's Space Coast was released last week, and it lays out the company’s plans to fly as many as 76 times a year from ...Read more
SpaceX launches Starlink mission while Axiom Space waits out weather
Tuesday morning’s weather was nice enough on the Space Coast for one of two planned launches, but high winds in a potential abort site forced the human spaceflight plans of Axiom Space and SpaceX to push the Ax-4 mission...Read more
'PayPal Mafia': How power trio of Musk, Thiel and Sacks rode Silicon Valley startup success into Trump White House
First Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and David Sacks upended America’s financial-services industry with an innovative Silicon Valley startup called PayPal that rocketed to dominance as the internet took hold.
Now the ...Read more
California's Salton Sea is emitting foul-smelling hydrogen sulfide gas, triggering health concerns
LOS ANGELES — On scorching days when winds blow across the California desert, the Salton Sea regularly gives off a stench of decay resembling rotten eggs.
New research has found that the shrinking lake is emitting the ...Read more
Today's Word "agon"
agon \AH-gahn; ah-GOHN\ (noun) - A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
"The course was a survey of recorded western sport history as measured against the ...Read more
Around and Back in 12
Start with a 6-letter word. Replace one letter to find the next word. No word is repeated in the trip until we are back to where we started. Clues are given along the way.
1. block and tackle
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3. recycled glass
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5. decorative moulding
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7. online purchase software
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9. paid a visit
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11. hauled
12 (we are back !)
This Day in History, June 10
On June 10th, 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded.
Apple debuts Liquid Glass interface at design-focused WWDC event
Apple Inc. unveiled a new operating system interface called Liquid Glass at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, an event that focused heavily on aesthetics and design elements rather than software breakthroughs.
...Read more
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