Credit: Shutterstock CoreWeave, an AI hyper-scaler partnered with GPU giant Nvidia, has expanded its existing contract to rent high-performance computing capacity from Core Scientific. Core Scientific is one of the largest owners and operators of cryptocurrency mining services in North America. CoreWeave was once a cryptocurrency mining outfit itself. It pivoted away from that business […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee’s Department of Children’s Services (DCS) has a vision of “Children First.” After several high-profile issues, like children sleeping on office floors, DCS has tried to start fresh. The department’s 2023 Annual Report revealed that the Department is going in “a new direction.” The new mission statement contends that the department […]
Russia accused Ukraine of injuring civilians in an ATACMS attack on Crimea on Sunday. Russia is likely placing military facilities near civilians to deter Ukrainian strikes, experts say. Sevastopol’s governor said four people were killed and 82 hospitalized as a result of the attack. Russia is likely placing military facilities near civilian areas in Crimea […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a new barrage of missiles and drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine, officials in Kyiv said Saturday morning, damaging energy facilities in the country’s southeast and west and injuring at least two energy workers. In its eighth major attack on Ukrainian power plants since Moscow intensified energy infrastructure […]
Three Jewish UCLA students filed a federal lawsuit against the UC regents and several university officials on Wednesday, alleging that anti-Israeli protesters blocked them from crucial parts of the campus. In the 74-page filing, the plaintiffs — two second-year law students and a sophomore history major — described UCLA as a “hotbed of antisemitism,” with […]
Ukrainian drones have struck an oil refinery and a fuel depot in Russian border regions, officials said, as part of Kyiv’s effort to disrupt the Kremlin’s war machine. An overnight drone attack hit the Novoshakhtinsk refinery in the Rostov region and started a fire, regional governor Vasily Golubev said. Firefighters had to pull out briefly […]
Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery and a fuel depot in Russian border regions, officials in the targeted areas said Thursday, in Kyiv’s ongoing effort to disrupt the Kremlin’s war machine and as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought further Western support in Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II. Zelenskyy was due to join world […]
Vladimir Putin floated sending long-range weapons around the world to those who want to strike the West. He made the threat on Wednesday as he spoke to journalists in St. Petersburg. It was a response to Ukraine’s allies allowing it to strike Russian soil with their weapons. Russian leader Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he […]
Jun. 4—The Flathead County Board of Adjustment on Tuesday will look at two requests for recreational facilities and a retreat center. The board’s agenda also includes continuing discussion on a request for a school to operate outside Whitefish. The board of adjustment meets at 6 p.m. in the South Campus Building at 40 11th St. […]
39 Pittsburgh Public Schools facilities will switch to remote learning on Tuesday. A Pittsburgh Public Schools official said students will learn remotely on June 4 because of the district’s extreme heat protocol. The following schools will be under remote instruction: Allderdice Arsenal (PreK-5 and 6-8) Banksville Beechwood Brookline Carrick Chartiers Clayton Colfax Concord Crescent Dilworth […]
California lawmakers are poised to ask voters for billions of dollars in bond money to fund two priorities: school facilities and climate change initiatives, a legislator said. Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance, said Thursday that lawmakers next week will begin negotiating with Gov. Gavin Newsom to place the two bonds on the November ballot. The governor, […]
Lawsuits filed by 66 people allege they suffered physical and sexual abuse by staff as children in Pennsylvania juvenile facilities. Some attacks were reported but ignored or not believed, the suits claim. The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services runs the Loysville Youth Development Center, the South Mountain Secure Treatment Unit and the North Central Secure […]