Intel is firing back at AMD’s recent AI benchmarks that it shared during its Computex keynote that claimed AMD’s Zen 5-based EPYC Turin is 5.4 times faster than Intel’s Xeon chips in AI workloads. Intel penned a blog today highlighting the performance of its current-gen Xeon processors in its own benchmarks, claiming that its fifth-gen […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — First responders in Tigard used a drone to help them put out a two-alarm apartment fire this week. But just how did something flying in the air help the people on the ground put out the blaze? Motorcyclist dies after crash in Gresham As the Tigard Police Department explained, they responded […]
CORUMBA, Brazil (Reuters) – Fatima Brandao goes looking for her chickens in the backyard amidst a veil of smoke from the spreading fires that are engulfing the world’s largest tropical wetland faster than ever before. “There never used to be smoke here. The sun shone clearly and the sky was always blue. Now the whole […]
(Bloomberg) — Wells Fargo & Co. fired more than a dozen employees last month after investigating claims that they were faking work. Most Read from Bloomberg The staffers, all in the firm’s wealth- and investment-management unit, were “discharged after review of allegations involving simulation of keyboard activity creating impression of active work,” according to disclosures […]
More than 50 people were displaced and one person was injured after five mobile homes caught fire in the Lazy Daze Mobile Home Community in Phoenix on Wednesday afternoon. Phoenix Fire Department crews were dispatched just before 3 p.m. for reports of a structure fire near 43rd Avenue and Van Buren Street, the department said. […]
Editors note: This is a breaking news story and will be updated. The Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority board fired General Manager Tony Cunningham Wednesday night, with Authority Chair Ed Bielarski subsequently resigning from the authority and being named interim general manager. At a particularly tense meeting on Monday, Bielarski tried to fire Cunningham, but the […]
Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement has fired multiple barrages of rockets into northern Israel in retaliation for an Israeli strike which killed one of its senior commanders. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reportedly identified more than 200 projectiles that crossed the border on Wednesday. Some triggered fires, but no casualties were reported. It came as a top […]
Jun. 12—A drag performance at last year’s Middletown Pride festival was cited last week in support of an Ohio GOP proposal to outlaw what some consider obscene public performances, and Butler County Auditor Nancy Nix offered testimony in support of the bill. The Middletown Pride committee — which plans a similar event June 21 — […]
Russian forces have fired missiles and launched drones at the Kyiv region and five other areas of Ukraine in a night-time attack, officials said. The assault comes ahead of several days of intense diplomatic activity around the war, now in its third year. Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 29 out of 30 air […]
Lebanon’s Hezbollah has fired a massive barrage of rockets into northern Israel to avenge the killing of a top commander, further escalating regional tensions as the fate of an internationally-backed plan for a ceasefire in Gaza hangs in the balance. The retaliatory attack came as US secretary of state Antony Blinken was in the region […]
High winds fueled several fires across the Tri-Cities on Tuesday afternoon and evening, threatening homes and schools, closing roads and forcing evacuations. Tri-Cities firefighters battled blazes along Interstates 82 and 182 in Finley and Benton City. The flames were stoked by 30 mph winds, with some gusts up to 40 mph, according to the National […]
A city of Fort Worth employee was fired Tuesday after being arrested for arson and drug possession. An investigation by the city’s fire department pointed to Frederick Lamond Harris as being responsible for lighting a car on fire outside an apartment complex in southwest Fort Worth, according to a city news release. The statement did […]