CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An international astronaut will join U.S. astronauts on the moon by decade’s end under an agreement announced Wednesday by NASA and the White House. The news came as Vice President Kamala Harris convened a meeting in Washington of the National Space Council, the third such gathering under the Biden administration. […]
Growth 7 Fortune recently published its Future 50 List for 2023, an annual ranking of the world’s largest companies based on long-term growth prospects. Software vendors shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI) were a common motif. Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) made the list on that merit, ranking No. 2 and No. 3, […]
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas stepped off an airplane from Dallas on Tuesday evening with an optimistic message for the future of the Country Club Plaza under new ownership. “It was, frankly, one of the best meetings I’ve had with potential economic development entities during my time as mayor or councilman,” Lucas said during a […]
Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper’s position is under severe threat after the club held talks with former Wolves and Tottenham boss Nuno Espirito Santo about taking over at the City Ground, the PA news agency understands. Cooper’s tenure is in doubt following a run of just one win in 13 Premier League games, which has […]
About 400,000 years ago, large parts of Greenland were ice-free. Scrubby tundra basked in the Sun’s rays on the island’s northwest highlands. Evidence suggests that a forest of spruce trees, buzzing with insects, covered the southern part of Greenland. Global sea level was much higher then, between 20 and 40 feet above today’s levels. Around […]
Jacksonville is well-known for its beaches and diverse culture, but critics have been quick to point out struggles with education, so it’s past time to ensure that literacy rates rise to new heights. In her most recent budget request, Mayor Donna Deegan’s commitment to fostering a literate community is evident, with $3.85 million planned for […]
Don’t expect Washington’s relationship with Beijing to improve anytime soon, U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns said Friday morning. “I don’t feel optimistic about the future of U.S.-China relations. I feel that we need to see how things develop,” Burns said during a Brookings Institution event. The blunt remark came exactly a month after President […]
“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. Photo illustration: Jack Forbes/Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images What’s happening Seven horses died in the leadup to last week’s , dampening the excitement around the nation’s most storied horse race and adding new fuel to debates over whether the sport of horse […]
The baby boomer generation has left an indelible mark on America. Yet in a recent survey from nonprofit affordable housing developer The NHP Foundation, respondents spanning generations – baby boomers, Generation X, millennials and Generation Z – agreed that baby boomers were to blame for the lack of affordable housing in the U.S. At the […]
Developing driverless cars has been AI’s greatest test. Today we can say it has failed miserably, despite the expenditure of tens of billions of dollars in attempts to produce a viable commercial vehicle. Moreover, the recent withdrawal from the market of a leading provider of robotaxis in the US, coupled with the introduction of strict […]
The manner of Moonlight’s Best Picture win at the Oscars may have been bizarre and shocking, but in toppling expected favorite La La Land, Barry Jenkins’s film set a number of milestones. It’s the lowest-budgeted film to win the prize since Delbert Mann’s Marty in 1955; if adjusting for inflation, it’s the lowest ever. It’s […]
BOSTON (AP) — Artificial intelligence, climate technology and robotics are some of the economic opportunities Democratic Gov. Maura Healey says she wants Massachusetts to focus on in the coming years, according to a draft economic development package filed this week. One element of the plan calls for an artificial intelligence strategic task force to help […]