Steal Content and Have Lawyers ‘Clean Up the Mess:’ Former Google CEO Explains AI Business Model
Recent comments from former Google CEO and well-known leftist Eric Schmidt at Stanford University have sparked a fierce debate about the future of AI and the ethics of Silicon Valley entrepreneurship. The Verge Reports In an interview with Stanford professor Erik Brynjolfsson, Schmidt subsequently made some provocative statements that drew heavy criticism, most notably suggesting […]
There’s no better time for Yankees to clean up their imperfections
The Yankees aren’t perfect. Even on days when they actually won at home against lefties (a concern this year), their relief pitchers literally pushed the team to the brink of unacceptable defeat, nearly blowing five-run leads on two occasions. So what do you think that imperfection has done to the Yankees? It’s the same as […]
Florida mom, Suzanne Flament-Smith, finds WWII-era message in a bottle during Hurricane Debby clean up
A Florida mother cleaning up trash after Hurricane Debby discovered a nearly 80-year-old message in a bottle, containing a shell casing that may have traveled more than 800 miles. The World War II-era note, bearing U.S. Navy letterhead from Amphibious Training Base Little Creek, Virginia, and dated March 4, 1945, was discovered this week by […]
18 House Republicans ask Johnson not to target IRA clean energy tax credits
More than a dozen House Republicans sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) on Tuesday urging him not to repeal the Inflation Control Act’s (IRA) clean energy tax credit if Republicans maintain or expand their House majority next year. In the letter, first shared with Politico’s E&E News, members led by Rep. Andrew […]
Labour tries to attract clean energy contracts with record £1.5bn for auction | Wind power
A Labour government will increase the size of the summer grant auction by 50% to £1.5 billion, providing record amounts of funding to clean energy developers. The additional amount, compared with previously announced figures, means the total budget is seven times the amount obtained in last year’s tender, according to the government. The move is […]
Taylor Pendrith’s remarkable play at 3M Open keeps his scorecard clean through 36 holes
Taylor Pendrith maintained a perfect scorecard for the second straight day, firing a 7-under 64 on Friday to move into second place in the 3M Open at 12-under overall. In the first round, the Canadian golfer shot a bogey-free five-under 66. He didn’t drop a stroke through 36 holes. Pendris was one of three players […]
Katie Ledecky speaks out on China swimming doping scandal, hopes for ‘clean’ Olympics
Twenty-three Chinese swimmers have been allowed to compete in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, used as a heart medication. But the World Anti-Doping Agency said the athletes’ positive tests were the result of “accidental exposure to the substance through contamination”, a claim initially made by the China Doping […]
Paris mayor swims in Seine River to prove it’s clean ahead of Olympic Games
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the long-polluted Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river is clean enough to host Olympic swimming events. Since 2015, $1.5 billion has been spent to clean up the Seine, building a huge underground reservoir in central Paris, upgrading sewer infrastructure, and upgrading wastewater treatment plants. The […]
Lawmakers pen letter to EPA over concerns of proposed clean power plant's impact on grid
A group of 26 Republican lawmakers, led by Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan expressing concerns about the impact of the Clean Power Plan 2.0, which would set new emissions standards for coal, oil and gas-fired power plants. “The final rule targets coal and new natural […]
Lawmakers warn EPA its ‘Clean Power Plan 2.0’ could have ‘catastrophic’ effect on electric grid
First appeared on FOX: Twenty-six members of Congress sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan warning him and the agency not to implement the Clean Power Plan 2.0. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.) wrote a letter to the administrator predicting that the rules outlined in the plan would jeopardize the reliability of the […]