2+ week, 1+ day ago   (592+ words) The situation is relatable to anyone who has been in a parent WhatsApp chat: one person says something ridiculous, and everyone else has to react with varying degrees of politeness or directness. Side chats ensue, tensions start to boil. Oreogate…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (294+ words) NEW YORK — A telescope has spied the fastest known star in our galaxy, racing around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. The star is zipping around the black hole, reaching speeds of about 15,534 miles per…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (621+ words) With U.S. debt hitting $40 trillion, markets are turning more attention to that burden and whether policymakers will address the root causes or just the symptoms. The Treasury Department’s interventions in the bond and currency markets in recent weeks point to the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (340+ words) The AI industry is reaping what it sows, as far as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is concerned. Abbott said the sharp criticism Americans are lobbing at AI data centers is well-earned during an interview on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (327+ words) Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that pending home sales in the US had dropped to their lowest level in three years. That coincided with a sharp drop in construction of new homes, which plummeted to the lowest level in over…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (465+ words) “I’m borrowing money. That’s how little money I have,” Donaldson told the Wall Street Journal earlier this year. “Technically, everyone watching this video has more money than me in their bank account if you subtract the equity value of my…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (723+ words) Taxing all 938 billionaires at 100% wouldn’t stop the $40 trillion national debt, says Elon Musk. Bernie Sanders says taxing them 5% cuts you a check The richest person in the world and the most well-known person leading the cause against creating more people…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (559+ words) Regarding the Aug. 12 news article “The data center backlash is building, just in time for the midterm elections”: The communities opposing the construction of new data centers are not wrong to ask hard questions. However, it’s unfortunate that many of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1257+ words) Sen. Jon Husted once promoted data centers as all upside for his state of Ohio. “Data centers are essential to our digital lives,” the Republican said in 2024, praising a planned Google project that he claimed would establish “central Ohio as…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (306+ words) The fight is about more than a story. We feud over certain foundational myths because whoever owns the myth owns the culture. It’s hard to get more foundational than Homer. Sitting in my local wide-screen Cinemark, mid-slog through Christopher Nolan’s…...