As temperatures began to rise above freezing for most portions of the state Wednesday afternoon, city and state officials said they are still working to ensure that essential services and infrastructure remain functional. Temperatures throughout the state Monday night going through Wednesday morning were in the single and teen digits even reaching record lows in …
Estimated read time: 4-5 minutes SAN FRANCISCO — The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially “beat” the original Nintendo version of the game — by breaking it. Technically, Willis — aka “blue scuti” in the gaming world — made it to …
One of the things I discovered over the holiday break was that – not only are there Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs that will WRITE stuff for you, but now there are AI programs that will READ that stuff aloud in YOUR OWN VOICE. Now, for most of you, this is just a charming little novelty. …
We lost Twitter and got X. We tried out Bluesky and Mastodon (well, some of us did). We fretted about AI bots and teen mental health. We cocooned in private chats and scrolled endlessly as we did in years past. For social media users, 2023 was a year of beginnings and endings, with some soul-searching …
Estimated read time: 4-5 minutes WASHINGTON — Early this September, Amazon introduced a new set of rules for publishing AI-generated content on Kindle books. According to the new guidelines, authors publishing artificial intelligence-generated content must now declare themselves. The new policy introduces a set of guidelines for authors who distribute their work using Kindle’s Direct …
Estimated read time: 9-10 minutes SAN FRANCISCO — We lost Twitter and got X. We tried out Bluesky and Mastodon (well, some of us did). We fretted about AI bots and teen mental health. We cocooned in private chats and scrolled endlessly as we did in years past. For social media users, 2023 was a …
Beijing recorded the most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December in more than seven decades as a cold wave has enveloped northern and central swathes of China, bringing snowstorms and record-breaking temperatures December 25, 2023, 2:51 AM ET • 1 min read BEIJING — Beijing recorded the most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December in …
Estimated read time: 3-4 minutes SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Spencer Cox has spent much of the past year championing legislation and litigation aimed at protecting kids from the harms of social media, and on Wednesday said he supports banning smartphones from K-12 classrooms in Utah. “I do,” the governor said, when asked during his …
Estimated read time: 2-3 minutes ST. GEORGE — St. George police are searching for a man who they say carjacked a vehicle, robbed a jewelry store and crashed the stolen car. St. George police received the report of a carjacking incident about 5:45 p.m. Monday. Police said a man with a gun successfully took a …
WEST OLIVE, Mich. — The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners has voted to approve some public-private partnerships that will boost internet access for nearly 10,000 businesses and residents. The county says in a news release that the board voted today to finalize public-private partnerships with 123Net and Tilson Technology. Here is a portion of that …