Oklahoma city council members welcomed a Google data center. Now they face a recall.
Sand Springs is one of a growing number of communities taking the radical step of tying to recall elected officials to fend off the AI
Epoch Biodesign closes $12M to prove its nylon recycling enzymes can work at scale
The London startup uses AI-engineered enzymes to break nylon 6,6 waste, from leggings to airbags to carpets, back into the monomers it was made from
Amazon acquires Fauna Robotics and its approachable humanoid Sprout
The deal, Amazon’s second robotics acquisition this month, brings a 50-pound, 3.5-foot bipedal robot called Sprout into the company’s portfolio, less than two months after
Belarus’s Lukashenko makes first visit to North Korea in bid to deepen ties
Belarus and North Korea are expected to sign a treaty of friendship as their leaders meet in Pyongyang.
US Democrats condemn war on Iran as Senate resolution fails
The latest war powers resolution in the US Senate to end US attacks on Iran has failed in a 47-53 vote.
Is Iran’s negotiating position stronger than when US-Israeli war started?
Tehran believes so, and will seek to extract concessions that the US and Gulf nations can’t agree to, analysts caution.
U.S. offers plan for a ceasefire, but Iran says Washington in no position to negotiate
The United States sent a 15-point plan to Iran for a possible ceasefire, an official said, even as it began to move paratroopers to the
Canada is pitching its energy ambitions in Texas — can the oil and gas industry be convinced?
Though oil and gas industry executives at CERAWeek, a global energy conference in Houston, welcomed Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson’s enthusiasm, they still say they
Plane crash investigators held up by airport delays as partial U.S. shutdown continues
Specialists investigating the Air Canada plane crash at LaGuardia Airport that killed two pilots were held up by delays at other airports Monday, according to
MAHA: Everything old is new again, except this time antiscience cranks (like Stanislaw Burzynski) are in charge
Returning from my hiatus, I couldn’t decide on a specific new topic, mainly because so much bad stuff happened in my absence. So, in this
Warning of global recession if oil price hits $150
Larry Fink says if oil prices stay high for a sustained period it will have “profound implications” for the world economy.
Danish PM fails to secure majority in party’s weakest election showing since 1903
The party, which has been in power since 2019, gained the most votes but faces tough talks on forming a new government.
Has banning phones improved performance at Dutch schools?
Two years ago the Netherlands banned phones in schools. Now the government wants to go further, pushing to restrict social media for under‑16s.
‘He liked the fear in our eyes,’ Epstein survivors tell BBC
In an interview with BBC Newsnight, five women abused by the disgraced financier describe the impact of their shared ordeal.