Kenya’s mining ambitions raise fears for farms and ancestral graves
Kenya’s mining ambitions raise fears for farms and ancestral graves Farmers and community elders in coastal Kenya fear a proposed mining project could threaten their livelihoods and a sacred forest where their ancestors are buried. Go to story
Zelenskyy Hopes US Democratic Gains Will Boost Ukraine Aid
Zelenskyy Hopes US Democratic Gains Will Boost Ukraine Aid Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy states that a Democratic majority in the US Congress could increase military and financial support for Kyiv against Russia. Go to story
Security guard shoots, kills gunman at Citibank Center near Tampa
A security guard shot and killed a gunman who had opened fire Wednesday at the Citibank Center complex in Brandon, Fla., near Tampa, police said. Go to story
Democratic and GOP strategists on how parties should respond to midterm results
For perspective on how both parties are responding to the historic election wins, Geoff Bennett spoke with two strategists from both sides of the political aisle. Mo Elleithee is the former spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, and Doug Heye…
After the midterms, a bigger clash over data centers could be coming
Data center opposition crossed party lines in Tuesday’s midterms.Go to story
California fights “preposterous” Trump admin demand to scrap state broadband laws
California is accepting $1.42 billion in broadband grant funding from the Trump administration, but the state is not accepting the Trump administration’s demand that it stop enforcing a net neutrality law and other telecom regulations.…
Earth atmosphere emulators could enable faster and more accurate weather predictions
If you partitioned the entire Earth, from just below the surface to the top of the atmosphere, into 1-kilometer-square chunks, there would be billions of them. Now run each of those cells through a series of complex physics equations, and you can see how…
Canadian professor warns massive new data center would release ’23 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs worth of energy’ every day
Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary’s Wonder Valley data center plans are under scrutiny The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation (SLCN) has filed for a judicial review over the project, which is planned to be the world’s largest data center A…
How ranchers on Brazil’s ‘Dirty List’ bypass forced labor safeguards by selling cattle through intermediaries
Brazil’s “Dirty List,” a public registry that names employers found to have violated anti-slavery laws, is a key component of the country’s efforts to combat forced labor. Major meatpackers in Brazil signed sustainable sourcing…
I spent a morning with Meta VR Glasses and wish I never had to take them off
Experience counts for something, and nowhere is that more evident than on the Meta VR Glasses I finally wore this morning. These lightweight, intuitive, and engrossing VR glasses shed the weight and overdesigned fussiness of previous VR and mixed reality…