Google has reached a groundbreaking deal with California lawmakers to contribute millions to local newsrooms, aiming to support journalism amid its decline as readers migrate online and advertising dollars evaporate. The agreement also includes a controversial provision for artificial intelligence funding. California emulated a strategy that other countries like Canada Read more…
Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango are rolling out a new “Verified Hot” rating for users who actually bought a ticket to the movie being reviewed. The designation is only given to theatrical movies that have reached an audience score above 90 percent among user ratings. Movie ticketing app Fandango is the Read more…
A growing body of scientific evidence shows that microplastics are accumulating in critical human organs, including the brain, leading researchers to call for more urgent actions to rein in plastic pollution. Studies have detected tiny shards and specks of plastics in human lungs, placentas, reproductive organs, livers, kidneys, knee and Read more…
Births in the United States dropped again between 2022 and 2023, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The national birth rate has been steadily declining for the last 17 years, with a particularly steep drop in births between 2007 and 2009 during the Read more…
Thirty-six flights were cancelled at Japan’s New Chitose airport on Saturday after a pair of scissors went missing. Japanese media report that retail outlets at the airport — which serves the regional city of Chitose on Japan’s northernmost island, Hokkaido — are required to store scissors in a locker. When Read more…
U.S. agencies are increasingly accessing parts of a half-billion encrypted chat message haul that has rocked the global organized crime underground, using the chats as part of multiple drug trafficking prosecutions, according to a 404 Media review of U.S. court records. In particular, U.S. authorities are using the chat messages Read more…
North America’s eight primary data center markets added 515 megawatts (MW) of new supply in the first half of 2024 — the equivalent of Silicon Valley’s entire existing inventory — according to a new report real-estate services firm CBRE. All of Silicon Valley has 459 MW of data center supply, Read more…