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New York pledges $1B on chip research and development in Albany in bid for jobs, federal grants
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state will spend $1 billion to expand research into chip technology in Albany, the state's capital, with the goal of turning the region into a global center of semiconductor research and manufacturing, Gov.
Dec 11, 2023 3:07 PM
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Biden administration says New Hampshire computer chip plant the first to get funding from CHIPS law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced the first of many coming federal investments in computer chip production, saying Monday that it would provide $35 million for BAE Systems to increase production at a New Hampshire factory making ch
Dec 11, 2023 1:22 PM
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Endangered species list grows by 2,000. Climate change is part of the problem
Climate change is worsening the planet's biodiversity crises, making environments more deadly for thousands of species and accelerating the precipitous decline in the number of plants and animals on Earth, according to an international organization t
Dec 11, 2023 10:53 AM
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Europe agreed on world-leading AI rules. How do they work and will they affect people everywhere?
LONDON (AP) — European Union officials worked into the late hours last week hammering out an agreement on world-leading rules meant to govern the use of artificial intelligence in the 27-nation bloc.
Dec 11, 2023 9:57 AM
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Embattled wolves gain a new frontier in Democratic Colorado. The move is stoking political tensions
DENVER, Colo. (AP) — Wildlife officials plan to release gray wolves in Colorado in coming weeks, at the behest of urban voters and to the dismay of rural residents who don't want the predators but have waning influence in the Democratic-led state.
Dec 11, 2023 8:56 AM
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What did you Google in 2023? 'Barbie,' Israel-Hamas war are among the year's top internet searches
NEW YORK (AP) — Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world's.
Dec 11, 2023 3:46 AM
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In Halifax, a call to promote old-growth forests as a guard against future wildfires
HALIFAX — As he stands near a Nova Scotia forest with soaring 150-year-old trees, Mike Lancaster sees a natural, long-term solution to the threat wildfires pose to city dwellers. The director of the St.
Dec 11, 2023 2:00 AM
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At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At the United Nations' COP28 climate summit in Dubai, surveillance cameras seem to be everywhere you turn. And that has some worried.
Dec 10, 2023 6:36 AM
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Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a
Dec 10, 2023 4:09 AM
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Technology built the cashless society. Advances are helping the unhoused so they're not left behind
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Littlejohn remembers the days when lots of people had a couple of dollars to spare to buy a copy of Street Sense, the local paper that covers issues related to the homeless and employs unhoused individuals as its vendors.
Dec 9, 2023 3:01 PM
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