AI mega projects raise alarm in some of Europe’s driest regions
Liquid cooled servers in an installation at the Global Switch Docklands data centre campus in London, UK, on Monday, June 16, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Europe’s ambitious artificial intelligence strategy is at risk of colliding with an often overlooked but critically important environmental issue: water scarcity. The European Union has big plans…
Trump might attend Supreme Court tariff case arguments
US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on Oct. 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he might go to the Supreme Court next month to hear oral arguments in the major tariffs case…
Judge blocks Trump from firing workers amid government shutdown
Demonstrators hold posters on the day Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) speak to fired federal workers holding their weekly sit-in outside the U.S. Capitol a day before a partial government shutdown is set to take effect on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 30, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | Reuters…
Senate to vote again on funding bill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, left, and US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty Images The government shutdown stretched into its third week on Wednesday…
Tariffs are pushing prices higher and consumers are feeling the hit, Fed’s Beige Book shows
Shoppers in Walnut Creek, California, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s tariffs are pushing inflation generally higher as companies are caught between absorbing the costs or passing them onto customers, according to a Federal Reserve report Wednesday. The central bank’s periodic Beige Book report,…
Tesla demand in focus after Trump leads GM, Ford to retreat from EV
President Donald Trump holds a news conference with Elon Musk to mark the end of the Tesla CEO’s tenure as a special government employee overseeing the U.S. DOGE Service on Friday May 30, 2025 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty Images General Motors’…
Donnie Wahlberg says he and Sonequa Martin-Green “lean on each other” in “Boston Blue”
Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green are bringing a new dynamic with “Boston Blue,” a spinoff of the long-running drama “Blue Bloods.” The series follows Wahlberg’s character, Detective Danny Reagan, as he takes a new position with the Boston Police Department. There, he’s partnered with Detective Lena Silver, played by Martin-Green, who comes from another prominent…
Fed’s Miran sees China trade tensions as a further reason for quick interest rate cuts
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran said Wednesday that the latest impasse in trade talks between the U.S. and China poses new dangers to the economic outlook and makes the case for rate cuts even more urgent. Speaking at the CNBC “Invest in America Forum” in Washington, D.C., the central bank policymaker noted the threat from…
Tim Meadows brings workplace comedy to the DMV in new series
Comedian Tim Meadows stars as Gregg, a former English teacher who became a DMV examiner, in the new CBS comedy “DMV.” The series follows Gregg and his coworkers as they navigate the chaos, quirks and everyday humor behind the counter. Source link
Apple announces new MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and Vision Pro with M5 chip
The upgraded Apple Vision Pro features the powerful M5 chip, the comfortable Dual Knit Band, innovative features with visionOS 26, and all-new spatial apps and Apple Immersive content. Courtesy: Apple Inc. Apple announced new MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and Vision Pro models on Wednesday with an updated M5 chip that allows them to run faster…
