Sewage pollution crackdown and lower bills in major water shake-up

Just as the Perseid meteor shower approaches its peak, two luminous planets are getting in on the night-sky action. Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets in the sky, will meet in a conjunction very early tomorrow morning (Aug. 12). On this morning, the two planets will be less than a degree apart — approximately…

For years, we’ve been wondering when Samsung would actually bring Ballie, its cute household companion robot, to market and now we finally have our answer: it won’t. After the planned summer 2025 release window came and went, the company has opted not to release the gizmo as a consumer product, at least not for the…

Computer brand Framework has hiked the prices on RAM for its Desktop systems and Mainframes in response to rising costs with its suppliers. Compared with when the Desktops were announced, the 32GB and 64GB options each cost $40 more, but its 128GB variation now costs an extra $460. The current pricing for machines is $1,139…

Mark PoyntingClimate reporter NOAA via Getty A satellite image of Hurricane Melissa moving over the Caribbean Sea Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded, created “extremely dangerous and life-threatening” conditions in Jamaica, according to the US National Hurricane Center. Climate change is not thought to increase the number of hurricanes, typhoons and…

Anthropic’s Super Bowl commercial, one of four ads the AI lab dropped on Wednesday, begins with the word “BETRAYAL” splashed boldly across the screen. The camera pans to a man earnestly asking a chatbot (obviously intended to depict ChatGPT) for advice on how to talk to his mom. The bot, portrayed by a blonde woman,…

Former National Science Foundation Chief AI and Data Officer Dorothy Aronson, who also served as chief information officer for several years, is no longer at the agency, a spokesperson confirmed to FedScoop. Aronson left NSF in early May and Thu Williams is currently the acting CAIO, according to an agency spokesperson. Per LinkedIn, Williams has…