Author: Alex Maschino
The last fossil fuel crisis caused incredible amounts of pain for the people of Europe. In 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine, gas prices skyrocketed, resulting in the costs of energy rising to cripplingly high levels. Every European Union citizen overpaying for their fossil gas and power sent 150 euros ($175) to the United States per year, according to a recent report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).That pain meant unprecedented profits for fossil fuel companies. In 2023, the world’s oil and gas industry earned a whopping $2.7 trillion, and invested just 4 percent of its…
AI music startup Udio has denied Sony Music Entertainment’s copyright infringement claims while acknowledging that it used audio scraped from YouTube to train its models.In a filing with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday (April 29), which you can read here, Udio answered Sony Music’s amended complaint, which also names Arista Music and Arista Records as plaintiffs.Udio admitted that its models were built by feeding the system with “a vast amount of different kinds of sound recordings” gathered from publicly available sources, from which the models derived “a complex collection of statistical insights…
Bindi Irwin’s mom, Terri Irwin, provided a health update on her daughter after she failed to attend the 2026 Steve Irwin Gala. During a red carpet interview with E! News at the Saturday, May 2, event inside at Las Vegas’ Bellagio, Terri, 61, spoke about Bindi’s ongoing battle with endometriosis — and why it prevented her from attending alongside her and brother Robert Irwin. “Bindi is doing so much better now,” Terri told the outlet while standing alongside Robert, 22, at the 3rd annual Steve Irwin Gala that celebrated her late husband’s conservation achievements. “Things like a lot of travel…
Frank Warren is clear that there will be a world title on the line in Agit Kabayel‘s return, regardless of whether Oleksandr Usyk is standing in the opposite corner.The leading contender claimed his WBC ‘interim’ title in February 2025, when he climbed off the canvas to halt Zhilei Zhang with a vicious sixth-round body attack.Prior to that, Kabayel had scored back-to-back stoppages over Frank Sanchez and Arslanbek Makhmudov, contributing to his reputation as a worthy challenger to Usyk.Instead of landing a shot against the Ukrainian earlier this year, though, the 33-year-old defended his ‘interim’ title with a third-round finish over…
Inside this old skydiving plane, a crew of Ukrainian volunteers is hunting down Russian drones. Russia is sending thousands of its one-way attack drones into Ukraine every month. Many are shot down, but the country’s air defenses can’t stop them all. On the side of the fuselage here, they’ve mounted this American-made machine gun that’s capable of firing up to 3,000 rounds per minute, or 50 rounds per second. And they’re picking off drones one by one. It takes about $500 of ammunition per drone kill — a bargain considering that the Iranian-designed Shahed drones are mass-produced for tens of…
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CBS has cut the episode count for several TV shows ahead of the fall 2026 season. The network confirmed that Ghosts, Matlock and NCIS: Sydney received a shakeup by having their premieres moved to 2027 for midseason. They will join the new show Einstein, which is finally premiering in 2027 as well. Matlock’s timeslot will be given to Elsbeth to allow Cupertino to premiere on the same night. NCIS: Sydney, meanwhile, is moving to midseason as NCIS: Origins — which received a shorter episode order — takes over to pair off with NCIS: New York. In addition to NCIS: Origins,…
Leon Draisaitl says the Edmonton Oilers have taken a step backwards, and Connor McDavid agrees with Leon Sportsnet: Gene Principe and Mark Spector on the comments made by Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid during their end-of-season interviews yesterday. ** NHLRumors.com transcription Principe: “Mark, we are trending the wrong way. As I’m joined by Mark Spector, one of the I guess, like wow moments with Leon Draisaitl. What did you think of how open and honest he was about the Edmonton Oilers? ” NHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers, and the Los Angeles Kings Spector: “Yeah, Leon Draisaitl stole the…
His car had become stranded attempting to cross a low bridge in the flooded river last week. By the time the police got to the scene, it was empty, leading them to suspect he had been swept away by the water, Mpumalanga provincial police spokesperson Colonel Mavela Masondo told the national broadcaster, SABC.
A Chinese court ruled that companies cannot terminate employees just to replace them with artificial intelligence systems, as authorities juggle the need to stabilize the domestic labor market with a global race to develop AI technologies. The court decided that a tech firm in eastern China had illegally fired one of its workers after he refused to take a demotion when his job was automated by AI, according to a statement published by the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court. “The termination grounds cited by the company did not fall under negative circumstances such as business downsizing or operational difficulties, nor did they meet…