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More than 2.7 million Texas customers were without power as of 12:59 p.m. Monday, according to estimates from PowerOutage.us and CenterPoint Energy. credit: Annie Mulligan of The Texas Tribune Hurricane Beryl left more than 2.7 million customers in Texas without power as of 12:59 p.m. Monday, according to estimates from PowerOutage.us and CenterPoint Energy. CenterPoint said at 3:30 p.m. it had begun restoring power to 2.26 million customers in Texas. Power was scarce, and CenterPoint has not yet provided an estimate for when power will be restored to millions of customers. “We are mobilizing all available resources, as well as…
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Two northeast Kansas restaurants are getting national attention.America’s Best Restaurants (ABR) made two stops in the area, first at LaRocca’s Pizza near I-470 and Gage in Topeka. ABR crews arrived in Kansas on Monday, July 8, where owners Ted and Cindi Valdivia demonstrated how to make their specialty pizzas and received a “cheer” from the Hayden High School cheer squad.”We’re here to highlight restaurants that aren’t on the national radar, put them on the map and get people to know about them,” said America’s Best Restaurants host J. Russell. “If you’re flying into Kansas City, don’t…
Sydney Building taken from Cremorne Point.Brook Attakorn | Moments | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets opened higher on Tuesday, following gains on Wall Street that led to S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite closed at a record high overnight.Japan Nikkei 225 up 1%, while the Topix edged up 0.27%.South Korea Kospi rose 0.3% as Samsung Electronics shares rose 0.57%, even as the company’s largest union continued a three-day strike to demand better wages. Elsewhere, Hyundai reached a temporary wage deal with its union, averting a strike. Hyundai shares fell 1.59%.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures were at 17,534, higher than the…
OpenAI will ban application programming interface (API) access to its artificial intelligence (AI) models in China, but this will not apply to Microsoft Azure customers in the country. Azure operates in China through a joint venture and said in a public statement that its AI models are available to Chinese customers, Seeking Alpha reported on Monday (July 8), citing a paid article in The Information. OpenAI reportedly plans to block Chinese users from accessing its API starting Tuesday (July 9). A Microsoft spokesperson contacted by PYMNTS said there is no change to the company’s Azure OpenAI service offering in China,…
Listen to the article 2 minutes This audio is automatically generated, please let us know if you have any feedback. Dive Overview: The unemployment rate for IT professionals reached 3.7% in June, up from 2.5% the previous month. CompTIA Review The unemployment rate rose to its highest level since August 2020, at 4.6%, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Other key indicators of the tech labor market There were signs that demand was sluggish: Across the economy, tech jobs fell by 22,000, with job openings down slightly from the previous month. In contrast, companies in…
$1 billion donation to Johns Hopkins University From Billionaire Mike Bloomberg It would make medical school tuition free for most students and increase financial aid for students enrolled in nursing, public health and other graduate programs.In a letter Monday from Bloomberg Philanthropies In his annual report, Bloomberg cited the twin challenges of declining health and education. The gift represents a strong endorsement of the values of higher education at a time when academia has come under increasing politicized attack.”As America struggles to recover from a severe decline in life expectancy, our nation faces a serious shortage of doctors, nurses and…
The Hawaii State Department of Health has confirmed two more travel-related cases of dengue fever in the state, this time on the islands of Kauai and Maui. This is the first dengue case on Kauai and the second on Maui so far this year, bringing the total to eight so far this year, including a case reported on Oahu last week. “These cases occurred in different parts of the world,” the health ministry said in a news release. “Several parts of the world are currently experiencing higher than normal dengue activity.” The Ministry of Health said the two latest cases…
FLORISSANT, Mo. – The Florissant Police Department is hunting for a group of thieves who brazenly broke into multiple businesses overnight. Investigators say it all happened within a half-hour span between 1 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. Monday. Now the windows and doors are closed, but it was a different story this morning. The whole thing started with a break-in at Brennan’s Bar and Grill in the 1700 block of Thunderbird Avenue near Lindbergh. After Brennan’s, the thieves went to Subway in the 2500 block of North Lindbergh Boulevard. Shortly afterward, they hit Qdoba and Edible Arrangements at the Cross Keys…
Alec Baldwin A New Mexico judge ruled Monday that his role as a producer on the Western movie “Lust” is irrelevant to his manslaughter trial over a fatal shooting that occurred during filming.The move, coming just as the trial was about to begin, is a major setback for the prosecution, who had planned to present evidence showing that as co-producer, Baldwin bore special responsibility for the dangerous situation that led to the shooting death of cinematographer Halina Hutchins during rehearsal, beyond that of an actor possessing a gun.”The state is trying to show that as an actor, Mr. Baldwin made…
AI tutors can help identify students’ needs and fill in their learning gaps, but … [+] The empathy, inspiration, and social-emotional skills of human teachers to guide students through their learning challenges.Getty I love summer vacations. But I hate planning them. So I experimented with a chatbot that helps me plan a family trip. I learned a lot from the experience, and gained new insight into why AI is still a long way from replacing many of the intangibles that humans bring to important jobs like tutoring. AI is undoubtedly great at making users more efficient and organized — it…