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SEATTLE — Catie Griggs has resigned as president of business operations for the Seattle Mariners, the team announced Friday.Griggs arrived in Seattle in the summer of 2021 after four seasons as chief business officer of MLS’s Atlanta United. She oversaw all aspects of the Mariners’ organization outside of baseball operations. At the time of her hiring, the team said Griggs was the only woman to serve as “president” of a major league club.The Mariners said Griggs is accepting a new position on the East Coast to be closer to his family.“In speaking with her as she struggled with this decision…
Bergmann was a three-time All American while with the Yellow Jackets from 2019-22. ATLANTA — One of Georgia Tech’s most decorated former volleyball players will have a chance to add to her career accomplishments at the Paris Olympics this summer. Julia Bergmann was named to the Brazilian Olympic team on Friday. Bergmann was a three-time All American with the Yellow Jackets from 2019-22. Bergmann’s chances of winning a medal are good — according to a statement from Tech’s athletics department, Brazil heads to Paris as the No. 2 ranked volleyball team in the world, and they won silver at the…
CNN — An extremely dangerous and unusually long heatwave is intensifying and spreading across the West Coast – and there will be no letup for several days. California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Arizona are bracing for possible wildfires, opening cooling centers and warning residents to stay indoors and hydrate as the relentless heat wave brings sweltering temperatures of up to 100 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit — with highs possible in the 120s in the desert southwest. And it only gets worse. Death Valley, California, could reach 50 degrees Celsius on Sunday or Monday, setting a new daily record for those…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is anticipating the busy holiday season to keep things moving through the weekend. And they’re asking drivers to be safe and cautious on the road. Since the monitoring period began Wednesday, police have arrested more than 200 people statewide for driving under the influence of alcohol. The monitoring period lasts through Sunday. Ohio State Highway Patrol Sergeant Tyler Ross said officers arrested 138 people for OVI during their two-day reporting period last year. Survey: 70% of Ohio restaurants and hospitality businesses plan to raise prices in 2024 “As the weekend approaches,…
Intel and AMD want to play a bigger role in the AI era, but at a gradual paceNvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) has undoubtedly taken an early lead in the AI chip race, but its rivals are doing their best to challenge its dominance. After several failed attempts to quietly enter the GPU arena, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), the world’s largest producer of PC and server processors, may be slow to get started, but it appears to be playing for the long haul. Then there’s Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD), which is already promising to challenge Nvidia with its new chips.Intel…
Elon Musk is exploring new ways to integrate xAI’s Grok into the social networking app. According to a series of recent findings, X is developing new features like the ability to ask Grok for information about X accounts, use Grok by highlighting text in the app, and access Grok’s chatbot via a pop-up on the side of the screen while continuing to use other parts of X. The findings were recently shared by independent app researcher Nima Owji. He often tweets his own ideas about features he’d like to see on X. In this case, however, Owji says he discovered…
Hearing Sir Laurence Olivier’s voice give you an update on your work may not offer the same thrill as watching the acclaimed English actor on stage or screen, but it could make your morning commute more interesting. That’s the vision of artificial intelligence startup ElevenLabs, which announced this week that fans of Hollywood icons like Judy Garland and James Dean can now listen to the voices of deceased movie stars narrate books, articles and other digital texts. The company said it has reached agreements with the heirs of Olivier, Garland, Dean and Burt Reynolds to add their voices to a…
Pope Francis will meet with young people, marginalized people, government officials, bishops, priests, religious and missionaries during his trip to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore in September. The 12-day tour of Asia will be the longest of his pontificate. He plans to visit Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, from September 3 to 6; Port Moresby and Vanimo, in Papua New Guinea, from September 6 to 9; Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, from September 9 to 11; and Singapore from September 11 to 13. The central point of the visit will be the meeting with the populations of the peripheries…
President Biden has a string of critical appearances today that will be closely watched, as he struggles to fend off mounting pressure from within his own party to end his reelection bid following a disastrous debate performance last week.Biden is heading to the battleground state of Wisconsin for a rally that’s scheduled to start at 2:15 p.m. ET. Hours later, at 8 p.m., a sit-down interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos is set to air.In Madison, the president will be campaigning alongside Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and other local leaders. The event comes just over a week after Biden’s troubling…
Vita and Evoy, two experts in marine electric propulsion, have announced their intention to merge their respective businesses in order to “consolidate their leading positions in the field of high-efficiency engines”. The two companies bring together a wealth of experience in the field of all-electric propulsion and powertrain technology in the marine sector. We only cover a small part of the marine mobility segment, as it is only just beginning to electrify. However, the pace at which this transition is happening is certainly encouraging. While not all shipbuilders are going electric, companies like Vita and Evoy have helped bring an…