Even before large pieces of the federal government shut down in October 2025, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP – sometimes called the food stamp program – was in for some big ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tracked data centers’ growing water footprint in California. He ...

(The Center Square) — New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte is chasing after a slice of federal funding from a $50 billion hospital fund set up as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and policy bill to ...

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The August jobs report comes out Friday. It’ll be the first read on nationwide job creation, unemployment, and wages since the lackluster July report that also featured downward revisions to the ...

An emerging trend at the intersect of artificial intelligence (AI) and healthcare is to enhance the capabilities of standard LLMs (large language models) using higher quality training datasets and ...

(TNS) — Data centers, which can contain up to tens of thousands of humming computer servers plugged in around the clock, are notorious for heavy energy consumption. A massive new data center campus ...

A year ago, I wrote a piece here about how people were really using gen AI. That article seemed to hit a note: It was popular, featured in viral posts, and the beautiful accompanying infographic has ...

A potential buyer confronts an unexpected monthly fee. By Jill Terreri Ramos Q: I was considering buying a co-op with a private backyard on the Upper East Side. The backyard was included in the ...

Rumors online have suggested for months that Microsoft could be using your Word data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs). Microsoft, however, says it doesn't use ...