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Prepared, Proactive, Powerful: Get Ready Now for Winter Weather Season
After seeing significant winter weather storms over the last three years, the City of Austin wants to remind residents that now is the time to prepare for the winter weather season. Central Texas is prone to a wide range of weather hazards, including flooding, wildfire, and extreme heat. As climate change occurs, weather emergencies…
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Rolls-Royce Exits Electric Propulsion To Focus On Core Businesses
Rolls-Royce announced plans to sell its electric flight division to focus on its core businesses. AeroTime reports: The sale of the electric business division could bring in between 1 and 1.5 billion pounds to Rolls-Royce coffers. In this regard, Rolls-Royce is betting on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as the main driver of decarbonization for the…
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Pentagon Scientists Discuss Cybernetic ‘Super Soldiers’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: On Wednesday, a group of military and military-adjacent scientists gathered at a conference to discuss the possibility of creating a super soldier. They discussed breeding programs, Marvel movies, The Matrix, and the various technologies the Pentagon is researching with the goal of creating a real life super…
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AAA offers winter driving advice
Wed, Nov 29th 2023 09:00 am By AAA of Western and Central New York Winter weather is in the forecast, and AAA has tips to keep everyone safe on the roads. About 46% of crashes involving bad weather take place in the winter, making this the worst time of year for driving in treacherous conditions.…
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405 Freeway’s new express lanes to debut, be available from Costa Mesa to LA County line
Drivers traveling between Orange and Los Angeles Counties will get to enjoy two added express toll lanes and the addition of a regular lane on both sides of the 405 Freeway beginning Friday. The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) said these new lanes have been added from Costa Mesa to the Los Angeles County line…
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HPE, Nvidia help enterprises go ‘AI-native’ with new solution
Nvidia was very busy on the conference circuit during November, visiting events hosted by Microsoft, Amazon, and most recently, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). The not-so-surprising common theme among these events has been how to best support enterprise customers as they increase their development and use of large language models and generative AI applications. At HPE…
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HPE, Nvidia help enterprises go ‘AI-native’ with new solution
Nvidia was very busy on the conference circuit during November, visiting events hosted by Microsoft, Amazon, and most recently, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). The not-so-surprising common theme among these events has been how to best support enterprise customers as they increase their development and use of large language models and generative AI applications. At HPE…
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Man cut off on interstate, forced to go to ATM during kidnapping, robbery in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A man is facing several charges including aggravated kidnapping and robbery after police arrested him for a mid-November robbery in Nashville. Metro Nashville police said the victim got off at the Fesslers Lane exit from I-24 on his way to work when a Nissan Maxima cut him off. Cordarious Dashaun Clark,…
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Winter Weather Preparedness Day is December 6, 2023
Pearl, Miss. – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, in partnership with the NationalWeather Service and the Mississippi Department of Transportation urge Mississippians to planfor winter weather on Winter Weather Preparedness Day, December 6, 2023. NOAA’s ClimatePrediction Center forecasts a “wetter than average” winter for the state. Mississippians shouldbe prepared for cold temperatures, the potential for…
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What are sinking funds and should you have them?
Big expenses that don’t occur very often can be budget busters. You know you’ll need to buy things like new tires for your car every few years, or you have insurance bills that you pay once or twice a year, plus there’s all the birthday and holiday gifts you buy throughout the year. But because…