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YUMA, ARIZONA — As the world pivots from planet-warming fossil fuels to renewable energy, a new pollution problem is rearing its head: What to do with old or worn-out solar panels? Thousands of photovoltaic slabs are being installed across the United States every day, particularly in the sunny west and south of the country, as states […]
The New York Times on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that the companies’ artificial intelligence models infringe upon the newspaper’s intellectual property. The complaint, viewed by VOA, argues that the AI models created by OpenAI and Microsoft used “millions of The Times’s copyrighted news articles” to train chatbots that now compete with the […]
Ukraine’s military said Thursday that Russian forces attacked overnight using eight drones launched from Russian territory near the Sea of Azov. The Ukrainian air force said on Telegram that its air defenses shot down seven of the drones over the Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad and Zaporizhzhya regions. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday its forces thwarted an attack […]
The IRS has unveiled a “voluntary disclosure program” for businesses that claimed a pandemic-era tax credit in error and want to pay the money back. Worth thousands per employee, the employee retention tax credit, or ERC, was designed to support small businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The lucrative tax break sparked a cottage industry of firms pushing employers to […]
Vinyl LP purchases have risen for the 16th consecutive year in the UK in 2023 and are growing at their fastest rate this decade. Following a 2.9% improvement in unit sales last year, the vinyl market in 2023 has, with just a few more days to go to year-end, increased more than four times as […]
Barack Obama has shared his favourite films of the year. The former U.S. President took to social media on Wednesday to unveil his annual list of favourite movies. Obama, 62, admitted his first three choices – Rustin, Leave the World Behind and American Symphony – were “biased” given they were produced by Higher Ground, the […]
The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an attempt to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot. The Michigan court ruled against an appeal by liberal group Free Speech For People to block Trump from running for his involvement in inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol. Michigan, a key election battleground, has helped […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said in his Christmas message on Monday that children dying in wars, including in Gaza, are the “little Jesuses of today” and that Israeli strikes there were reaping an “appalling harvest” of innocent civilians. In his Christmas Day “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and world) address, Francis also called the […]
TOKYO, JAPAN — Japan’s SLIM space probe entered the moon’s orbit Monday in a major step toward the country’s first successful lunar landing, expected next month. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” because it is designed to land within 100 meters (328 feet) of a specific target on the lunar […]
Radio 2 listeners have crowned Like a Prayer as their favourite Madonna song, as revealed today (26th December), taking the No. 1 spot in Your Ultimate Madonna Song – the Top 40 chart of single releases by Madonna Louise Ciccone, as voted for by listeners. 2024 marks the 35th anniversary of Like a Prayer which […]
