Pesky Condors Invade California Home
Fifteen to 20 of the endangered giant birds wrecked the deck, knocked over lawn ornaments and tore up “every piece of plastic” they could find, the...
Daily Archive: May 6, 2021
Granted Parole or Awaiting Trial, Inmates Died of Covid-19 Behind Bars
Among the thousands who have died in prisons and jails from the coronavirus were dozens of people approved for parole or not convicted of a charge...
William T. Wiley, ‘Funk Artist’ Who Spurned Convention, Dies at 83
Rooted in the Bay Area, he spurned commerce (and the New York scene, mostly), produced an eclectic kind of figurative art and imparted his “Wiz-dumb” to...
Albert Pujols Placed on Waivers by Los Angeles Angels
The former superstar is expected to be released and may join another team as he closes out his extraordinary career.
‘Natural disasters’ increase triggers for violence against women and girls
‘Natural disasters,’ sparked by climate change and other natural hazards, increase the triggers for violence against women and girls by boosting the means, opportunity, and underlying...
How the USPS uses Nvidia GPUs and A.I. to track missing mail
You’ve got mail! But where is it? The USPS is leaning on A.I. at the edge and GPU-accelerated computing to help track and locate missing mail...
5 new Google Assistant features you can try right now
Google Assistant has new features that can help you remember chores, put the kids to bed, and much more.
Support grows for vaccine patent waiver as India deaths hit new record
International support grew Thursday for a US proposal to waive patents on much-needed coronavirus vaccines, a move strongly opposed by pharmaceutical companies which said it wouldn’t...
Italy set to vaccinate small island populations in one go
Italy is set to start a mass vaccination campaign Friday on some of its small, remote islands with few residents and limited health care services, though...
HP launches a work-from-home PC to take on the new iMac
Though it may look like Apple’s redesigned iMac, HP’s EliteOne 800 all-in-one is an enterprise desktop with A.I. smarts made for video calls.
