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President Donald Trump has been very vocal in his support of artificial intelligence advancements being built here in America. This week, new plans were announced for York County to help make that a reality. Sign up for our Newsletters The investment is $5 billion, out of the $90 billion total coming to the commonwealth. It’s … Read more

Researchers have developed a hybrid AI model that significantly improves the accuracy of predicting lithium-ion battery lifespan. The system combines convolutional neural networks, gated recurrent units, and particle filtering to deliver more reliable estimates of remaining useful life. Lithium-ion batteries degrade over time, losing capacity with repeated charge and discharge cycles. Predicting exactly when a … Read more

Reddit may soon ask users to prove they’re human, and it might involve your face. During a TBPN podcast, Reddit’s CEO, Steve Huffman, confirmed that the platform is exploring new identity verification methods, including using Face ID or Touch ID-style authentication, to tackle its growing bot problem. The idea is simple: as AI-generated accounts become … Read more

WASHINGTON/GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) – When Amanda Moore visits her 81-year-old father in the ICU at ECU Health Beaufort Hospital in Washington, she knows he’s getting critical care from more than just the team in the room. Sometimes, his doctor appears on a screen. “They just push it in the room and the doctor comes on,” … Read more

You may have seen me singing the praises of the second-generation AirTag as one of my favorite travel gadgets. Still, there’s just one tiny little problem with the brand-spankin’ new model: it’s pricey, especially compared to its predecessor. Right now, the first-generation, quadruple-pack AirTag is down to its lowest price I’ve ever seen—just $59.99—and it’s … Read more

Remember Sora? Developed by the powerhouse behind ChatGPT, Sora’s AI-generated videos became instant social media sensations and spawned nightmares in Hollywood. But while the Sora demo reel blew away viewers back in February 2024 (a lifetime ago in the world of AI), OpenAI’s gen-AI video platform failed to take off after a sluggish start. Now … Read more

The bell has tolled for Sora, OpenAI’s video generation tool that once cranked out a very popular clip of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stealing graphics cards from Target. OpenAI announced that it is “saying goodbye” to the tool, less than six months after the launch of Sora 2 appeared to cause significant nervous sweating among … Read more

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The National Weather Service (NWS) is planning to move its data and services to a cloud server and develop new tools to replace current applications, which will increase flexibility and scalability for its offices and partners, and allow for the integration of artificial intelligence and public/private data sources. NWS awarded … Read more

OpenAI’s short-form video app Sora was meant to showcase the future of AI-generated content. Just six months after going viral, it’s already being shut down. Sora launched in late 2025 as a text-to-video platform that allowed users to generate short clips, remix content and share it in a social-style feed. The idea was to turn … Read more

A hands-on training program hosted by Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC) is helping address a shortage of skilled heavy equipment operators in Maine by giving students direct, on-the-job experience. The six-week program brings together students, community colleges, workforce leaders, and construction industry partners to prepare participants for careers operating heavy machinery. Rather than relying solely … Read more