White House officials to meet with AI leaders about data center development

Nintendo’s brain trust including Miyamoto answers questions about game development

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa and gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto answered questions about game development this week.

Tech - VentureBeat - 3 days ago

Nvidia CEO touts India’s progress with sovereign AI and over 100K AI developers trained

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang noted India’s progress in its AI journey in a conversation at the Nvidia AI Summit in India. India now has more than 2,000 Nvidia Inception AI companies and more than ...

Tech - VentureBeat - October 24

DataRobot launches Enterprise AI Suite to bridge gap between AI development and business value

DataRobot aims to boost AI success with a new Enterprise Suite featuring pre-built templates, AI agents, observability and governance tools.

Tech - VentureBeat - 7 hours ago

Meta’s plan for nuclear-powered AI data centre thwarted by rare bees

Environmental issue disrupts search for energy deals amid a Big Tech race over artificial intelligence

Business - Financial Times - November 4

Data: America’s toughest housing markets swung toward Trump

Comparing 2020 election results to 2024, Trump’s margin increased more in counties with the most difficult housing markets.

In key New York suburb, House candidates are racing to the center: ANALYSIS

In New York's 17th Congressional District, the candidates here aren't like the Republicans or Democrats voters have heard about in Washington. Just trust them.

Amazon, Google make dueling nuclear investments to power data centers with clean energy

Tech giants Amazon and Google are investing in the next generation of nuclear reactors

Tech - ABC News - October 16

NextEra sees strong data center interest in restarting Iowa nuclear plant, CEO says

NextEra is conducting engineering assessments at Duane Arnold and is working with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Business - CNBC - October 23

Talen, Constellation and Vistra tumble after government rejects Amazon nuclear data center agreement

Talen Energy in March sold the data center campus to Amazon for $650 million, which would be powered by the nuclear plant in a first-of-its-kind deal.

Business - CNBC - November 4

Generative AI grows 17% in 2024, but data quality plummets: Key findings from Appen’s State of AI Report

Appen’s 2024 State of AI report reveals surging generative AI adoption, but companies face growing challenges with data quality, bottlenecks, and declining ROI in AI deployments.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 22

New report reveals sobering data about Ohio children in poverty

Step Forward, a nonprofit in Cuyahoga County, is working to help low-income families obtain self-sufficiency. It operates Head Start and a variety of emergency assistance and development programs.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 16

What voter registration data says about 2024 election turnout

The deadline to register to vote in the presidential election has already passed in more than a dozen states, and data shows that there are millions of newly registered voters. Tom Bonier, senior ...

What Data Shows About Late Abortions as States Prepare to Vote on Measures

Both sides are trying to make their opponents sound extreme. Here is what studies and data show about when and why abortions happen later in pregnancy.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 31

What to know about new polls, fresh Election Day data

CBS News will receive fresh polling data throughout Election Day. CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto previews what to expect as more information becomes available.

EU and Gulf leaders held inaugural leaders' summit against background of Mideast turmoil

The leaders of the European Union and six Gulf nations held an inaugural summit against a backdrop of turmoil in the Middle East and struggles to find a unified position on the war in Ukraine

World - ABC News - October 16

Moscow and Beijing announce further cooperation during international group meeting in Pakistan

Leaders and top officials from an international group founded to counter Western alliances have met in Pakistan’s capital, with Moscow and Beijing announcing they will boost cooperation

World - ABC News - October 16

Meloni’s migration meeting sets tone for fractious EU leaders’ summit

Also in this newsletter: cheers to Europe’s beer industry

World - Financial Times - October 17

Turkey and Germany leaders meet in Istanbul and find many avenues of agreement. But not on Israel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Istanbul

World - ABC News - October 19

Watch live: Trump appears at North Carolina faith leaders meeting

Former President Trump is appearing at the 11th Hour Faith Leaders Meeting in Charlotte, N.C. He will be joined by Ben Carson, his former Housing and Urban Development secretary, and his son Eric ...

Politics - The Hill - October 21

European leaders meet to re-energise offshore wind power

World - Yahoo News - October 24

Trump meets with leaders from Bezos-owned Blue Origin

Former President Trump met with leaders from the Jeff Bezos-owned aerospace company Blue Origin following his speech in Austin, Texas. The Republican had a short meeting with the aerospace company ...

Politics - The Hill - October 26

European Leaders Meet Amid Trump Victory and Global Uncertainty

Leaders from across Europe and beyond gathered to discuss the war in Ukraine, immigration and plans for a second Trump presidency.

World - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Meet These 7 Potential Leaders of Financial Agencies Under Trump

A Robinhood attorney and Republican regulators are people being considered for top jobs with the SEC, Comptroller of the Currency and other roles.

Business - Inc. - 4 days ago

'The Piano Lesson' is about legacy — for the family at its center and the Washingtons bringing it to theaters

Denzel Washington’s kids — John David Washington, Malcolm Washington and executive producer Katia Washington — worked together to film “The Piano Lesson.”

Meet the startup that just won the Pentagon’s first AI defense contract

The Pentagon awards its first-ever generative AI defense contract worth $1.8M to Jericho Security, targeting deepfake attacks and AI-powered threats against military personnel including drone pilots.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 5

Traces of meeting hall and houses found at bronze age site in Germany

Archaeologists say site near Seddin once had surprisingly densely populated community of farmers and traders. Archaeologists digging at the site of a bronze age kingdom in northern Germany have ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

Three Mile Island Is at the Center of Efforts to Expand Nuclear Capacity to Meet Rising Power Demand

The Pennsylvania plant, site of the worst U.S. nuclear energy accident, is at the forefront of efforts to expand nuclear capacity to meet rising electricity demand.

Business - The New York Times - October 30

DataStax looks to help enterprises stuck in AI ‘development hell’, with a little help from Nvidia

DataStax looks to improve enterprise AI production deployment with Nvidia, using Langflow as the center for building agentic AI workflows.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 15

Microsoft's GitHub expands beyond OpenAI, lets developers use AI models from Anthropic, Google

GitHub is giving software developers more choices for its popular coding assistant, meaning they won't be limited to models from OpenAI.

Business - CNBC - October 29

Microsoft just made it way easier for developers to build AI apps — and it could be bad news for AWS

Microsoft expands its AI developer tools with GitHub Copilot for Azure, simplifying cloud integration and transforming how developers build and deploy AI applications in an increasingly competitive ...

Tech - VentureBeat - October 29

AWS launches in-line Q Developer AI coding assistant to take on Microsoft’s Github Copilot

Amazon Q Developer’s inline chat feature demonstrates its potential through practical applications like code refactoring and documentation.