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'Venom: The Last Dance' misses projections as superhero films' grip loosens

“Venom: The Last Dance” showed less bite than expected at the box office, collecting $51 million in its opening weekend

Entertainment - ABC News - 5 days ago

Japan's Shigeru Ishiba suggests he intends to stay on as PM after ruling coalition loses majority

It is the first time since 2009 that the Liberal Democratic Party has lost its parliamentary majority.

Business - CNBC - 4 days ago

Harris on Trump connection to Project 2025: 'His DNA is all over it'

Vice President Harris said in a new interview that former President Trump's "DNA is all over" Project 2025. "As you know, I am a former prosecutor; his DNA is all over it," Harris said in the ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

DNC projects message tying Trump to Hitler on MSG during rally

Sunday marks the first time the DNC is projecting counterprogramming onto a building while Trump will be inside it, but it's far from the first time Democrats have deployed the technique.

"Progress 2028" may look like Democrats' "Project 2025," but it's not

A conservative nonprofit has launched a campaign to attribute policies to Vice President Kamala Harris through a deceptive website and platform called "Progress 2028."

Heritage Foundation: the rightwing ‘Project 2025’ think-tank banking on Trump

Republican candidate now seeks to distance himself from controversial group and its manifesto

World - Financial Times - 3 days ago

Wall Street Giants to Make $50 Billion Bet on AI and Power Projects

KKR and Energy Capital Partners plan to invest in development of data centers and the power infrastructure to support them.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - 2 days ago

Biden administration announces $2.4 billion for new rail projects

The Biden administration announced $2.4 billion in funding for new rail projects Tuesday. Officials are hoping the investment will spur new job opportunities for Americans as they undertake 122 ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

Volvo moves to buy out Northvolt from Gothenburg battery project

Chinese-owned Swedish carmaker is reviewing options for a potential partnership

Business - Financial Times - 2 days ago

Project reveals UK sites where black Americans fought to end slavery

Missing Pieces Project maps buildings in 189 locations where African American abolitionists spoke against slavery. Historic England is commemorating the American abolitionist Frederick Douglass ’s ...

World - The Guardian - 20 hours ago

Funding of A9 dualling project a real concern, say MSPs

They also say issues around funding had already delayed the £3bn Inverness to Perth project.

Why Big Tech is turning to nuclear to power its energy-intensive AI ambitions

Large tech firms are turning to alternative power sources like nuclear as a way to fulfill growing energy demands from data centers.

Business - CNBC - October 16

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

Energy drinks, death stares and sideline swag: Inside Sean Payton's 'game-day' alter ego

More than a dozen players and coaches shared stories about the Denver head coach, who led New Orleans from 2006 to 2021.

Sports - ESPN - October 17

Nuclear-energy ETFs surge as uranium prices remain rangebound. Is now a good time to invest?

ETFs that track uranium miners and nuclear-energy stocks have skyrocketed in October, as some of the largest tech companies have tapped into nuclear power to fuel data centers as part of their AI ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 18

Biofuels stock Gevo continues rally, boosted by $1.46 billion Energy Department loan

Shares of renewable-chemicals and biofuels company Gevo continued their rally Friday, lifted by a $1.46 billion loan commitment from the U.S. Energy Department earlier this week.

Business - MarketWatch - October 18

Cuba’s electrical grid goes offline after one of the island's major power plant fails, said the energy ministry

World - ABC News - October 18

Russia halting strikes on energy targets could lead to peace talks, says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian president floats mutual cessation of aerial attacks on power grids as first step towards ending war

Business - Financial Times - October 22

Big Tech is driving a nuclear power revival, energy guru Dan Yergin says

As tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon and Google compete to take the lead in the AI revolution, data centers are consuming an ever-increasing amount of energy.

Business - CNBC - October 23

Chevron CEO says 'consistent and coherent energy policy' is what matters for the next administration

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth told CNBC's Jim Cramer what kind of government action is important for his company.

Business - CNBC - October 24

Eye on America: New hotel runs on clean energy, and growing threats of inland flooding

In North Carolina, we learn about the growing threat of severe flooding facing inland communities. And in Connecticut, we check in at the only hotel in the country that runs entirely on renewable ...

Israel Struck Air Defenses Around Critical Iranian Energy Sites, Officials Say

Israeli attacks hit air-defense systems around important energy sites but avoided the facilities themselves, Iranian and Israeli officials said. The United States had urged Israel not to strike ...

World - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Icahn Enterprises’ stock slides 14% as majority-owned CVR Energy suspends its dividend

Icahn Enterprises LP’s stock fell 4% early Tuesday, after CVR Energy Inc., in which it owns a 66% stake, said it would suspend its third-quarter dividend, as unplanned outages and a weak macro ...

Business - MarketWatch - 3 days ago

I worked on clean energy reform under both Trump and Biden — we cannot go back

The difference between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris when it comes to climate and clean energy policy could not be more stark.