Gas tax: How beer fuelled a debate on Australia's energy giants
Campaigners say Australia is giving away its gas ‘for free’ and should tax exports like Norway and Qatar. Source link
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Chrome Is Quietly Installing a 4GB AI Model on Your Computer—And Putting It Back If You Delete It
In brief Chrome silently downloads a ~4GB Gemini Nano file called weights.bin to eligible devices with no opt-in prompt, and automatically re-downloads it if deleted. Chrome’s “AI Mode” button in the address bar routes queries to Google’s cloud servers—the local 4GB model doesn’t power it. Privacy researcher Alexander Hanff argues the behavior violates the EU…
What's in the US's 1-page proposal for Iran peace deal?
The U.S. and Iran are reportedly trying to hammer out the details of one-page memorandum to end hostilities, the latest back-and-forth amid the stalemate over the months-long conflict. The U.S.-proposed memo would establish a framework for future talks on Tehran’s nuclear program, a source familiar with the talks told NewsNation’s Kellie Meyer on Wednesday. Earlier……
Khanna: Trump would fire Lutnick if he heard Epstein answers
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.) said that President Trump would fire his commerce secretary if he heard the testimony that he provided Congress on Wednesday about his relationship to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “If Donald Trump had seen the video transcript, he would have fired Howard Lutnick,” Khanna told reporters following the closed-door briefing….
YouTuber turns hamster wheel into phone charger
Offbeat Okay, the rodent was a willing participant – after all, who turns down treats for a spin that charges a phone? Who needs power outlets when you can charge off of animal labor? The next time someone asks you if a hamster running on a wheel can produce a measurable amount of energy, you…
Predicting temporal stability and resilience from resistance and recovery
Here we develop an approach for predicting temporal stability and resilience from their resistance and recovery components. We began by considering a common measure of temporal stability, the inverse of the coefficient of variation, and defined similar measures of resistance, recovery and resilience that are also the inverse of a deviation. Given that the predicted…
Video Shows a Jet Ski Collide With a Grey Whale
new video loaded: Video Shows a Jet Ski Collide With a Grey Whale transcript Back transcript Video Shows a Jet Ski Collide With a Grey Whale Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans is investigating after a person driving a jet ski struck a grey whale off the coast of Vancouver. Emergency service officials say the…
Airline fuel costs jumped 56 percent in March: Transportation Department
Airline fuel costs went up 56 percent in March, according to the Department of Transportation (DOT) — a sharp spike in the first full month after the outbreak of the Iran war. In a Wednesday release, the DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) said that U.S. scheduled service airlines’ total fuel expenditure was $5.06 billion……
Guggenheim ‘Leaning Into’ BDCs, Dina DiLorenzo Says
Guggenheim Investments President Dina DiLorenzo says the firm is working to launch a nontraded business development company, calling private credit an “important” asset class. She speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California. (Source: Bloomberg) Source link
World Cup 2026: Mexico Football Federation threatens to drop players over training camp row
The Mexican Football Federation has told domestic players from Liga MX they will be dropped from the country’s World Cup squad if they fail to report for a training camp and stay with their clubs instead. The camp, starting Wednesday, 6 May, is taking place outside Fifa’s designated international window and clashes with Liga MX…