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An asphalt storage tank at the Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions facility on Wilmington’s River Road caught fire on Saturday, producing a significant plume of black smoke.
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A clear transition is occurring where AI is moving from a ‘chatbot’ interface (advisory) to ‘agentic’ workflows (execution).
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Space Telescope Discoveries and Future Observatories this week: The James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct mass measurement of a supermassive black hole in the; and The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged a northern…
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Space Station & Orbital Operations this week: On Friday, NASA ordered five of the seven International Space Station crew members into the SpaceX Crew Dragon; and NASA ordered ISS crew to shelter in a Crew Dragon spacecraft on June 5…
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Mars Missions and Discoveries this week: A new study using orbital data from Mars Express and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals the clay-rich deposits at; and NASA has officially ended the MAVEN Mars mission after an anomaly in December…
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Mars & Lunar Exploration Updates this week: NASA has declared the MAVEN Mars orbiter mission unrecoverable and begun decommissioning after an anomaly in; and NASA has officially ceased recovery efforts for the MAVEN spacecraft, which…
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Artemis Moon Missions and Rocket Updates this week: The final eight solid rocket booster motor segments for the Artemis III SLS rocket have shipped from Northrop; and Northrop Grumman has shipped the final eight solid rocket booster…
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Astronomical Discoveries & Observations this week: Webb NIRSpec integral field unit observations of the lensed, high-redshift quasar Abell2744-QSO1 have provided the; and The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged a northern portion of the…
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Hacker Community this week: Cory Doctorow’s ‘Hold on for dear life’ argues that cryptocurrency’s foundational promise of liberation from state; and A hardware hacker has restored a rare GRiD Compass portable computer and built a novel…
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Hacker Community this week: The Copia Institute, Techdirt’s think tank, has filed an amicus brief in NetChoice v; and iFixit’s guide to assembling a soldering kit frames the choice between a premium, feature-rich cordless station and.
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IP & Franchise Lifecycle Tracking this week: Netflix has renewed its ‘Devil May Cry’ animated series for a third and final season, confirming showrunner Adi; and Netflix has renewed its animated ‘Devil May Cry’ series for a third and…
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A speculative analysis suggests the functional distinction between generative AI chatbots and autonomous agents is collapsing, with labs like OpenAI and Anthropic actively developing merged systems that can both…
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Alzheimer’s Disease and Frontal Temporal Dementia this week: The Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (ADDI) has awarded its $2 million Alzheimer’s Insights AI Prize to two; and Scripps Research Institute scientists have identified a…
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Alzheimer’s Disease and Frontal Temporal Dementia this week: The Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative’s $1 million AI Prize, split between two winners, signals a strategic pivot; and Scripps Research Institute scientists have identified a…
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The article argues that the current distinction between conversational chatbots and autonomous AI agents is collapsing.
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Neurodiversity, ADHD, Autism, and AuDHD this week: A New York Times investigation reveals systemic abuse and profit-driven practices at a major Applied Behavioral; and ASAN’s May update details ongoing advocacy efforts, including the…
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Neurodiversity, ADHD, Autism, and AuDHD this week: A New York Times investigation into a national Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) provider chain documented systemic; and The Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s May update details a…
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IP & Franchise Lifecycle Tracking this week: The Prince Estate is releasing ‘Timeless,’ a posthumous album of ten unreleased tracks spanning 1977 to 2016, on; and Netflix has renewed its ‘Devil May Cry’ animated series for a third and…
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Infrastructure, Hardware & Open Source Projects this week: ZeroGPU, a compute efficiency layer for AI, launches with a specialized edge network for high-volume, routine; and JPEG XL’s development was a decade-long, iterative process of…
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Logistics Technology and Innovation this week: The National Motor Freight Traffic Association has launched an anonymous Threat Report Portal for reporting freight; and ISEE AI, founded by MIT researchers, pivoted from highway autonomous…
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Developer Tools: Sandboxes, Agents & Cloud IDEs this week: A security researcher conducted a $1,500 experiment to test whether various large language models could autonomously; and Simon Willison has released an alpha package…
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New Industrial Investments and Facility Expansions this week: USA Rare Earth has selected Cherokee County, South Carolina, for a $1.
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New AI Models, Benchmarks & Safety Tools this week: Google I/O 2026 showcased a strategic push into integrated, always-on AI agents with Gemini Spark and multimodal; and ServiceNow-AI has released EVA-Bench Data 2.
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Freight and Logistics Market Updates this week: XPO’s May tonnage data shows a 0.5% year-over-year increase, driven by a 3.
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Southeast Industrial and Economic Development this week: USA Rare Earth Inc. has selected Cherokee County, South Carolina, for a $1.
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