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Top developers are pivoting from chatbots to physical AI
AI "world models" are the next frontier for computer scientists who see too many limitations in the AI language models behind popular chatbots.
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Camp Mystic in Texas files for bankruptcy after catastrophic floods killed 28 people
Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday, nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors at the all-girls Christian camp in Texas.
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No more wind, lots more gas: Seven takeaways from TVA’s energy plan
Federal utility to lean on fossil fuels to meet demand
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No sanitizer, improper temperatures: Chattanooga area restaurant inspection reports for week ending June 23, 2026
Here is how Chattanooga-area restaurants rated on their food reports this week.
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Shelby County Health Department questions integrity of community air monitoring report data
The Shelby County Health Department has raised questions about the integrity of data behind a May community air monitoring project report that indicated that South Memphis residents are being regularly exposed to unhealthy air pollution.
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The AI boom boosted teacher pay in a rural parish. Can it last?
A couple of weeks after schools let out for the summer in rural Richland Parish, Louisiana, teachers there got the biggest year-end bonuses they had ever seen.
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Sharp drops in Big Tech companies pull indexes mostly lower on Wall Street
Wall Street gave up more of its recent gains Tuesday after a sell-off in big technology stocks spread from Asia back to the U.S. over worries about potentially higher interest rates by the end of the year.
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The Strait of Hormuz’s future is unsettled even as more ships venture through
Ship traffic has picked up in the Strait of Hormuz since Iran and the U.S. signed an interim deal to end a war that constricted global oil supplies and fueled inflation, but questions surrounding control of the vital waterway and whether vessels will be charged tolls to cross it could interfere with negotiations to forge a lasting peace.
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Trump administration announces $17.5B in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors
The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers.
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Qatar says gas export terminal blast killed 13 as workers tried to resume operations
An explosion tore through Qatar's key natural gas export terminal Sunday night as workers tried to resume operations after Iran bombed it during the war, causing a fire that killed at least 13 people and hurt 66 others.
