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Piotr Swiat | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesCore Scientific shares surged 35% on Thursday following a report from The Wall Street Journal that artificial intelligence infrastructure vendor CoreWeave is in talks to acquire the bitcoin mining and hosting provider.The company’s stock was briefly halted after the report, and then proceeded to have its second-sharpest rally since Core Scientific returned to the Nasdaq in January 2024 after completing a reorganization. Its biggest one-day gain came last June, when the shares popped 40% on news that the company would significantly expand its AI business with CoreWeave.The Journal reported, citing people familiar with the…

Let’s start by clearing up what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump’s war with Iran—and yes, it was a war—was not about. It was not about making the United States more secure, more prosperous, or more respected and admired around the world. And no matter what Trump claims on Truth Social or what his loyal acolytes say, it wasn’t about making the Middle East more stable or even about protecting Israel over the longer term. To begin with, Iran wasn’t on the brink of getting a nuclear weapon, as Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told…

Digital boards are seen due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cybersecurity services to U.S. technology company Microsoft, on July on 19, 2024.Selçuk Acar | Anadolu | Getty ImagesIt’s a bittersweet day for Windows users.Microsoft is scrapping its iconic “blue screen of death,” known for appearing during unexpected restarts on Windows computers. The company revealed a new black iteration in a blog post on Thursday, saying that it is “streamlining the unexpected restart experience.”The new black unexpected restart screen is slated to launch this summer on Windows 11 24H2 devices, the company said. Microsoft touted the…

Omar Marques | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesApple Thursday made changes to its App Store European policies, saying it believes the new rules will help the company avoid a fine of 500 million euro ($585 million) from the EU for violating the Digital Markets Act.The new policies are a complicated system of fees and programs for app makers, with some developers now paying three separate fees for one download. Apple also is going to introduce a new set of rules for all app developers in Europe, which includes a fee called the “core technology commission” of 5% on…

(The Center Square) — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, along with 21 other Democratic attorneys general, is reminding hospitals they’re required to provide emergency abortion care.Mayes was among those who signed a letter about abortion to American Hospital Association President Richard Pollack.The attorneys general sent the letter Tuesday, which coincided with the third anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. With the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, the issue of abortion was returned to the states.Mayes and the other Democrats told America’s largest hospital association that it needed to ensure hospitals were complying with the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. This…

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court handed down four more rulings Thursday, including a 6-3 decision solidifying states’ right to block abortion services from receiving Medicaid funding.The justices also gave opinions on challenging a deportation ruling, DNA testing in a capital murder case and interpretation of the First Step Act.Medicaid abortion coverageMedina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic6-3 rulingThe nation’s top court voted along ideological lines to support South Carolina’s 2018 decision prohibiting abortion clinics from receiving reimbursement under Medicaid.A South Carolina Planned Parenthood sued the state alongside a patient, saying the ban infringed upon the patient’s right to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A few Republicans reacted with indignation Thursday after the Senate parliamentarian advised that some of the measures in their tax and immigration bill could not be included in the legislation.Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., tweeted on X that Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough should be fired, “ASAP.” Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., intimated that she was partisan, asking why an “unelected swamp bureaucrat, who was appointed by Harry Reid over a decade ago” gets to decide what’s in the bill?”It’s hardly the first time the parliamentarian’s normally low-key and lawyerly role has drawn a blast of public criticism. MacDonough also…

(The Center Square) – Last June, Gov. Greg Abbott announced there was “an overwhelming response” to the state’s first Texas Energy Fund. On Thursday, he announced the first finalized loan agreement of the year through the program.The Kerrville Public Utility Board (KPUB) was the first entity to sign a TEF In-ERCOT Generation Loan Program agreement to build a new 122 megawatt natural gas power plant it’s developing in Colorado County, Texas. The program provides low-interest loans for projects that add new, dispatchable power to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region.In 2023, the Texas legislature created the Texas Energy…

Secretary of HHS, Robert Kennedy Jr. announced on June 10 that he would be pressing the reset button on CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, aka ACIP, by replacing all members. For anyone familiar with the prior makeup of this committee, this came as very welcome news.ACIP develops vaccine recommendations for children and adults, which include the ages when the vaccine should be given, the number of doses needed, the amount of time between doses, and precautions and contraindications. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sets the U.S. adult and childhood immunization schedules based on recommendations from ACIP.This committee…

(The Center Square) – Public input is being sought in Virginia on how to spend $79.5 million in grant funding to capture methane leaking from coal mines and turn it into usable energy.The goal is to reduce harmful emissions and bring jobs back to southwest Virginia, where many communities were built around coal.The Virginia Department of Energy and Department of Environmental Quality are using federal money from the EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to launch the program.They are gathering ideas through a Request for Information, or RFI, which is open through July 16. Officials say the money will go to…