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Read article →In May 2023, the Biden administration and the three major Lower Basin states — California, Arizona, and Nevada — reached a landmark voluntary agreement to conserve 3 million acre-feet of water from the drought-stricken Colorado River through 2026. The deal, backed by $1.2 billion in federal Inflation Reduction Act funding, compensates cities, water districts, and farm operators for reducing their draws on the river by approximately 13% of their total allocation. The agreement came after nearly a year of tense negotiations and was hailed as an unprecedented step to stabilize the river system, which serves 40 million people, seven states, and 30 Tribal Nations. Rather than forcing mandatory federal cuts, the deal allowed states to voluntarily reduce consumption in exchange for financial compensation, averting a deeper water crisis driven by prolonged drought and climate change.
Read Full Story →Z-Library, the world's largest pirate eBook repository, revealed in May 2023 that more than 600,000 students and teachers worldwide were registered users of the site, based on an analysis of university and school email addresses in its user database. The figure is considered a significant undercount, as U.S.-based users were excluded due to an active criminal prosecution, and many students likely register with personal rather than institutional email addresses.
Read article →At Texas A&M University-Commerce, a graduating class faced diploma delays in 2023 after professor Jared Mumm used ChatGPT in an improper attempt to detect AI-generated writing in students' final essays. Mumm fed student submissions into ChatGPT and asked the chatbot whether it had authored the text — a method that is fundamentally unreliable, as ChatGPT is a text generator, not a plagiarism detector, and will often falsely claim authorship of human-written text.
Read article →Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player for the third time at the 2023 NHL Awards ceremony in Nashville. McDavid received 195 of a possible 196 first-place votes, a near-unanimous result that reflected his dominant 153-point season — the highest single-season point total in the league since Mario Lemieux's 161 in 1995–96.
Read article →Virgin Orbit, Richard Branson's satellite launch company, formally ceased operations in May 2023 after completing a bankruptcy auction that sold its remaining assets to three aerospace firms for a combined total of approximately $36 million. Rocket Lab acquired the Long Beach headquarters for $16.1 million, Stratolaunch purchased the modified 747 carrier aircraft for $17 million, and Vast's subsidiary Launcher bought the Mojave facility for $2.7 million.
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