Category Archives: WPTF News
Meta lines up massive supply of nuclear power to energize AI data centers
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes. The p...
Jan 09, 2026 Constellation's Clinton Clean Energy Center’s single nuclear reactor power plant is shown on July 25, 2025 in Clinton, Illinois. Meta recently signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Constellation for the output from the plant. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Miami heading home for shot at national title after beating Ole Miss 31-27 in Fiesta Bowl
By JOHN MARSHALL Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Carson Beck scrambled for a 3-yard touchdown with 18 seconds left, and Miami will head back home for a shot at its first national championship ...
Jan 09, 2026 The Miami Hurricanes celebrate after the game against the Ole Miss Rebels during the 2025 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the VRBO Fiesta Bowl at State Farm Stadium on January 08, 2026 in Glendale, Arizona. The Hurricanes defeated the Rebels 31-27. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
Chatfield scores 1st goal of season to help Hurricanes to a 5-2 win over the Ducks
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Jalen Chatfield's first goal of the season was a tiebreaker and goalie Frederik Andersen snapped a personal nine-game losing streak as the Carolina ...
Jan 09, 2026 A Carolina Hurricanes fan cheers during the third period of the game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Dallas Stars at Lenovo Center on January 06, 2026 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
NASA, in a rare move, cuts space station mission short after an astronaut's medical issue
By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) - In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue. The space agency...
Jan 08, 2026 FILE - The International Space Station is seen from the space shuttle Atlantis on July 19, 2011, after it left the orbiting complex. (NASA via AP, File)
Most of Wall Street drifts as defense companies rally
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Modest moves for Wall Street overall masked some big swings underneath the surface on Thursday, including for makers of weapons and other military equip...
Jan 08, 2026
'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells
By MATT O'BRIEN AP Technology Writer The promise of artificial intelligence was front and center at this year's CES gadget show. But spicing up a simple machine like a refrigerator with unnecessary AI...
Jan 08, 2026 An attendee interacts with an AI fortune teller at SK Group's SK Wonderland booth during CES 2024 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 10, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Google adds new AI features to Gmail, turning it into a personal assistant
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world's most popular email service into a personal assistant that can imp...
Jan 08, 2026 A general view of the Google DeepMind offices after the announcement that Founder and CEO Demis Hassabis and senior research scientist, John M. Jumper, received the 2024 Nobel Prize for Chemistry on October 9, 2024 in London, England. Two Google DeepMind employees shared the 2024 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with David Baker, of the University of Washington, for discoveries related to the structure of proteins. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Protests erupt in Iran's capital after exiled prince's call; internet cuts out soon after
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - People in Iran's capital shouted from their homes and rallied in the street Thursday night after a call by the country's exiled crow...
Jan 08, 2026 Shopkeepers work at their grocery store in northern Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Denmark sees talks with the US as a chance for 'the dialogue that is needed' over Greenland
By CLAUDIA CIOBANU Associated Press Denmark has welcomed a meeting with the U.S. next week to discuss President Donald Trump's renewed call for the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island of Greenland t...
Jan 08, 2026 Tourists explore the large chunks of ice washed up on the beach on March 30, 2025 in Nuuk, Greenland. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Some gifted dogs can learn new toy names by eavesdropping on owners
By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Dogs are great at learning action commands like "sit" and "stay." They're less good at remembering the names of things, like what their squeaky...
Jan 08, 2026