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Hurricane Erin knocks out power lines in Puerto Rico before heading north
The Guardian
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August 18, 2025
Hurricane Erin’s outer bands pelted the US territory of Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm winds during the day on Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of customers, according to officials. At one point, more than 147,000...
Puerto Rico faces hurdles in adopting next-gen technologies like agentic AI
News is My Business
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August 18, 2025
Agentic AI will catch on as more companies want to automate more complex workflows, especially in logistics and services. (Credit: Twoapril Studio | Dreamstime.com) An unstable power grid, insufficient digital infrastructure, talent shortages and...
THL Partners to acquire clinical trial site company Headlands Research
Clinical Trials Arena
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August 18, 2025
Private equity company THL Partners has announced its agreement to purchase Headlands Research, a multinational clinical trial sites network, from funds managed by investment company KKR. The transaction is valued at approximately $600m, as per...
THL Partners agrees to acquire clinical trial site firm Headlands Research
Yahoo Finance
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Private equity company THL Partners has announced its agreement to purchase Headlands Research, a multinational clinical trial sites network, from investment firm KKR-managed funds. The transaction is valued at approximately $600m, as per sources...
Hurricane Erin weakens to category 3, heavy rains hit Puerto Rico
India Today
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August 17, 2025
Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 storm on Sunday, though its outer bands continued to lash Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with heavy rain and tropical-storm-force winds. Forecasters said Erin’s maximum winds decreased, but the storm...
Spanish Influencer Couple Misses Puerto Rico Trip After Relying on ChatGPT for Visa Advice
Techstory
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August 16, 2025
For Spanish influencer Mery Caldass and her partner Alejandro Cid, what was meant to be a dreamy getaway to Puerto Rico turned into a lesson in the dangers of relying solely on artificial intelligence for critical travel information. The couple’s...
Thousands without power after Hurricane Erin strikes Puerto Rico
The Independent
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August 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Hurricane Erin Weakens to Category 3 but Brings Heavy Rain to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
Times Now
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August 17, 2025
Tropical Storm Erin, forming in the Atlantic, may become a major hurricane while Puerto Rico faces heavy rain. (Image: AP) Photo : AP Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 storm Sunday as forecasters issued a tropical storm warning for the Turks...
TikToker sobs on camera, blames ChatGPT for missing flight to Puerto Rico
Hindustan Times
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August 17, 2025
A Spanish influencer couple went viral for all the wrong reasons this week after they missed their flight to Puerto Rico because of a visa mix-up, which they blamed on ChatGPT. In a viral TikTok video, Mery Caldass filmed herself in tears inside...
Hurricane Erin 2025 tracker, weather updates by National Hurricane Center: Heavy rains in Caribbean islands, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, tropical storm warning issued
The Economic Times
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August 17, 2025
Hurricane Erin's effect has started to seen as rain lashed Caribbean islands and weather officials warned of possible flash floods and landslides. Tropical storm warning was issued for the Turks and Caicos Islands and winds and heavy rains whipped...
Puerto Rico’s Transition Care Ban Is Driving Trans Kids Into Exile
Mother Jones
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August 16, 2025
People take part in the annual Pride Parade in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 5, 2022. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “People are scared...
Puerto Rico at a Crossroads: Navigating Protectionism, Opportunity, and Structural Challenges in a New Economic Era
Harvard Political Review - Massachusetts
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August 15, 2025
The Trump Administration’s disruption of the global trade order has thrust Puerto Rico into a new landscape of both risk and opportunity. With its strong manufacturing base and strategic position within the United States federal framework, the...
The number of Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) in Europe and North America reached 4.5 million in 2024
IoT Now
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August 18, 2025
The residential sector accounts for about 25% of the total energy consumption in North America and Europe. The consumption is anticipated to increase substantially during the coming years due to the rapid adoption of electric cars and heat pumps....
Here’s how Arthur Collins shaped technology, beginning as a teenager in his attic 100 years…
The Gazette - Iowa
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The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Years before the first trans-Atlantic phone call, and decades before international direct dialing would become available, a Cedar Rapids...
Puerto Rico debuts 1st Uber Campus in LatAm at Sacred Heart University
News is My Business
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August 15, 2025
As part of Uber Campus, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (Sacred Heart University) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, will feature official Uber signage and a designated pickup and drop-off zone to facilitate student use of the app. Uber has launched its...
Spanish couple misses Puerto Rico flight over AI Visa advice
ARY News
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August 15, 2025
MADRID, SPAIN: A Spanish influencer couple, Mery Caldass and Alejandro Cid, were refused to board on a flight to Puerto Rico after trusting an AI chatbot visa misguidance. The couple, famous for their travel content on TikTok, told that the...
Cacao in Puerto Rico
PR51st
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August 15, 2025
Reader Móni Rivas Matos responded to a post on Puerto Rican coffee, saying, “Cacao would be more logical to grow. It can grow in heat. Coffee is more fragile.” Puerto Rico’s coffee industry was decimated by Hurricane Maria and is having a tough...
Puerto Rico to get $1.2M in federal ferry boat program funding
News is My Business
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August 14, 2025
The Integrated Transportation Authority will use the federal funds to rehabilitate the Maritime Transportation Maintenance Base in Puerto Rico, enabling in-house vessel repairs and dry-dock work. Puerto Rico will receive $1,191,331 from the...
Puerto Rico Battles Sargassum with Shovels, Drones, and Sheer Willpower
LatinAmerican Post
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August 14, 2025
As a record tide of sargassum suffocates Puerto Rico’s coastline, ordinary citizens and overwhelmed officials rush to fight decay, protect marine life, and salvage tourism—one rake, one crate, one dawn patrol at a time. A Morning Fight at...
Science United Press International NASA seeks student entries for Human Exploration Rover Challenge
Yahoo News
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Aug. 15 (UPI) -- NASA is accepting contest entries from student teams to design, build and test rovers on the moon and Mars. In the Human Exploration Rover Challenge, students need to make models that are capable of going over a course while...