Amazon now fields more than one million robots in its warehouses and says parity with its human headcount is coming soon, according to The Wall Street Journal. Roughly 75% of the e-commerce giant’s global deliveries already involve a robot somewhere along the line, the Journal reported, from wheeled Kiva droids that shuttle shelves to the new Vulcan bot that can “feel” its way through cluttered bins. Average staffing has fallen to about 670 employees per facility, its lowest in 16 years, even...

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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) walk through a hallway prior to a vote at the U.S. Capitol on February 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) A controversial artificial intelligence provision was knocked out of the Republican megabill early Tuesday morning as it neared the finish line. The measure would have prevented states from regulating AI if they received broadband funds from a $500...

After more than a day of continuous debate, the US Senate passed its version of the budget megabill Tuesday afternoon—with potentially disastrous implications for the future of renewable energy in the country. Among a barrage of bad news for climate initiatives, including a new tax credit for coal and the sunsetting of electric vehicle tax credits, the bill forces an aggressive cutoff for tax credits for wind and solar. The bill ends credits for projects placed in service—a term meaning,...

If Florida Republicans intended to provoke their Democratic counterparts by informally deeming a planned detention facility for deportation-eligible migrants “Alligator Alcatraz,” the plan worked.

Dear American humans: As a proud reptile and founding member of the Consortium for Responsible Alligator Publicity, I would like to express my community’s umbrage over the state of Florida’s plan to put a migrant detention facility in the ecologically sensitive Everglades under the offensive name “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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While Kamala Harris considers running for governor of California, Democratic donors are speaking out about their displeasure with her potential bid. (READ MORE: As She Mulls Her Future, Kamala Harris is Withering on the Political Vine) On this episode of The Spectator P.M. Podcast, hosts Ellie Gardey Holmes and Lyrah Margo are joined by American Spectator editorial intern Madison Fossa to discuss the likelihood of Harris’s potential campaign. Ellie, Lyrah, and Madison emphasize Harris’s unpopular political record as a failed presidential candidate, former vice president for Joe Biden, and district attorney for San Francisco. They also discuss the future implications of the increasingly progressive direction of the Democratic Party. Tune in to hear their discussion! Read Ellie and Lyrah’s writing here and here. Listen to the Spectator P.M. Podcast on Spotify. Watch the Spectator P.M. Podcast on Rumble. The post %POSTLINK% appeared first on %BLOGLINK%.