DETROIT — Read this quickly, before it melts. Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice. In the summer of 1790, President George Washington spent $200 on ice cream, the equivalent of $7,259 today, according to the International Dairy Foods Association. By the 1800s, inventions like
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Vin Diesel has read the script for the 11th “Fast & Furious” film, and he is singing its praises. “I just read the ‘Fast Forever‘ script by [Michael Lesslie]. It is the best script I have read in decades,” Diesel wrote on Instagram. “I am still crying…” The post was shared alongside a trailer for
As AI chips become more powerful (and hotter), data centers are turning to liquid instead of air to cool servers. For newer AI systems, fans alone cannot remove enough heat. That change has created a new problem: preventing the coolant from degrading or becoming contaminated. Omen AI announced a $31 million funding round in June
The couple married in 2000 and welcomed their son Magnus four years later. Brother Mattias arrived in 2006, followed by Axel in 2010. And as their family and Ferrell’s career grew, their shared sense of humor remained the same. For Valentine’s Day, for example, “I usually write little messages like, ‘My love for you has
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