Month: November 2026

Truist’s funding helps Mecklenburg County strengthen housing stability efforts

Truist’s funding helps Mecklenburg County strengthen housing stability efforts

Truist's charitable fund will contribute $450,000 to A Home for All, the initiative Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, uses to coordinate government, businesses and nonprofits to prevent and reduce homelessness in the Charlotte area. The bank announced the grant on Oct. 29 in a press release, alongside a volunteer day with other local companies.Truist notes that the funds will facilitate stable housing connections for a broader population, bolster prevention initiatives, and expand resource accessibility to help vulnerable individuals maintain their residences.An increasing number of individuals lack shelterThe county's most recent official Point-in-Time count, conducted on the evening of Jan. 21, 2026,…
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Bridgestone’s partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs celebrates Firestone’s 100 years

Bridgestone’s partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs celebrates Firestone’s 100 years

Bridgestone Retail Operations, a subsidiary of Bridgestone Americas, delivered the 100th passenger van of its Driving Great Futures program with Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) on Oct. 27 in Austin, Texas. The van is part of a batch of 10 vehicles for clubs in eight U.S. states that takes the company past 100 vans donated since 2015, according to its announcement.The contribution aligns with the centennial of Firestone Complete Auto Care, the enterprise's network of maintenance facilities. These vans will transport youths and adolescents to and from their respective clubs, alongside excursions, university visits, and further developmental programs.…
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Possible dwarf planet 2026 ED138 detected far beyond Neptune by Rubin Observatory

Possible dwarf planet 2026 ED138 detected far beyond Neptune by Rubin Observatory

The object, 2026 ED138, could be one of the largest bodies known in the outer solar system, but its size and status still need confirming.The NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has found its first candidate dwarf planet: an icy body orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune, currently about 46 times farther from the Sun than Earth is. The object, provisionally designated 2026 ED138, was announced on October 27 by the observatory and the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center.Its exact size is still unknown. If the upper end of current estimates holds, it would rank among the largest bodies discovered beyond…
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Hydrogen cyanide from comets probably did not survive impact on young Earth

Hydrogen cyanide from comets probably did not survive impact on young Earth

A Cambridge-led modeling study finds that comets rarely, if ever, delivered intact hydrogen cyanide to the young Earth, weakening a 1960s idea about where life's raw materials came from.For more than six decades, scientists have entertained the idea that comets helped start life on Earth by delivering ready-made organic ingredients.A new modeling study argues that this delivery route was, at best, a rare accident.The research, published October 28 in Scientific Reports, focused on hydrogen cyanide (HCN), a simple molecule that is common in comets and serves as a starting material in many laboratory recipes for the building blocks of RNA…
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Which industries are generating the most AI-related jobs today?

Which industries are generating the most AI-related jobs today?

Artificial intelligence is fueling the need for professionals who design computing infrastructure, engineer and protect AI systems, curate data, and integrate these capabilities into traditional enterprises. Nonetheless, accurate worldwide tallies measuring AI-driven job growth across specific sectors remain elusive. Recruitment metrics frequently highlight artificial intelligence proficiencies without clarifying if a vacancy represents a newly created post, and organizations frequently onboard AI experts while simultaneously downsizing other departments.Therefore, the ten sectors outlined below serve as an evidence-informed catalog of primary AI recruitment drivers rather than a quantified assessment of net employment growth, blending direct artificial intelligence positions with occupations that expand…
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Flock Safety’s .5 billion valuation tested by Atlanta resistance

Flock Safety’s $7.5 billion valuation tested by Atlanta resistance

Audits, a proposed city ordinance and a push in Washington are testing the license plate reader maker in the city where it was founded. Flock Safety, the license plate reader company built in Atlanta, is under growing pressure at home. Residents are pushing back at public meetings, city leaders are drafting permanent rules and one of Georgia's U.S. senators is pressing for federal limits. The fight in Flock's hometown comes as the startup, valued at $7.5 billion in its last reported funding round, shrinks its workforce and loses customers elsewhere. Officials in all four of metro Atlanta's largest counties have…
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