Category: Weather

Storm to hit Northeast; blizzard watch for NYC, Boston

In this Friday, March 10, 2017 file photo, a woman walks through a winter snow storm in Philadelphia. On Saturday, March 11, 2017, meteorologists at the National Weather Service forecasted a blizzard watch for coastal regions including New York City and Boston for Monday night, March 13, 2017, into Tuesday and a winter storm watch for a larger area that includes much of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, upstate New York and New England.

IBM’s Deal With Salesforce Highlights the Company’s Unique AI Position

Given how much several tech giants throw around the terms “artificial intelligence,” “machine learning” and “deep learning,” it’s easy to assume that they’re all trying to do similar things. And in some cases, the companies are indeed using AI to tackle problems that have much in common, particularly when it comes to making sense out of real-life sounds, images and dialogue.

Meet the man who’ll dismantle net neutrality ‘with a smile’ – CNET

Ajit Pai, the newly christened chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, won’t let a little thing like a hurricane stop him from his obligations. When the rest of the East Coast was taking cover from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, then-FCC Commissioner Pai was sitting in his kitchen at his home in Northern Virginia delivering a keynote speech via video conference to attendees at the 4G World Trade show in Chicago.

The Latest: Snowstorm forces school closures across NY

This National Weather Service RIDGE Radar image provided by NOAA shows a storm system moving across the United States, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at 10:48 p.m. EST. A densely populated swath of the Northeast was preparing for winter’s harshest thump yet, a fast-moving storm that could bring more than a foot of snow, strong winds and coastal flooding.

A Foot of Snow, Icy Cold to Blanket Northeast

The Northeastern United States braced for winter weather on Thursday, with storm warnings in place from Pennsylvania through Maine and forecasters calling for more than a foot of snow in some places. The forecast for the heaviest storm the region has seen this year comes a day after much of the northeast saw spring-like weather, with temperatures of 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit .

The soup business has grown cold. Inside Campbell’s plan to turn up the heat.

In the research and development kitchen at Campbell Soup, chef Todd Lyons spent much of the past 18 months fine-tuning a batch of new recipes. Would shoppers go for chicken noodle soup with kale added as a healthful twist? Would a cauliflower soup seasoned with dill land in their shopping carts? Lyons was creating the culinary prototypes for two of three new lines that the packaged-food empire has rolled out on supermarket shelves in recent months.

Job Growth Seen Picking Up Speed in January

U.S. job growth likely accelerated in January, with wages expected to have increased steadily, suggesting a strong start for the Trump administration as it seeks to boost the economy and employment. Nonfarm payrolls probably increased by 175,000 jobs last month, in part as warm weather bolstered hiring in the construction sector, according to a Reuters survey of economists.

Deckers Outdoors To Cut Employees, Stores Amid Weak Q3 Sales

Shares of Deckers Outdoors fell after hours after the company reported weak third-quarter results, noting that sales fell 9.9% in the U.S. Deckers Outdoor s reported a 9.9% sales decline in the U.S. for its 2017 third quarter, featuring a 5.3% drop in the sale of UGG boots and shoes. Shares fell 22.8% in after-hours trading.

Weather service: Pipeline protest camp could see flooding

Minor flooding is almost certain this spring in the area where Dakota Access pipeline opponents have camped for months to protest the project, the National Weather Service said Friday. The report, the first flood outlook for the season, shows little chance of significant flooding but indicates floodwaters could reach at least parts of the camp.

European vegetables: ‘Perfect storm’ raises prices

Bad weather in Italy and Spain is likely to significantly increase the price of vegetables across northern Europe, food suppliers and supermarkets have told the BBC. One supplier said that a combination of flooding, cold weather and poor light levels had created a “perfect storm” of poor growing conditions.

Winter Storm Coats Parts of South, Heads Toward New England

A winter storm that left a glaze of ice and snow across portions of the South and is being blamed for at least three deaths has turned its attention to New England, where travel conditions have already become treacherous and a chain-reaction accident on a Connecticut road involved nearly two dozen cars. Before the storm churned north along the Atlantic coast, it left icy conditions in Alabama and Mississippi, where a former governor was hospitalized after he slipped and fell on his icy driveway.

Snow Storm Takes Aim at U.S. South, Southeast

A winter storm packing heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain is on track for the U.S. South and Southeast where roads may become impassable and power outages are possible starting on Friday and into the weekend, forecasters said. A large swath of the United States, from Louisiana northeast through the Appalachian Mountains and into southern Pennsylvania, is expected to get as much as 8 inches of snow with 1 inch of sleet, according to the National Weather Service.

Spanish Clunkers Are Relics of Bust as Madrid Stems Fumes

Fumes belching from aging cars are part of the legacy of Spain’s economic slump, as Madrid steps up its efforts to contain traffic pollution. Madrid city council last week stopped cars with even-numbered license plates from entering the central city zone for a day and also imposed speed and parking restrictions as it acted to tackle to traffic pollution made worse by high-pressure weather conditions.

Spanish Clunkers Are Relics of Bust as Madrid Acts to Stem Fumes

Fumes belching from aging cars are part of the legacy of Spain’s economic slump, as Madrid steps up its efforts to contain traffic pollution. Madrid city council last week stopped cars with even-numbered license plates from entering the central city zone for a day and also imposed speed and parking restrictions as it acted to tackle to traffic pollution made worse by high-pressure weather conditions.