W.Waweru is a Jadetimes News Reporter Covering America News
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Worcester, Massachusetts — The Worcester Regional Airport welcomed some special travelers on Friday, May 2. A lot of puppies are trained to become guide dogs for the nonprofit “Guiding Eyes for the Blind.” The group supports people with vision impairment by providing a guide dog for the blind. The puppies were capable of receiving more crowds, security, and all other aspects of an occupational airport.
The regional puppy instructor, Lisa Bumbalo, explained that training begins when they are born.
"They kind of start getting exposure right away when they're born in our kennels, on our campus at our canine development center, they start training them right away,” said Bumbalo. “But then they go to puppy raisers between 8 and 10 weeks of age, typically. Those who are volunteers that invite these pups into their home in their lives for, let's say, 14 to 18 months. And then they go back to our training center for evaluation. And that's when they would start their formal harness training and learn how to guide."
The dog-training organization has recently acquired yellow and black labs and some German Shepherds. They reported that over 150 dogs graduate from this program every year.
B. Wafa is a Jadetimes news reporter covering technology
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As the world's demand for data keeps growing, tech firms are plunging into uncharted waters — or rather, underwater. Underwater data centers are on the horizon as a potential answer to increased demand while ensuring environmental sustainability.
These data centres are closed buildings positioned under the surface of the ocean, utilizing the natural cooling qualities of seawater. Cooling is one of the largest energy costs for conventional land-based data centres, which use enormous amounts of power to prevent servers from overheating. Operating underwater, firms can significantly minimize energy consumption and lower operational expenses.
One of the frontrunners in this direction is Microsoft, which announced its "Project Natick" project to discover the feasibility of underwater data centers. In 2020, following a two-year test on the Scottish island chain Orkney, Microsoft successfully pulled back its submerged data center with a robust outcome: the servers performed eight times more reliably than comparable servers onshore.
The advantages go beyond energy efficiency. Underwater data centres are modular and can be installed nearer coastal population hubs, lowering latency — the time it takes for data to travel. They are also expandable, with more modules being added as demand increases.
In addition, underwater data centres avoid some of the onshore issues like space constraints, increasing real estate prices, and public opposition to big data centre projects.
As world data consumption is projected to keep rising sharply, particularly with the speedy growth of artificial intelligence and cloud services, organizations are already looking to underwater deployment as a key part of their long-term plans.
While not yet at full maturity, underwater data technology is a groundbreaking move toward providing data infrastructure with a more sustainable and flexible approach in a more digitalized world.
H. Rahman is a Jadetimes news reporter covering Asia
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Tensions flared anew between Japan and China over the weekend as both nations accused each other of airspace violations near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, a region where sovereignty claims have long fueled diplomatic friction.
Japan’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday it had lodged a “very severe protest” with Beijing following what it described as a violation of its territorial airspace by a Chinese helicopter. The aircraft reportedly took off from one of four Chinese coast guard vessels that entered Japan’s territorial waters and remained in the airspace around the islands which Japan controls for approximately 15 minutes on Saturday.
“This intrusion into Japan’s territorial airspace is absolutely unacceptable,” the ministry said, urging the Chinese government to take immediate preventative measures to avoid future incidents.
In response, Japan’s Self-Defense Forces scrambled fighter jets to intercept the Chinese aircraft, according to Japan’s Defense Ministry.
Beijing, however, issued its own protest, accusing Tokyo of violating Chinese airspace. A statement released by the Chinese Embassy in Japan said that a Japanese civilian aircraft had entered what China considers its airspace over the Diaoyu Islands Beijing’s name for the Senkakus on the same day.
“China expresses strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to Japan’s serious infringement on Chinese sovereignty,” the embassy stated, adding that the China Coast Guard took “necessary control measures” and deployed a ship-borne helicopter to issue warnings and drive the Japanese aircraft away.
Japanese authorities are investigating whether there was a connection between the appearance of the Chinese coast guard helicopter and the Japanese civilian aircraft in the same area.
Though Japan maintains administrative control over the uninhabited islets, China regularly sends patrol vessels and aircraft into surrounding waters and airspace to assert its claim. These operations frequently provoke rapid deployments by Japan’s air force and navy, with Saturday’s incident marking the first recorded airspace violation by a Chinese aircraft since August, when a reconnaissance plane entered Japanese airspace near Nagasaki.
This weekend's confrontation underscores the enduring volatility in the region, despite recent signs of warming bilateral ties amid broader economic pressures, including trade challenges stemming from the U.S.-China tariff standoff.
The East China Sea dispute remains a sensitive flashpoint in Asia-Pacific geopolitics, with analysts warning that even minor incidents have the potential to spiral into broader conflict if not carefully managed through diplomatic channels.
