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LIVE: With e-bike crashes on the rise, St. Johns County commissioners consider hot-button safety ordinance proposal

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FILE - This combo image shows Meta's logo, top, at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Nov. 9, 2022 and The Constellation Energy building, Dec. 19, 2005 in a Baltimore. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vsquez, Gail Burton, File)
12 minutes ago

Meta becomes the latest big tech company turning to nuclear power for AI needs

Read full article: Meta becomes the latest big tech company turning to nuclear power for AI needs
Immersive visuals surround a scene from the film "The Matrix" during a press preview for "The Matrix in Shared Reality" on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at Cosm Los Angeles in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
2 hours ago

Immersive tech reshapes music and film landscape with Bono, Metallica and 'Matrix' taking the leap

Read full article: Immersive tech reshapes music and film landscape with Bono, Metallica and 'Matrix' taking the leap
Smoke billows from Mount Etna volcano, Italy, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Distefano)
2 hours ago

What made Mount Etna's latest eruption so rare

Read full article: What made Mount Etna's latest eruption so rare
Piles of sargassum stretch across the shore in Playa Luca, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
2 hours ago

Scientists say a record amount of seaweed hit the Caribbean and nearby areas in May

Read full article: Scientists say a record amount of seaweed hit the Caribbean and nearby areas in May

A new report says that a record 38 million metric tons of sargassum piled up across the Caribbean and nearby areas in May, with more expected this month.

FILE - An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the night sky over the Tallinn bay of the Baltic sea in Tallinn, Estonia, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, file)
19 hours ago

One Tech Tip: How to use your smartphone to photograph the Northern Lights

Read full article: One Tech Tip: How to use your smartphone to photograph the Northern Lights

People in parts of the U.S. may be able to see Northern lights Monday night — or at least use a smartphone cameras to reveal hints of the aurora not visible to the naked eye.

This image provided by the American Museum of Natural History shows a new planetarium show showing a backwards S-shaped spiral in what's known as the Oort Cloud far beyond Pluto. (American Museum of Natural History via AP)
6 hours ago

How a new planetarium show helped scientists unlock a cosmic secret

Read full article: How a new planetarium show helped scientists unlock a cosmic secret

Scientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar system’s many secrets.

FILE - A cat-like Nazca Line geoglyph is visible from above in Nazca, Peru, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
18 hours ago

Peru reduces Nazca Lines park by 42%, raising concerns over environmental and heritage risks

Read full article: Peru reduces Nazca Lines park by 42%, raising concerns over environmental and heritage risks

Peru’s decision to reduce the boundaries of the Nazca Archaeological Park by 1,000 hectares has sparked concern among conservationists and archaeologists.

FILE - An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the night sky over the Tallinn bay of the Baltic sea in Tallinn, Estonia, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, file)
21 hours ago

Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar storms

Read full article: Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar storms

Space weather forecasters say northern lights may be visible in parts of the northern United States following weekend solar storms.

In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation. Top right: At 500,000 light-years, dark matter provides friction that brings galaxies to a close encounter. Bottom: A 100,000 light-year separation leads to a collision. (NASA/ESA via AP)
23 hours ago

Milky Way's chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50

Read full article: Milky Way's chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all.

Archaeologists work at an archaeological site where researchers uncovered massive earthen structures, believed to have been built with slave labor, and found that their construction spanned several centuries, near Basra, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaafar Jotheri)
1 day ago

Archaeologists find new evidence of ancient slave labor in southern Iraq

Read full article: Archaeologists find new evidence of ancient slave labor in southern Iraq

A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a massive agricultural system built by slave labor.

Members of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra perform "The Blue Danube" waltz as it is transmitted into deep space towards Voyager 1. in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
2 days ago

Strauss' 'Blue Danube' is beamed into space as Vienna celebrates with a concert

Read full article: Strauss' 'Blue Danube' is beamed into space as Vienna celebrates with a concert

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's Voyagers.

The presidential vehicle carrying President Donald Trump leaves Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
1 day ago

Trump says he's withdrawing the nomination of Musk associate Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

Read full article: Trump says he's withdrawing the nomination of Musk associate Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

President Donald Trump says he's withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, an associate of Trump adviser Elon Musk, to lead NASA.

FILE - Dustin Holmes, second from right, holds hands with his girlfriend, Hailey Morgan, while returning to their flooded home with her children Aria Skye Hall, 7, right, and Kyle Ross, 4, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Sept. 27, 2024, in Crystal River, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
3 days ago

Turmoil, worry swirl over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season begins

Read full article: Turmoil, worry swirl over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season begins

As hurricane season begins, experts in storms and disasters are worried about massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to the storms.

Construction is seen at an Amazon Web Services data center on Aug. 22, 2024, in Boardman, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
3 days ago

States are rolling out red carpets for data centers. But some lawmakers are pushing back

Read full article: States are rolling out red carpets for data centers. But some lawmakers are pushing back

The explosive growth of the data centers needed to power America’s fast-rising demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing has spurred states to dangle incentives in hopes of landing an economic bonanza.

FILE - A bitcoin token is placed on a mirror for a photograph in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
3 days ago

Czech justice minister resigns over a donated bitcoin scandal

Read full article: Czech justice minister resigns over a donated bitcoin scandal

Czech Republic Justice Minister Pavel Blažek has resigned from his post over a bitcoin-related scandal.

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
3 days ago

FAA demands an accident investigation into SpaceX's latest out-of-control Starship flight

Read full article: FAA demands an accident investigation into SpaceX's latest out-of-control Starship flight

The Federal Aviation Administration is demanding an accident investigation into the out-of-control Starship flight by SpaceX.

Members of K-pop band Big Ocean, Jiseok, PJ and Chanyeon, from left to right, participate in an interview with The Associated Press in Seoul, South Korea, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Juwon Park)

Big Ocean breaks new ground as K-pop’s first deaf group

Read full article: Big Ocean breaks new ground as K-pop’s first deaf group

Big Ocean, the world’s first K-pop group composed entirely of deaf and hard-of-hearing artists, is breaking barriers with high-tech tools and inclusive performances.

FILE - President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk, joined by his son X A-Xii, speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
3 days ago

President Trump and Elon Musk appear in Oval Office as Musk exits Trump administration

Read full article: President Trump and Elon Musk appear in Oval Office as Musk exits Trump administration

Elon Musk is leaving Washington after a short but turbulent stint in government and getting back to his numerous businesses, each with their own set of issues for the billionaire to address.

FILE - Elon Musk holds up a chainsaw he received from Argentina's President Javier Milei, right, as they arrive to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Elon Musk came to Washington wielding a chain saw. He leaves behind upheaval and unmet expectations

Read full article: Elon Musk came to Washington wielding a chain saw. He leaves behind upheaval and unmet expectations

Elon Musk arrived in the nation’s capital with the chain saw-wielding swagger of a tech titan who had never met a problem he couldn’t solve with lots of money, long hours or a well-calibrated algorithm.

People stop on a trail facing downtown Oakland, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vsquez)

US supercomputer named after Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna to power AI and scientific research

Read full article: US supercomputer named after Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna to power AI and scientific research

A new supercomputer named after a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry will help power artificial intelligence technology and scientific discoveries from a perch in the hills above the University of California, Berkeley, federal officials said Thursday.

FILE - Mannequins are shown at the Victoria's Secret store in New York on Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Anne D'Innocenzio, File)

Victoria's Secret website is down in the US as the lingerie seller addresses a 'security incident'

Read full article: Victoria's Secret website is down in the US as the lingerie seller addresses a 'security incident'

Victoria’s Secret has taken down its U_S_ website and says some in-store services will be unavailable as it addresses a “security incident.”.

University of Exeter researcher Mateus Cardoso Silva works in the forest at the Esecaflor project in Caxiuana National Forest, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers

Read full article: What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future.

FILE - Ted Sarandos arrives at the premiere of "The Electric State" on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, at The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024 as stock prices and profits soared

Read full article: CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024 as stock prices and profits soared

The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as the stock market enjoyed another banner year and corporate profits rose sharply.

(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

Astronaut one day, artist the next: How to help children explore the world of careers

Read full article: Astronaut one day, artist the next: How to help children explore the world of careers

Early life experiences can shape the way we think about work.

FILE - This China National Space Administration (CNSA) handout image released by Xinhua News Agency, shows the lander-ascender combination of Chang'e-6 probe taken by a mini rover after it landed on the moon surface, June 4, 2024. (CNSA/Xinhua via AP, File)

China launches spacecraft it says will return samples and yield 'groundbreaking discoveries'

Read full article: China launches spacecraft it says will return samples and yield 'groundbreaking discoveries'

China's space agency has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars.

FILE - A child holds an iPhone at an Apple store on Sept. 25, 2015 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Texas lawmakers fail to pass ban on social media for those under 18

Read full article: Texas lawmakers fail to pass ban on social media for those under 18

A push in Texas to ban children under 18 years old from social media platforms has failed at the state Capitol.

FILE - An advertisement for the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is displayed on a building in Hong Kong on Nov. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Crypto crime spills over from behind the screen to real-life violence

Read full article: Crypto crime spills over from behind the screen to real-life violence

An alleged kidnapping in New York is the latest instance in which authorities say cryptocurrency-related crimes have involved real-world violence.

Elon Musk flashes his t-shirt that reads "DOGE" to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fired federal tech staffers file retaliation claim to a panel whose chairwoman Trump also fired

Read full article: Fired federal tech staffers file retaliation claim to a panel whose chairwoman Trump also fired

A group of roughly 80 fired federal employees are appealing their terminations to an administrative body in charge of protecting the rights of federal employees from partisan political practices.

FILE - People take a look to Nvidia''s new products during the Computex 2025 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Nvidia overcomes tariff-driven turbulence to deliver Q1 results that eclipsed projections

Read full article: Nvidia overcomes tariff-driven turbulence to deliver Q1 results that eclipsed projections

Artificial intelligence technology bellwether Nvidia overcame a wave of tariff-driven turbulence to deliver another quarter of robust growth amid feverish demand for its high-powered chips that are making computers seem more human.

Vice President JD Vance speaks at Bitcoin 2025 Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Vance urges crypto industry to stay involved in politics as he touts Trump administration's record

Read full article: Vance urges crypto industry to stay involved in politics as he touts Trump administration's record

Vice President JD Vance praised the cryptocurrency industry Wednesday and urged it to remain active in U.S. politics and policymaking, highlighting the Trump administration’s close ties to a deep-pocketed industry that’s become a powerful force in Washington.

This image provided by William Usaquen and Andrea Casas-Vargas shows the high plains in Bogota, Colombia where a new group of humans lived 6,000 years ago. (William Usaquen, Andrea Casas-Vargas via AP)

Ancient DNA reveals a new group of people who lived near land bridge between the Americas

Read full article: Ancient DNA reveals a new group of people who lived near land bridge between the Americas

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient people who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America.

New York police officers arrest John Woeltz, Friday, May 23, 2025, in New York, who was charged with kidnapping, assaulting and holding a man against his will for several weeks in an upscale Manhattan town house.(AP Photo/Kava Gorna via AP)

Why 'wrench attacks' on wealthy crypto holders are on the rise

Read full article: Why 'wrench attacks' on wealthy crypto holders are on the rise

The headline-grabbing tale of an Italian man who said he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks inside an upscale Manhattan townhouse by captors seeking his bitcoin highlights a dark corner of the cryptocurrency world: the threat of violence by thieves seeking digital assets.

This image provided by NASA shows X-rays from NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory (represented in blue) that have been combined with infrared data from NASAs retired Spitzer Space Telescope (cyan, light blue, teal and orange), and radio from MeerKat (red). An inset shows a more detailed view of the immediate area around this unusual object in X-ray and radio light. (NASA/Chandra/Spitzer/MeerKat via AP)

Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy

Read full article: Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy

Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy.

FILE -Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky speaks to journalists during joint press conference with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriiy Sybiha in Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Czech Republic accuses China of 'malicious cyber campaign' against its foreign ministry

Read full article: Czech Republic accuses China of 'malicious cyber campaign' against its foreign ministry

The Czech government says China was “responsible” for cyberattacks on a communication network of its Foreign Ministry.

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions, but it tumbles out of control

Read full article: SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions, but it tumbles out of control

SpaceX has launched its Starship mega rocket again after back-to-back explosions.

FILE - A sign is seen outside of Seminole Hospital District offering measles testing, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier

Read full article: Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier

Texas has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in decades.

FILE -A radiation monitor indicates 131.00 mSv per hour near Unit 3 and 4 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.,'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Kimimasa Mayama, Pool, File)

Slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima will be used in the prime minister's flower beds

Read full article: Slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima will be used in the prime minister's flower beds

Japan plans to use some of the slightly radioactive soil removed from across Fukushima prefecture on flower beds outside Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s office.

This image provided by Alexandre Lefebvre shows a projectile made from gray whale bone, dating back to about 18,000 years ago, in Abbaye d'Arthous, France, in March 2021. (Alexandre Lefebvre via AP)

Scientists date the oldest known tools made from whale bones to 20,000 years ago

Read full article: Scientists date the oldest known tools made from whale bones to 20,000 years ago

Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone.

FILE - Erik Akerboom, director-general of the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service, AIVD, attends a press conference in Zoetermeer, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch intelligence agencies say Russian hackers stole police data in cyberattack

Read full article: Dutch intelligence agencies say Russian hackers stole police data in cyberattack

Dutch intelligence agencies say that a previously unknown Russian hacker group with suspected ties to the Kremlin was responsible for a cyberattack last year on the Dutch police.

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Experts warn of the hidden dangers of ‘free’ public Wi-Fi

Read full article: Experts warn of the hidden dangers of ‘free’ public Wi-Fi

Personal data can be big business for hackers and scammers, leading to an ever-growing number of threats to be aware of.

FILE - People walk past the Salesforce Tower in New York on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Salesforce is buying Informatica in deal worth approximately $8 billion

Read full article: Salesforce is buying Informatica in deal worth approximately $8 billion

Salesforce is buying AI-powered cloud data management company Informatica in an approximately $8 billion deal.

D-Fend Solutions counter drone technology is demonstrated, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Reston, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Nets and high-tech hijackings: Anti-drone systems offer new ways to counter rising threats

Read full article: Nets and high-tech hijackings: Anti-drone systems offer new ways to counter rising threats

Rising concerns about the misuse of drones have led to the development of new technologies designed to counter unmanned aircraft.

Free Geek employee Ashley Martinez points to the screen while helping John Castro during a keyboard basics class offered by Free Geek on Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump calls it racist and acts to end it

Read full article: The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump calls it racist and acts to end it

One initiative distributes laptops in rural Iowa.

FILE - Medical researchers from universities and the National Institutes of Health rally near the Health and Human Services headquarters to protest federal budget cuts Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, File)

Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them

Read full article: Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them

As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants.

This undated photo released by the European Space Agency shows the 35 meter-diameter deep-space dish antenna, DSA-2, in Cebreros, Spain, receiving the first signals from Venus Express. (ESA via AP)

Strauss' 'Blue Danube' waltz is launching into space to mark his 200th birthday

Read full article: Strauss' 'Blue Danube' waltz is launching into space to mark his 200th birthday

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.

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This image released by Opera Theatre of St. Louis shows, from left, Aundi Marie Moore as Lucy, Sankara Harouna as Milton, Brandie Inez Sutton as Young Ida, and Adrienne Danrich as Ida during a dress rehearsal of "This House" in St. Louis, Mo., on May 29, 2025. (Eric Woolsey/Opera Theatre of St. Louis via AP)
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`This House' makes world premiere, exploring Black history through a family's legacy in Harlem

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VIDEO: A Florida motorcyclist was thrown from his bike after hitting an alligator on I-4 — and lived to tell about it

Read full article: VIDEO: A Florida motorcyclist was thrown from his bike after hitting an alligator on I-4 — and lived to tell about it
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Jacksonville police ask for help to find missing teen with autism last seen Monday night

Read full article: Jacksonville police ask for help to find missing teen with autism last seen Monday night
People visit an Apple store promoting its iPhone 16 at an outdoor shopping mall in Beijing, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Apple has had few incentives in the past to start making iPhones in US

Read full article: Apple has had few incentives in the past to start making iPhones in US

Lashing out at Apple’s plans to make most of its U.S. iPhones in India, President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to slap a 25% tariff on the popular device unless the tech giant starts building the product in its home country — a move that still seems unlikely to happen any time soon, if ever.

Bird watchers look out under dark skies at Kettle Cove State Park, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)

Uncommon May nor’easter brings rain and snow to New England states just before Memorial Day weekend

Read full article: Uncommon May nor’easter brings rain and snow to New England states just before Memorial Day weekend

An unusual May nor’easter is pulling away from New England after soaking the region and setting some record cold temperatures.

President Donald Trump silences his phone that rang twice as he was speaking to reporters after signing executive orders regarding nuclear energy in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Washington, as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth watch. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on smart phones as his trade war intensifies

Read full article: Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on smart phones as his trade war intensifies

President Donald Trump is threatening a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well as a 25% tariff on smartphones unless the products are made in America.

FILE - Pumpjacks operate in a pasture, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Tax bill passed by House Republicans would gut Biden-era clean energy tax credits

Read full article: Tax bill passed by House Republicans would gut Biden-era clean energy tax credits

The budget reconciliation bill passed by House Republicans early Thursday would gut clean energy tax credits that Democrats approved three years ago.

FILE - A neon sign that alerts customers that the business accepts bitcoin as payment, hangs in the window of Healthy Harvest Indoor Gardening in Hillsboro, Ore., on Feb. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

Billion dollar pizza? Bitcoin soars on key anniversary of crypto's growth

Read full article: Billion dollar pizza? Bitcoin soars on key anniversary of crypto's growth

It’s not an official holiday – yet – but for many cryptocurrency enthusiasts “Bitcoin Pizza Day” is still special.

FILE - Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks during a presentation of the company's AI assistant, Copilot, and 50th Anniversary celebration at Microsoft headquarters, in Redmond, Wash., April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond, File)

Microsoft fires employee who interrupted CEO's speech to protest AI tech for Israeli military

Read full article: Microsoft fires employee who interrupted CEO's speech to protest AI tech for Israeli military

Microsoft has fired an employee who interrupted a speech by CEO Satya Nadella to protest the company’s work supplying the Israeli military with technology used for the war in Gaza.

FILE - Apple's digital music player, iPod, is displayed after its introduction by Apple Computer Inc. chief executive officer Steve Jobs during a news conference, Oct. 23, 2001, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

The iconic designs of Jony Ive

Read full article: The iconic designs of Jony Ive

Jony Ive became renowned for a meticulous design aesthetic that shaped the cultural zeitgeist during a 27-year career at Apple, which he left in 2019.

As rain from a nor'easter falls on the pavement, vehicles roll north on Route 93 during the start of the Memorial Day holiday travel, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Londonderry, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Rare May nor'easter brings rain and chance of snow to New England before Memorial Day

Read full article: Rare May nor'easter brings rain and chance of snow to New England before Memorial Day

An unusual May nor’easter is soaking New England and threatening to bring snow to higher elevations as the states prepared for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

FILE - People sit in front of an Apple Store in Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

One Tech Tip: These are the apps that can now avoid Apple's in-app payment system

Read full article: One Tech Tip: These are the apps that can now avoid Apple's in-app payment system

Apple users are starting to get ways out of the iPhone maker’s so-called “walled garden" which imposes restrictions and fees on payments through iOS apps.

President Donald Trump departs the White House en route to Trump National Golf Club Washington DC for a crypto dinner, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump hosts top crypto investors as some industry leaders fear he's putting personal profits first

Read full article: Trump hosts top crypto investors as some industry leaders fear he's putting personal profits first

President Donald Trump has hosted top investors for one of his cryptocurrency projects at his luxury golf course in Northern Virginia.

FILE - The sun sets behind Holman Prison in Atmore, Ala., Jan., 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File)

Judge considers sanctions against attorneys in prison case for using AI in court filings

Read full article: Judge considers sanctions against attorneys in prison case for using AI in court filings

A federal judge is considering sanctions against lawyers representing Alabama in litigation over state prisons after they used artificial intelligence to write error-filled motions.

Country singer Martina McBride attends a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law hearing about AI deepfakes, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Industry leaders urge Senate to protect against AI deepfakes with No Fakes Act

Read full article: Industry leaders urge Senate to protect against AI deepfakes with No Fakes Act

Tech and music industry leaders testified about the dangers of deepfakes made with artificial intelligence on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to pass legislation that would protect people’s voices and likenesses from replication without consent.

FILE - In this undated photo provided by Megan Garcia of Florida in October 2024, she stands with her son, Sewell Setzer III. (Courtesy Megan Garcia via AP, File)

In lawsuit over teen's death, judge rejects arguments that AI chatbots have free speech rights

Read full article: In lawsuit over teen's death, judge rejects arguments that AI chatbots have free speech rights

A federal judge in Florida has rejected arguments made by an artificial intelligence company that its chatbots are protected by the First Amendment — at least for now.

The building housing the Chicago Sun Times is seen Monday, June 19, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam, File)

Fictional fiction: A newspaper's summer book list recommends nonexistent books. Blame AI

Read full article: Fictional fiction: A newspaper's summer book list recommends nonexistent books. Blame AI

There's another artificial intelligence blunder impacting news organizations.

FILE - Jony Ive attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

OpenAI recruits legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive to work on AI hardware in $6.5B deal

Read full article: OpenAI recruits legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive to work on AI hardware in $6.5B deal

OpenAI has recruited Jony Ive, the designer behind Apple’s iPhone, to lead a new hardware project for the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT.

This image provided by NASA shows Perseverance taking a selfie on May 10, 2025. (NASA via AP)

NASA's Mars Perseverance snaps a selfie as a Martian dust devil blows by

Read full article: NASA's Mars Perseverance snaps a selfie as a Martian dust devil blows by

The latest selfie by NASA's Perseverance rover at Mars has captured an unexpected guest: a Martian dust devil.

This photo provided by Morgan Bennett-Smith shows a clownfish near an anemone in Kimbe Bay, off the coast of Papa New Guinea. (Morgan Bennett-Smith via AP)

Clownfish shrink their bodies to survive ocean heat waves

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New research finds clownfish shrink their bodies to survive warming oceans.

FILE - Lab staff prepare small petri dishes, each holding several 1-7 day old embryos, for cells to be extracted from each embryo to test for viability at the Aspire Houston Fertility Institute in vitro fertilization lab Feb. 27, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

White House says Trump is reviewing IVF policy recommendations promised in executive order

Read full article: White House says Trump is reviewing IVF policy recommendations promised in executive order

A White House official says the Trump administration is reviewing a list of recommendations to expand access to in vitro fertilization.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Google's unleashes ‘AI Mode’ in the next phase of its journey to change search

Read full article: Google's unleashes ‘AI Mode’ in the next phase of its journey to change search

Google on Tuesday unleashed another wave of artificial intelligence technology to accelerate a year-old makeover of its search engine that is changing the way people get information and curtailing the flow of internet traffic to websites.

FILE - A Southwest Airlines plane pull into a gate at Pittsburgh International Airport in Imperial, Pa., Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Southwest Airlines will require chargers be kept out while in use because of battery fire concerns

Read full article: Southwest Airlines will require chargers be kept out while in use because of battery fire concerns

Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using them because of concerns about the growing number of lithium battery fires.

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