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FILE - An AT&T retail location is shown in Willow Grove, Pa., Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
2 hours ago

AT&T reached a $177M data breach settlement. What consumers should know about claiming their money

Read full article: AT&T reached a $177M data breach settlement. What consumers should know about claiming their money
FILE - Cash App logos are seen on a phone screen, Sept. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
2 hours ago

Cash App's Moneybot might know your spending habits better than you do

Read full article: Cash App's Moneybot might know your spending habits better than you do
Dr. Maximilian Konig, a rheumatologist at Johns Hopkins University, sits for a portrait in the lab where he's studying some possible new treatments for autoimmune diseases, Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Baltimore, Md. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
1 hour ago

Lifelong drugs for autoimmune diseases don't work well. Now scientists are trying something new

Read full article: Lifelong drugs for autoimmune diseases don't work well. Now scientists are trying something new
FILE -This is the Google logo on a building in New York, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
7 hours ago

EU investigates Google over concerns content is unfairly demoted in search results

Read full article: EU investigates Google over concerns content is unfairly demoted in search results

European Union regulators are investigating Google for allegedly demoting media publishers' content in search results.

Dan Rowan exits a Waymo vehicle after arriving at San Jose Mineta International Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vsquez)
19 hours ago

Waymo is hitting the highway. Here's what to know about the robotaxi's expanded service

Read full article: Waymo is hitting the highway. Here's what to know about the robotaxi's expanded service

Waymo is hitting the highway.

FILE - A BP oil refinery operates in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
20 hours ago

Relentless rise in carbon pollution from fossil fuels slightly dampens climate-fighting hopes

Read full article: Relentless rise in carbon pollution from fossil fuels slightly dampens climate-fighting hopes

Scientists report that emissions from fossil fuels rose by 1.1% in 2025, marking the second consecutive year of a small increase.

FILE - The U.S. District Court is seen Sept. 10, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)
21 hours ago

Chinese scientist pleads guilty in US smuggling case and will be quickly deported

Read full article: Chinese scientist pleads guilty in US smuggling case and will be quickly deported

A Chinese scientist charged in Michigan with smuggling biological materials has pleaded guilty.

People riding in boats participate in a People's Summit event on Guajara Bay during the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
23 hours ago

A flotilla kicks off the People's Summit for activists at UN climate talks

Read full article: A flotilla kicks off the People's Summit for activists at UN climate talks

As United Nation climate talks get underway in Belem, a different kind of conference is kicking off: the People’s Summit, a gathering of activists, organizers, environmentalists and Indigenous groups from around the world.

FILE - A worker walks among debris from a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
21 hours ago

These are the 37 donors helping pay for Trump's $300 million White House ballroom

Read full article: These are the 37 donors helping pay for Trump's $300 million White House ballroom

The White House's list of 37 donors to President Donald Trump's $300 million ballroom project includes crypto billionaires, powerful financiers, tobacco companies, tech giants, media companies, longtime Republican donors and several of the president’s neighbors in Florida.

FILE - British actor Michael Caine poses for a photograph in London, Oct. 11, 2018. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)
1 day ago

Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey partner with ElevenLabs for AI voice cloning

Read full article: Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey partner with ElevenLabs for AI voice cloning

Oscar-winning actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey have partnered with voice-cloning company ElevenLabs.

A Nintendo Switch 2 display appears at a Best Buy in Nashville, Tenn., on une 5, 2025, (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
1 day ago

A medley of tech gifts for everyone on your holiday shopping list

Read full article: A medley of tech gifts for everyone on your holiday shopping list

Finding the perfect tech gifts can be tricky, but The AP has put together a quick guide to help.

FILE - Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
21 hours ago

Anthropic, Microsoft announce new AI data center projects as industry's construction push continues

Read full article: Anthropic, Microsoft announce new AI data center projects as industry's construction push continues

Anthropic has announced a $50 billion investment in computing infrastructure, including new data centers in Texas and New York.

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready on Launch Complex 36 a few minutes before the launch was scrubbed at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
17 hours ago

Solar storms delay the launch of Blue Origin's big new rocket with Mars orbiters for NASA

Read full article: Solar storms delay the launch of Blue Origin's big new rocket with Mars orbiters for NASA

Strong solar storms responsible for breathtaking auroras across the U.S. have delayed the launch of Blue Origin's big new rocket.

FILE - A woman watches as two seagulls fight over a chip stolen off her lunch plate in Sydney, Australia Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, file)
1 day ago

Food-snatching seagulls are more likely to leave you alone if you shout at them, researchers say

Read full article: Food-snatching seagulls are more likely to leave you alone if you shout at them, researchers say

Researchers have found that shouting is more effective than speaking when trying to scare off seagulls.

FILE - Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, smiles as she leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris on June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
1 day ago

More than 80 nonprofits receive $250M for global women's health from Melinda French Gates

Read full article: More than 80 nonprofits receive $250M for global women's health from Melinda French Gates

More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process.

Assembled counter drone devices sit on a try at MyDefence's headquarters in Alborg, Denmark, on Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/James Brooks)
1 day ago

This anti-drone technology is used on the Ukrainian battlefield and in NATO airspace after flyovers

Read full article: This anti-drone technology is used on the Ukrainian battlefield and in NATO airspace after flyovers

Drone warfare exploded following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

A monkey rests on a branch of a tree in the woods near a residential area in Azumino, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
17 hours ago

In Japan's Northern Alps, residents battle monkeys to protect homes and farms

Read full article: In Japan's Northern Alps, residents battle monkeys to protect homes and farms

In Japan's Northern Alps, residents are chasing monkeys to keep them away from farms and homes.

Security personnel stand behind a fence outside the venue for the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
1 day ago

Protesters confront security at main venue of UN climate talks

Read full article: Protesters confront security at main venue of UN climate talks

A group of activists skirmished with security on Tuesday at United Nations climate talks in Brazilian Amazon city Belem, briefly trying to force their way into the main venue before they were pushed back.

FILE - The iPhone 17 Pro is displayed during an announcement of new products at Apple Park on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vsquez, File)
2 days ago

Apple pulls two gay dating apps in China under government order

Read full article: Apple pulls two gay dating apps in China under government order

Apple says it has pulled two popular gay dating apps in China following an order from Chinese authorities in the latest evidence of their tightening grip on the LGBTQ+ community.

FILE - The OpenAI logo is seen displayed on a cell phone in front of an image on a computer screen generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file)
1 day ago

Watchdog group Public Citizen demands OpenAI withdraw AI video app Sora over deepfake dangers

Read full article: Watchdog group Public Citizen demands OpenAI withdraw AI video app Sora over deepfake dangers

Tech advocacy group Public Citizen has demanded OpenAI withdraw Sora 2, citing safety concerns and threats to democracy from the AI video generator.

South African Medical Research Council head Prof Glenda Grey administers a cholera vaccine to Shadrack Makutu, a participant in the clinical trials for the vaccine developed by Biovac at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/ Alfonso Nqunjana)
1 day ago

Biovac starts trials on South Africa's first domestically developed cholera vaccine

Read full article: Biovac starts trials on South Africa's first domestically developed cholera vaccine

Researchers in South Africa have launched clinical trials for the first vaccine developed entirely in the country.

FILE - Chinese astronaut for the Shenzhou 20 mission, Chen Dong, center, speaks next to his comrades Chen Zhongrui, right, and Wang Jie as they attend a send-off ceremony for their manned space mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, file)
2 days ago

China's stranded astronauts 'in good condition' after space debris delays planned return

Read full article: China's stranded astronauts 'in good condition' after space debris delays planned return

The return of three stranded Chinese astronauts who are facing a delayed return to Earth is progressing smoothly, according to the country's Manned Space Engineering office.

FILE - A woman walks in front of SoftBank store in Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Jan. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
2 days ago

Japan's SoftBank says it has sold its shares in Nvidia for $5.8 billion, turning its focus to OpenAI

Read full article: Japan's SoftBank says it has sold its shares in Nvidia for $5.8 billion, turning its focus to OpenAI

Japanese technology giant SoftBank says it has sold its stake in Nvidia, raising $5.8 billion to pour into other investments.

A foreigner walks past a sign board for the Baiyun airport in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province on Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
3 days ago

China rolls out its version of the H-1B visa to attract foreign tech workers

Read full article: China rolls out its version of the H-1B visa to attract foreign tech workers

China has a new visa scheme that is creating job opportunities for foreign professionals, part of its effort to attract global talent and gain an edge in global technology.

FILE - Fire crews monitor the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon on Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn't stayed on it

Read full article: Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn't stayed on it

The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago.

Ninfa Fuentes enters the back seat of a taxi organized by AmorrAs, a feminist transportation collective that offers rides to women who prefer alternatives to public transit due to safety concerns, in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)

Sexual harassment in Mexico drives women to look for rides with other women

Read full article: Sexual harassment in Mexico drives women to look for rides with other women

Women in Mexico face daily fears of harassment and violence, especially when using public transportation and rideshare apps.

In this image made from video remora fish ride a humpback whale off the coast of south-east Queensland, Australia, on June 15, 2024. (Olaf Meynecke/Whales and Climate Program via AP)

Rare footage shows sucker fish as they whale-surf in the ocean's wildest joyride

Read full article: Rare footage shows sucker fish as they whale-surf in the ocean's wildest joyride

Scientists have captured rare footage of remoras, also known as sucker fish, hitching rides on humpback whales off the coast of Australia.

FILE - The label for a bottle of melatonin pills is seen in New York on Thursday, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

A study questions melatonin use and heart health but don't lose sleep over it

Read full article: A study questions melatonin use and heart health but don't lose sleep over it

Don't lose sleep over headlines linking melatonin to heart failure.

FILE - U.S. biologist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, poses for a portrait at an exhibition in Berlin on Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

Read full article: James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died.

FILE - A technician releases a valve of a tank at Bajaj Hindustan Sugar factory that produces ethanol, a type of biofuel, in Meerut, India, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

Biofuel pledge at climate summit highlights India’s ethanol blending debate

Read full article: Biofuel pledge at climate summit highlights India’s ethanol blending debate

Earlier this year, the Indian government announced that it has achieved its target of mixing 20% of ethanol—considered a relatively cleaner fuel—with petrol or gasoline five years ahead of schedule.

FILE - The OpenAI logo appears on a mobile phone in front of a screen showing part of the company website in this photo taken on Nov. 21, 2023 in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions

Read full article: OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions

OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.

Fishing boats are visible in the port of the Caju Una community, Marajo Island, Para state, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil stumps up billions of dollars for its ambitious rainforest fund at UN climate summit

Read full article: Brazil stumps up billions of dollars for its ambitious rainforest fund at UN climate summit

Brazil has unveiled long-awaited details about a plan to pay countries to preserve their tropical forests and announced it had already drawn $5.5 billion in financial pledges.

The U.S. Capitol is photographed on 37th day of the government shutdown, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

The Congressional Budget Office was hacked. It says it has implemented new security measures

Read full article: The Congressional Budget Office was hacked. It says it has implemented new security measures

The Congressional Budget Office confirmed Thursday that it had been hacked.

Plumes of smoke rise from the area of a UPS cargo plane crash at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)

Dramatic videos show the burning UPS cargo plane crash in a massive fireball

Read full article: Dramatic videos show the burning UPS cargo plane crash in a massive fireball

Dramatic videos captured the tragic final moments of a UPS cargo plane crash near Louisville's airport.

FILE - The Peloton logo is seen on the company's stationary bicycle in San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Peloton recalls nearly 878,000 exercise bikes after several seat posts break

Read full article: Peloton recalls nearly 878,000 exercise bikes after several seat posts break

Peloton is recalling nearly 878,000 exercise bikes in the U.S. and Canada — due to seat posts that can break during use and pose fall hazards.

Residents clean up outside their homes after Typhoon Kalmaegi caused devastation in communities at Talisay City, Cebu province, central Philippines, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Hernandez)

Hurricane? Cyclone? Typhoon? Here’s the difference

Read full article: Hurricane? Cyclone? Typhoon? Here’s the difference

Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed at least 114 people in the Philippines and left even more people missing as it moved on to slam Vietnam.

Antonia Thomas, left, and and Josh Dylan appear on the set of the Agatha Christie series "Tommy & Tuppence" in Beaconsfield, England on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

On the set of the first Agatha Christie show where mysteries are solved with the internet

Read full article: On the set of the first Agatha Christie show where mysteries are solved with the internet

The first contemporary Agatha Christie English-speaking TV series is being shot in the U.K. Over a hundred years since they first appeared in a Christie novel, Tommy and Tuppence have been modernized.

This photo provided by Adam Paout shows a fragment of a Roman milestone that was erected along the road Via Nova Traiana in Jordan. (Adam Paout/Itiner-e via AP)

All roads in ancient Rome stretched far longer than previously known, study shows

Read full article: All roads in ancient Rome stretched far longer than previously known, study shows

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and scientists now say those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known.

Dr. Mariana Kaplan, chief of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, works in her office, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Disease of 1,000 faces shows how science is tackling immunity’s dark side

Read full article: Disease of 1,000 faces shows how science is tackling immunity’s dark side

It's one of medicine's biggest mysteries — why sometimes our immune system attacks our own bodies.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, right, speaks next to his wife, Priscilla Chan, co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), during an event at the Biohub Imaging Institute in Redwood City, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Zuckerberg, Chan shift bulk of philanthropy to science, focusing on AI and biology to curb disease

Read full article: Zuckerberg, Chan shift bulk of philanthropy to science, focusing on AI and biology to curb disease

For the past decade, Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg have focused part of their philanthropy on a lofty goal — “to cure, prevent or manage all disease” — if not in their lifetime, then in their children’s.

FILE - Common two-banded seabream fish swim in the protected area of France's Porquerolles National Park ahead of the U.N. Ocean Conference on June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag, File)

Deep-sea mining risks disrupting the marine food web, study warns

Read full article: Deep-sea mining risks disrupting the marine food web, study warns

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences on the tiny animals at the core of the vast ocean food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our plates.

Danish video game live-streamer Marie Watson, 28, plays a video game in her studio in Taastrup, Denmark, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

Denmark eyes new law to protect citizens from AI deepfakes

Read full article: Denmark eyes new law to protect citizens from AI deepfakes

Deepfakes have become not only easier to make worldwide but also look or sound exponentially more realistic thanks to technological advances and the proliferation of generative artificial intelligence tools.

India nationals, believed to have worked at scam center in Myanmar, board a plane at Thailand's Mae Sot International Airport in Tak, before being sent back to India, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Sarot Meksophawannakul)

Indians who fled a Myanmar cyberscam center are being flown home from Thailand

Read full article: Indians who fled a Myanmar cyberscam center are being flown home from Thailand

India is repatriating the first batch of hundreds of its nationals who last month fled to Thailand from Myanmar, where most had been working at a notorious center for online scams.

This photo provided by BMW shows the 2025 BMW X3. It offers sporty driving dynamics, advanced tech, and ample space for passengers and cargo. (Courtesy of BMW of North America via AP)

One Tech Tip: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it

Read full article: One Tech Tip: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it

Modern cars are collecting more data than ever, raising privacy concerns.

El logotipo de Instagram se ve en un telfono celular en Boston, el 14 de octubre de 2022. (AP Foto/Michael Dwyer, Archivo)

Motion Picture Association tells Meta to stop using PG-13 to refer to Instagram teen account content

Read full article: Motion Picture Association tells Meta to stop using PG-13 to refer to Instagram teen account content

The Motion Picture Association is asking Meta to stop referring to content shown to teen accounts on Instagram as guided by PG-13 ratings, saying it is misleading.

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FILE - Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly, Jan. 10, 2024, at the state Capitol in Richmond, Va. Gambling regulations, school construction and the state budget were on the agenda for Virginia lawmakers returning to Richmond on Wednesday, April 17, to consider Youngkin’s proposed amendments to legislation and his record number of vetoes. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Governor Youngkin announces Modine to establish heating division headquarters in Buena Vista

Read full article: Governor Youngkin announces Modine to establish heating division headquarters in Buena Vista
President Donald Trump displays an signed executive order as first lady Melania Trump watches during an event on foster care in the East Room of the at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
23 minutes ago

Melania Trump launches new 'Fostering the Future' effort to support foster youth with jobs, school

Read full article: Melania Trump launches new 'Fostering the Future' effort to support foster youth with jobs, school
Tractor Trailer, Train Collision (Courtesy of Fincastle Volunteer Fire Department)
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No injuries reported after tractor-trailer and train collision in Botetourt County

Read full article: No injuries reported after tractor-trailer and train collision in Botetourt County
FILE - A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge outside an immigration courtroom at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
11 minutes ago

Trump's next immigration crackdown will target Charlotte, North Carolina, a sheriff says

Read full article: Trump's next immigration crackdown will target Charlotte, North Carolina, a sheriff says
This photo provided by Ruter AS show a Yutong bus, owned by Norwegian public transport operator, Ruter, during a test of the vehicle's communication system on Aug. 14, 2025, in Sandvika, Norway. (Eilif Swensen/Ruter AS via AP)

Norway transport firm steps up controls after tests show Chinese-made buses can be halted remotely

Read full article: Norway transport firm steps up controls after tests show Chinese-made buses can be halted remotely

A Norwegian public transport operator plans to tighten security after tests on Chinese-made electric buses revealed the manufacturer could remotely turn them off.

FILE - A Google sign is displayed at the company's office in San Francisco, April 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Fortnite maker Epic Games and Google say they're settling 5-year legal fight over Android app store

Read full article: Fortnite maker Epic Games and Google say they're settling 5-year legal fight over Android app store

Epic Games has reached a settlement with Google, potentially ending its five-year legal battle over Google's Play Store for Android apps.

FILE - Debris is visible after a dam burst at the small town of Bento Rodrigues in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Nov. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

A decade after Brazil’s deadly dam collapse, Indigenous peoples demand justice on the eve of COP30

Read full article: A decade after Brazil’s deadly dam collapse, Indigenous peoples demand justice on the eve of COP30

Ten years after Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, the Indigenous Krenak people are still mourning what they call “the death of the river.”.

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2018, file photo, a mobile phone displays a user's travels using Google Maps in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Gemini AI to transform Google Maps into a more conversational experience

Read full article: Gemini AI to transform Google Maps into a more conversational experience

Google Maps is heading in a new direction with artificial intelligence sitting in the co-pilot’s seat.

In this photo provided by the Japan Self-Defense Forces Akita Camp, Self-Defense forces personnel unload a bear cage from a military truck in JSDF Akita Camp, Akita, northern Japan, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (JSDF Akita Camp via AP)

Japan deploys the military to counter a surge in bear attacks

Read full article: Japan deploys the military to counter a surge in bear attacks

Japan has deployed troops to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in the northern prefecture of Akita.

FILE - Luis Cassiano cools off with water that falls from his green roof at his home in Arara, a poor neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro on Jan. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

As world leaders enter climate talks, people in poverty have the most at stake

Read full article: As world leaders enter climate talks, people in poverty have the most at stake

In the leadup to the annual United Nations climate conference, the U.N. Development Programme has released new data about how climate change is going to affect agriculture, extreme weather and other factors that often mean life or death for people in poverty.

FILE - A young girl uses her phone while sitting on a bench in Sydney, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Australia adds Reddit and Kick to social media platforms banning children under 16

Read full article: Australia adds Reddit and Kick to social media platforms banning children under 16

Australia has added Reddit and Kick to its list of social media platforms that must ban children under 16 from having accounts.

FILE - Commander Jared Isaacman speaks at a news conference after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center for an upcoming private human spaceflight mission in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Trump once again nominates tech space traveler Jared Isaacman to serve as NASA administrator

Read full article: Trump once again nominates tech space traveler Jared Isaacman to serve as NASA administrator

President Donald Trump is nominating Jared Isaacman to serve as his NASA administrator after all.

FILE - European Commissioner for Inter-institutional Relations and Foresight Maros Sefcovic talks to journalists during an online news conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Sept. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool, FILE)

European Union welcomes suspension of China's rare earth controls

Read full article: European Union welcomes suspension of China's rare earth controls

The European Union says it has reached an agreement with China to stabilize the flow of rare earth materials crucial for high-tech and military products.

FILE - Elon Musk attends the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Big Tesla investor will vote against Musk's massive pay package

Read full article: Big Tesla investor will vote against Musk's massive pay package

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, one of Tesla’s biggest investors says it will vote against a proposed compensation package that could pay CEO Elon Musk as much as $1 trillion over a decade.

FILE - A sign for the Seattle office of Getty Images Inc., is shown Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Stability AI largely wins UK court battle against Getty Images over copyright and trademark

Read full article: Stability AI largely wins UK court battle against Getty Images over copyright and trademark

Stability AI has mostly prevailed against Getty Images in a British court battle over intellectual property.

This illustration provided by Caltech shows a supermassive black hole shredding a large star to pieces, leading to a bright flare. (Robert Hurt, Caltech (IPAC) via AP)

Scientists spot the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole

Read full article: Scientists spot the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole

Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a black hole.

FILE - Surgeons at NYU Langone Health prepare to transplant a pig's kidney into a brain-dead man in New York on July 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum, File)

First clinical trial of pig kidney transplants gets underway

Read full article: First clinical trial of pig kidney transplants gets underway

The first clinical trial is getting underway to see if transplanting pig kidneys into people might really save lives.

A loggerhead sea turtle named Swim Shady is seen crawling towards the ocean during a release on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, in Juno Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson)

Endangered loggerhead sea turtle released to Atlantic Ocean from Florida beach

Read full article: Endangered loggerhead sea turtle released to Atlantic Ocean from Florida beach

An endangered loggerhead sea turtle has been released into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach nearly three months after being hit by a boat.

FILE - A sign for the Seattle office of Getty Images Inc., is shown Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Getty's $3.7 billion attempt to buy Shutterstock faces in-depth investigation in the UK

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Britain's antitrust watchdog is intensifying its investigation into Getty Images' plan to buy Shutterstock.

FILE - The logo of Microsoft is seen outside its French headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris on May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Microsoft to ship 60,000 Nvidia AI chips to UAE under US-approved deal

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Microsoft has announced it will ship Nvidia's advanced AI chips to the United Arab Emirates.

FILE - An Amazon logo is seen at an Amazon event in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

OpenAI and Amazon sign $38 billion deal for AI computing power

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OpenAI and Amazon have signed a $38 billion deal to run OpenAI's systems on Amazon's cloud services.

Lambert, a 33-year-old one-eyed African penguin, receives eye drop medication at the New England Aquarium in Boston, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Much like a nursing home, penguins at a Boston aquarium can age with dignity

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Lambert, a critically endangered African penguin, has moved to a special geriatric island at the New England Aquarium in Boston.

FILE - Middle school teacher Jeremy Hook shops for the latests Microsoft's Surface Laptop Copilot+ PC's at Best Buy Atwater Village store in Glendale, Calif., Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Microsoft $9.7 billion deal with IREN will give it access to Nvidia chips

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Microsoft has entered into an approximately $9.7 billion cloud services contract with artificial intelligence cloud service provider IREN that will give it access to some of Nvidia’s chips.

FILE - A control tower by an American Airlines hangar is shown at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Oct. 15, 2025, in DFW Airport, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, file)

Flight delays persist as government shutdown leads to air traffic controller shortages

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Flight delays are continuing at U.S. airports amid air traffic controller shortages as the government shutdown enters its second month.

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