Reactor reboot at world's largest nuclear plant highlights flaws in Japan's radioactive waste plans
Read full article: Reactor reboot at world's largest nuclear plant highlights flaws in Japan's radioactive waste plansA reactor at the world’s largest nuclear power plant in Japan has resumed operations.
Anthropic pledges $200 million to research AI's economic impact as CEO suggests job loss solutions
Read full article: Anthropic pledges $200 million to research AI's economic impact as CEO suggests job loss solutionsAnthropic has joined calls for the AI industry to find ways to cushion people from AI's disruptions to the workforce.
Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for users
Read full article: Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for usersVisa is embedding its payment network into ChatGPT, allowing the chatbot to shop and complete transactions for users.
As FIFA entices a new generation of fans, a Brazil influencer's platform will stream all 104 games
Read full article: As FIFA entices a new generation of fans, a Brazil influencer's platform will stream all 104 gamesIn Brazil, home of soccer-mad fans and the five-time world champions, the only way to watch all 104 games of the World Cup will be through the streaming platform anchored by a digital influencer.
An underground detector in China unveils its first major findings about mysterious ghost particles
Read full article: An underground detector in China unveils its first major findings about mysterious ghost particlesA massive underground detector aimed at understanding the mysterious ghost particles in our universe has released its first major findings.
Taiwan fires rockets in China's direction from a US-supplied mobile launching system in drill
Read full article: Taiwan fires rockets in China's direction from a US-supplied mobile launching system in drillTaiwan's military has sent rockets in China's direction from “shoot and scoot” launchers in a demonstration of how it might defend itself against an attack.
Bill Gates testifies about his ties to Epstein, calls meeting him a 'grave error in judgment'
Read full article: Bill Gates testifies about his ties to Epstein, calls meeting him a 'grave error in judgment'Bill Gates says he made an error in judgment by ever meeting with Jeffrey Epstein as the Microsoft co-founder faces questions behind closed doors from lawmakers about his relationship with the disgraced financier.
At World Cup stadiums, there will be zero tolerance for drones because of the threat they pose
Read full article: At World Cup stadiums, there will be zero tolerance for drones because of the threat they poseFans who hear the whirring sound of a drone over a stadium might see it as a nuisance but law enforcement has long viewed those aircraft as a potential weapon of mass destruction.
NASA unveils Artemis III astronauts to test technology for a future moon landing
Read full article: NASA unveils Artemis III astronauts to test technology for a future moon landingNASA has revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission, the next step in eventually landing astronauts on the moon.
Apple and Brussels blame each other for delaying European Union rollout of Siri AI
Read full article: Apple and Brussels blame each other for delaying European Union rollout of Siri AIApple and the European Union are blaming each other for delaying the rollout of Apple's Siri AI app to European users.
MIT researchers channel AI to turn hand gestures into robot training data
Read full article: MIT researchers channel AI to turn hand gestures into robot training dataHumanoid robots struggling with tasks like grasping a cup have a new teacher — a person wearing an ultrasound wristband that captures the movement of muscles, tendons and ligaments beneath the skin.
A digital reckoning against smartphones in schools has spread to Sweden
Read full article: A digital reckoning against smartphones in schools has spread to SwedenSweden is set to ban mobile phones in schools from the next academic year as part of a broad reversal on the use of screens in classrooms.
Pentagon labels tech giant Alibaba and electric car maker BYD as aiding Chinese military
Read full article: Pentagon labels tech giant Alibaba and electric car maker BYD as aiding Chinese militaryThe Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of Chinese military companies.
A flesh-eating cattle parasite spreads beyond Texas as new screwworm cases are found
Read full article: A flesh-eating cattle parasite spreads beyond Texas as new screwworm cases are foundThree more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, including one outside Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping a pest that could potentially devastate the nation’s cattle industry.
Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are all talking about public ownership in AI
Read full article: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are all talking about public ownership in AIOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with Sen. Bernie Sanders to discuss public ownership in AI companies — a meeting that highlighted the tension between AI powerhouses and policymakers.
Trump calls for military to accelerate use of AI while protecting Americans
Read full article: Trump calls for military to accelerate use of AI while protecting AmericansPresident Donald Trump is calling for the U.S. military and national security agencies to accelerate their use of artificial intelligence.
Energy Department says advanced nuclear reactor first to reach critical milestone
Read full article: Energy Department says advanced nuclear reactor first to reach critical milestoneThe Energy Department says a small nuclear reactor under development at a national lab has reached a crucial milestone that could allow it to produce electricity in the next few years.
Anthropic urges industry coordination to allow for a 'pause' in AI development if risks grow
Read full article: Anthropic urges industry coordination to allow for a 'pause' in AI development if risks growAnthropic is proposing that top AI companies coordinate a way to pause the development of advanced AI systems if they become too dangerous.
Astronauts briefly take shelter during repair to fix leak on the International Space Station
Read full article: Astronauts briefly take shelter during repair to fix leak on the International Space StationAstronauts aboard the International Space Station have briefly taken shelter during a repair to fix a new leak.
Fishermen prepared for the longest red snapper season in recent memory. A court order stopped it
Read full article: Fishermen prepared for the longest red snapper season in recent memory. A court order stopped itA federal judge in Washington has blocked a plan to loosen rules for fishing red snapper in the Atlantic, halting what was expected to be the longest recreational snapper season in years.
Wildfires are making the US smoggy again, reversing progress on cleaner air, study finds
Read full article: Wildfires are making the US smoggy again, reversing progress on cleaner air, study findsA new study finds that smoke from larger wildfires is reversing more than a decade of American improvements in smog.
UN nuclear watchdog says it's been unable to inspect Iranian facilities
Read full article: UN nuclear watchdog says it's been unable to inspect Iranian facilitiesThe U.N. nuclear watchdog has been unable to inspect nuclear facilities in Iran affected by the war last June, according to a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on federal regulation of telecom companies
Read full article: Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on federal regulation of telecom companiesThe Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in a case about the power of federal regulators over telecommunications companies.
AI companies are barreling toward huge Wall Street debuts. A look at the biggest players
Read full article: AI companies are barreling toward huge Wall Street debuts. A look at the biggest playersSome of the leading artificial intelligence companies are moving toward initial public offerings this year at eye-popping valuations.
Tools to fight hantavirus show promise despite limited funding. Now researchers hope to continue
Read full article: Tools to fight hantavirus show promise despite limited funding. Now researchers hope to continueThere were no treatments or vaccines to protect people during the recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship.
SpaceX's IPO is set to be the biggest ever and could make Elon Musk a trillionaire
Read full article: SpaceX's IPO is set to be the biggest ever and could make Elon Musk a trillionaireSpaceX says it plans to raise up to $75 billion when it goes public this month, setting the stage for the largest-ever stock market debut and putting Elon Musk on course to becoming the world’s first trillionaire.
Energy, water use and pollution of AI and data centers rival most countries
Read full article: Energy, water use and pollution of AI and data centers rival most countriesAccording to a United Nations University report, the environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries.
UK orders Google to allow publishers to opt out of AI scraping for search summaries
Read full article: UK orders Google to allow publishers to opt out of AI scraping for search summariesBritish competition regulators have mandated that Google must allow news sites to opt out of having their content scraped for AI overviews.
Scientists lose critical climate record as ocean observatory will go dark under Trump funding cuts
Read full article: Scientists lose critical climate record as ocean observatory will go dark under Trump funding cutsThe Trump administration is dismantling a $386 million network of more than 900 ocean sensors funded by the National Science Foundation.
2 scientists charged with bringing deactivated mpox virus into the US and lying to authorities
Read full article: 2 scientists charged with bringing deactivated mpox virus into the US and lying to authoritiesTwo scientists at a U.S. government lab have been charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa without permits and lying about it to investigators.
How a carjacking in Connecticut led back to a man known as the crypto ‘Godfather’ in California
Read full article: How a carjacking in Connecticut led back to a man known as the crypto ‘Godfather’ in CaliforniaA California man known as the crypto “Godfather” has admitted to playing a key role in a botched Connecticut kidnapping nearly two years ago.
Trump signs an executive order that invites vetting of top AI models for national security risks
Read full article: Trump signs an executive order that invites vetting of top AI models for national security risksPresident Donald Trump has signed a new executive order on oversight of artificial intelligence, less than two weeks after postponing a White House ceremony over his concerns that a similar policy could dull America’s edge on AI technology.
Israel's weapons exports reach a record high with sales doubling in the past 5 years
Read full article: Israel's weapons exports reach a record high with sales doubling in the past 5 yearsIsrael's weapons exports reached a record high of over $19 billion last year, marking a 30% increase from 2024, according to Israel's Defense Ministry.
'Love my woke pope': Why Leo's first encyclical went viral and how it speaks to his papal approach
Read full article: 'Love my woke pope': Why Leo's first encyclical went viral and how it speaks to his papal approachPope Leo XIV has issued a manifesto calling for robust regulation of artificial intelligence.
AP exclusive: Under Notre Dame cathedral, a 'dig of the century' unearths 1,700 years of history
Read full article: AP exclusive: Under Notre Dame cathedral, a 'dig of the century' unearths 1,700 years of historyArchaeologists are digging beneath Notre Dame cathedral to explore as far back as Roman Paris from 2,000 years ago.
Wyoming’s ‘Path of the Pronghorn’ is a signature away from protections sought for a quarter century
Read full article: Wyoming’s ‘Path of the Pronghorn’ is a signature away from protections sought for a quarter centuryWyoming is close to designating a migration corridor for pronghorn, a move conservation biologist Joel Berger has long supported.
Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming company concealed serious risks of ChatGPT
Read full article: Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming company concealed serious risks of ChatGPTThe state of Florida has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming the company knowingly released and aggressively marketed ChatGPT to the public while concealing serious risks.
Anthropic races toward a Wall Street debut with a confidential SEC filing
Read full article: Anthropic races toward a Wall Street debut with a confidential SEC filingArtificial intelligence company Anthropic is moving toward going public on Wall Street, the latest chapter in its meteoric rise from a little-known research laboratory to one of the leading AI companies valued at $965 billion.
Young and unemployed? Remote work, not AI, may be the problem, study finds
Read full article: Young and unemployed? Remote work, not AI, may be the problem, study findsThe rise of remote work since the pandemic has made businesses more reluctant to hire young, inexperienced workers and is the key driver of higher unemployment rates for recent college graduates, a study released Monday has found.
As the Pentagon pushes for battlefield AI, some military leaders urge caution
Read full article: As the Pentagon pushes for battlefield AI, some military leaders urge cautionThe Trump administration is pushing to use artificial intelligence in the U.S. military even as it faces calls for caution from some companies and military leaders.
Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to Boston University's CTE Center, his family says
Read full article: Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to Boston University's CTE Center, his family saysClaude Lemieux's brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop.