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A female worker sorts through empty bottles at a plastic recycling factory in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
1 day ago

Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How's that going?

Read full article: Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How's that going?
This photo provided by the Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project in August 2025, shows Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than 6 miles away from where they were found at the Nyayanga excavation site in Kenya. (E.M Finestone, J.S. Oliver/Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project via AP)
1 day ago

Stone Age humans were picky about which rocks they used for making tools, study finds

Read full article: Stone Age humans were picky about which rocks they used for making tools, study finds
FILE - The framed hominid fossil "Lucy," is seen at a exhibition at the Ethiopian Natural History Museum in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Les Neuhaus, file)
1 day ago

Ethiopian fossil Lucy leaves for her first exhibition in Europe

Read full article: Ethiopian fossil Lucy leaves for her first exhibition in Europe
People leave the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)
1 day ago

Australian lawyer apologizes for AI-generated errors in murder case

Read full article: Australian lawyer apologizes for AI-generated errors in murder case

A senior lawyer in Australia has apologized to a judge for using AI-generated fake quotes and nonexistent case judgments in a murder case.

In this illustration provided by Ruairidh Duncan a Janjucetus dullardi is depicted chasing a fish. (Ruairidh Duncan via AP)
1 day ago

Scientists discover an ancient whale with a Pokémon face and a predator bite

Read full article: Scientists discover an ancient whale with a Pokémon face and a predator bite

Paleontologists have identified a new whale species from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on an Australian beach.

FILE - Donna Kelce stands with her son Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift after the AFC Championship NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Jan. 26, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
2 days ago

Taylor Swift's chat with the Kelces on 'New Heights' marks a milestone moment for podcasts

Read full article: Taylor Swift's chat with the Kelces on 'New Heights' marks a milestone moment for podcasts

Taylor Swift's talk with her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother Jason Kelce on the “New Heights” podcast is a milestone moment for the two decade-old media format.

FILE - The Supreme Court in Washington, Oct. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
2 days ago

Supreme Court allows Mississippi to require age verification on social media like Facebook and X

Read full article: Supreme Court allows Mississippi to require age verification on social media like Facebook and X

The Supreme Court has refused for now to block enforcement of a Mississippi law aimed at regulating the use of social media by children.

A robot rehearses the 100m race before the opening ceremony of The World Humanoid Robot Games held in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
2 days ago

Beijing's first World Humanoid Robot Games open with hip-hop and martial arts

Read full article: Beijing's first World Humanoid Robot Games open with hip-hop and martial arts

Humanoid robots have showcased their talents at the opening ceremony of the first World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.

FILE - The Statue of Liberty is visible through haze due to Canadian wildfire smoke during sunset Aug. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
2 days ago

As Canada wildfires choke US with smoke, Republicans demand action. But not on climate change

Read full article: As Canada wildfires choke US with smoke, Republicans demand action. But not on climate change

Republican lawmakers are blaming Canada for not preventing and containing wildfires, whose smoke has fouled the air in several states this year.

FILE - A girl looks through a telescope in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
2 days ago

Six planets are hanging out in early morning skies this month. Here's how to spot them

Read full article: Six planets are hanging out in early morning skies this month. Here's how to spot them

Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month.

Julie Nicoll shows shows an undated photo with her grandson Xavier Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Naples, Fla. Julie and her husband have spent more than $20,000 in legal fees trying to get him released from a youth detention center. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
3 days ago

Takeaways from AP's investigation into online school for incarcerated teens

Read full article: Takeaways from AP's investigation into online school for incarcerated teens

Florida has moved the education of students in juvenile detention online, despite evidence that many students struggled with online school during the pandemic.

Cayden Gillespie sits on a bench at a local park Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Gainesville, Fla. Gillespie spent months in juvenile detention after pleading guilty to two felony charges. While in custody the state of Florida provided online learning instead of in person classes which students, parents and staff say has been disastrous. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
2 days ago

For these incarcerated students, online school has been a disaster

Read full article: For these incarcerated students, online school has been a disaster

Florida shifted to virtual learning for youth in juvenile detention — and parents and students say it's been a disaster.

FILE - Options to use the Zelle payments network are seen on a mobile banking app in New York, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
3 days ago

NY attorney general sues Zelle's parent company after Trump administration drops similar case

Read full article: NY attorney general sues Zelle's parent company after Trump administration drops similar case

New York’s attorney general has sued the parent company of the Zelle payment platform, months after the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau abandoned a similar case under the Trump administration.

FILE - Moai statues stand on Ahu Tongariki near the Rano Raraku volcano, top, on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, Chile, Nov. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
3 days ago

Rising seas could put Easter Island's moai at risk by 2080, study warns

Read full article: Rising seas could put Easter Island's moai at risk by 2080, study warns

A new study warns that rising sea levels could threaten Easter Island’s iconic moai statues by the end of the century.

FILE - People look at their phones near the Kremlin in Moscow, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
3 days ago

Russia restricts calls via WhatsApp and Telegram, the latest step to control the internet

Read full article: Russia restricts calls via WhatsApp and Telegram, the latest step to control the internet

Russian authorities have announced partial restrictions on calls in messaging apps Telegram and WhatsApp.

FILE - A traveler passes United Airlines planes at San Francisco International Airport on May 8, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
3 days ago

People often miscalculate climate choices, a study says. One surprise is owning a dog

Read full article: People often miscalculate climate choices, a study says. One surprise is owning a dog

It turns out many Americans misjudge which personal behaviors contribute most to climate change.

This TV grab shows an aerial image of a great white shark off the coast of Scarborough, Maine, on Monday, August 11, 2025. (David Lancaster via AP)

Great white shark is seen near popular beaches in Maine, sparking a warning from police

Read full article: Great white shark is seen near popular beaches in Maine, sparking a warning from police

Reports of a large great white shark near popular beaches in Maine have prompted a warning to beachgoers.

FILE - Montenegrin police officers escort South Korean citizen, Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon in Montenegro's capital Podgorica, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic, File)

Crypto mogul Do Kwon, known as 'the cryptocurrency king,' pleads guilty to fraud charges

Read full article: Crypto mogul Do Kwon, known as 'the cryptocurrency king,' pleads guilty to fraud charges

South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon has pleaded guilty to two fraud charges arising from a $40 billion cryptocurrency collapse.

This image provided by Jennifer Sullivan shows a manatee swimming around a paddle boarder in Seabury Marina, far outside its normal habitat range, on Saturday, July 26, 2025, in Mashpee, Mass. (Jennifer Sullivan via AP)

Scientists standing by to rescue rare manatee sighted in cold New England waters

Read full article: Scientists standing by to rescue rare manatee sighted in cold New England waters

A manatee was recently spotted off the coast of Massachusetts for the first time in almost a decade.

FILE - The YouTube app is displayed on an iPad in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
2 days ago

YouTube to begin testing a new AI-powered age verification system in the U.S.

Read full article: YouTube to begin testing a new AI-powered age verification system in the U.S.

YouTube is ready to start testing a new age-verification system in the U.S. using artificial intelligence to distinguish between adults and minors based on their viewing habits.

FILE - This combo of photos shows the logo for Google, top, and Apple, bottom, on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 in New York. (AP Photo/File)

Epic Games wins partial victory in Australian court against Google and Apple

Read full article: Epic Games wins partial victory in Australian court against Google and Apple

Epic Games has won a partial victory in an Australian court against Google and Apple.

FILE - Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan delivers a speech during the Computex 2025 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Trump says Intel CEO has an 'amazing story' days after calling for his resignation

Read full article: Trump says Intel CEO has an 'amazing story' days after calling for his resignation

Less than a week after President Donald Trump called for the resignation of Intel’s CEO, shares of the chipmaker are rising after Trump said he had a “very interesting” meeting with Lip-Bu Tan.

FILE - The opening page of X is displayed on a computer and phone in Sydney on Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not featuring X or Grok among its top apps

Read full article: Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not featuring X or Grok among its top apps

Billionaire SpaceX, Tesla and X owner Elon Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not featuring X and its Grok artificial intelligence chatbot app in its top recommended apps in its App Store.

Masslie Arias, of DoorDash, prepares to load a delivery package on a hovering drone Thursday, July 31, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Delivery drones may soon take off in the US. Here's why

Read full article: Delivery drones may soon take off in the US. Here's why

Delivery drones are supposed to be fast, yet the long-promised technology has been slow to take off in the United States.

FILE - An axolotl swims in an aquarium at a museum at the Xochimilco Ecological Park, in Mexico City, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Scientists search for DNA of an endangered salamander in Mexico City’s canals

Read full article: Scientists search for DNA of an endangered salamander in Mexico City’s canals

Scientists from a university are filtering Mexico City's waters for traces of the DNA of an endangered salamander, the axolotl.

FILE - The AOL logo is shown on a wall of the company's New York office, on Monday, May 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

AOL is finally shutting down its dial-up internet service

Read full article: AOL is finally shutting down its dial-up internet service

AOL’s dial-up internet is finally taking its last bow.

CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang speaks during a press conference at the Mandarin Oriental Qianmen after attending the third China International Supply Chain Expo, in Beijing, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

US will get a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China under a new, unusual agreement

Read full article: US will get a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China under a new, unusual agreement

Nvidia and AMD agreed to share 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China with the U.S. government, President Donald Trump confirmed at a press conference on Monday.

Benjamin Von Wong, right, a Canadian artist and activist, heaps piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture that he designed in front of the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/ Jennifer McDermott)

Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks

Read full article: Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks

As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United Nations office.

FILE - Paul Williams cools off in water while taking a break from yard work in Richardson, Texas, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Feel sticky this summer? That's because it's been record muggy East of the Rockies

Read full article: Feel sticky this summer? That's because it's been record muggy East of the Rockies

More than 70 million Americans have experienced the muggiest start to summer on record, with climate change increasing humidity in the Eastern U.S. An Associated Press analysis shows that parts of 20 states and Washington, D.

FILE - Amazon Web Services data center is visible on Aug. 22, 2024, in Boardman, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act

Read full article: As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act

Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.

President Donald Trump speaks at an event to mark National Purple Heart Day in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchers

Read full article: Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchers

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars of grants that are awarded by federal agencies.

FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut James Lovell, Apollo 13 commander poses for a portrait in his space suit, Feb. 16, 1970. (AP Photo/NASA, File)

Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97

Read full article: Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, has died.

In this long-exposure photo, a meteor streaks across the sky, seen above palm trees, in Bal Harbour, Fla., early Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, during the Perseid meteor shower. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Venus and Jupiter appear close in the sky as summer's best meteor shower peaks soon

Read full article: Venus and Jupiter appear close in the sky as summer's best meteor shower peaks soon

The Perseid meteor shower is peaking soon.

FILE - Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan delivers a speech during the Computex 2025 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Intel CEO responds after Trump calls for his resignation

Read full article: Intel CEO responds after Trump calls for his resignation

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan says he’s “always operated within the highest legal and ethical standards” after coming under pressure following President Donald Trump’s call for him to resign.

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the army leaders at the Hotel le Brienne, Sunday, July 13, 2025, ahead of the Bastille Day parade in Paris. (Ludovic Marin, Pool Photo via AP)

France’s top court strikes down pesticide clause in farming law

Read full article: France’s top court strikes down pesticide clause in farming law

France’s highest court has blocked a key part of a contentious farming law that would have brought back a banned pesticide.

Chat GPT app icon is seen on a smartphone screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

OpenAI launches GPT-5, a potential barometer for whether AI hype is justified

Read full article: OpenAI launches GPT-5, a potential barometer for whether AI hype is justified

OpenAI has released GPT-5, the latest version of the AI technology behind ChatGPT.

President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during an announcement about Apple with Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Oval Office, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump's planned 100% computer chip tariff sparks confusion among businesses and trading partners

Read full article: Trump's planned 100% computer chip tariff sparks confusion among businesses and trading partners

President Donald Trump's ambiguous plans for 100% tariffs on non-U.S. computer chips is causing confusion among businesses and trading partners.

This image provided by NASA/European Space Agency shows an image captured by Hubble of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on July 21, 2025, when the comet was 277 million miles from Earth. (NASA/European Space Agency via AP)

Hubble Space Telescope takes best picture yet of the comet visiting from another solar system

Read full article: Hubble Space Telescope takes best picture yet of the comet visiting from another solar system

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star.

FILE - A tourist watches the Perito Moreno Glacier at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate, Argentina, Nov. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

Scientists thought this Argentine glacier was stable. Now they say it's melting fast

Read full article: Scientists thought this Argentine glacier was stable. Now they say it's melting fast

New research reveals that an inconic Argentine glacier is undergoing its most significant retreat in a century.

FILE - Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan delivers a speech during the Computex 2025 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Intel's stock tumbles after Trump says its CEO must resign

Read full article: Intel's stock tumbles after Trump says its CEO must resign

Intel’s shares slumped Thursday as President Donald Trump said in a social media post that the chipmaker’s CEO must resign immediately.

FILE - The gaming platform Roblox is displayed on a tablet, Oct. 30, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Leon Keith, File)

Roblox rolls out open-source AI system to protect kids from predators in chats

Read full article: Roblox rolls out open-source AI system to protect kids from predators in chats

Roblox, the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and teenagers, is rolling out an open-source version of an artificial intelligence system it says can help preemptively detect predatory language in game chats.

FILE - A student uses a tablet during a middle school class in Johns Creek, Ga., May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Students have been called to the office — and even arrested — for AI surveillance false alarms

Read full article: Students have been called to the office — and even arrested — for AI surveillance false alarms

Surveillance systems in American schools increasingly monitor everything students write on school accounts and devices.

FILE - The logo of Japanese mobile provider SoftBank is seen at its shop in Tokyo on June 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

Japan tech giant SoftBank Group sees better fortunes on surging AI stocks

Read full article: Japan tech giant SoftBank Group sees better fortunes on surging AI stocks

Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group has reported a $2.9 billion profit for the April-June quarter, rebounding from a loss a year earlier, as its investments benefited from the craze for artificial intelligence.

Minor bleaching is seen to a Acropora colony at Lagoon Reef at the northern Great Barrier Reef in far North Queensland, Australia, Dec. 18, 2024. (Australian Institute of Marine Science via AP)

Great Barrier Reef records largest annual coral loss in 39 years

Read full article: Great Barrier Reef records largest annual coral loss in 39 years

Australian authorities say the Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral in four decades.

This artist rendering provided by NASA shows the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2. (NASA/John Howard/JPL via AP)

Trump moves to shut down NASA missions that measure carbon dioxide and plant health

Read full article: Trump moves to shut down NASA missions that measure carbon dioxide and plant health

The Trump administration wants to end two NASA missions that monitor a potent greenhouse gas and plant health.

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FILE - A fruit vendor waits for customers in La Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
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Bolivia heads to the polls as its right-wing opposition eyes first victory in decades

Read full article: Bolivia heads to the polls as its right-wing opposition eyes first victory in decades
FILE - UNIFIL peacekeepers secure the area in Khardali, southern Lebanon, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)
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The Trump administration wants to end the UN peacekeeping in Lebanon. Europe is pushing back

Read full article: The Trump administration wants to end the UN peacekeeping in Lebanon. Europe is pushing back
U.S. President Donald Trump, second right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin after their joint news conference on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. ((Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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Trump runs into the difficulty of Putin diplomacy and ending a long war

Read full article: Trump runs into the difficulty of Putin diplomacy and ending a long war
Rose Hammond poses in her home Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Sylvania Township, Ohio. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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A decades-old rule lets drivers set speed limits on US roads. That could be changing

Read full article: A decades-old rule lets drivers set speed limits on US roads. That could be changing
FILE - Local residents carry a big bag as they walk through a flooded road during monsoon rainfall in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistan’s deadly monsoon floods were worsened by global warming, study finds

Read full article: Pakistan’s deadly monsoon floods were worsened by global warming, study finds

A new study shows that heavy rainfall that caused floods that killed hundreds in Pakistan in recent weeks was worsened by human-caused climate change The study by World Weather Attribution was released on Thursday.

President Donald Trump makes an announcement about Apple in the Oval Office, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump plans 100% tariff on computer chips, unless companies build in US

Read full article: Trump plans 100% tariff on computer chips, unless companies build in US

President Donald Trump says he's imposing a 100% tariff on computer chips— a move that raises the specter of higher prices for electronics, autos, household appliances and other essential goods that depend on the processors.

FILE - Astronaut Butch Wilmore is interviewed at Johnson Space Center on March 31, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, file)

Stuck astronaut Butch Wilmore retires from NASA less than 5 months after extended spaceflight

Read full article: Stuck astronaut Butch Wilmore retires from NASA less than 5 months after extended spaceflight

One of NASA's two previously stuck astronauts has retired.

President Donald Trump makes an announcement about Apple with Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Oval Office, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump announces Apple investing another $100 billion in US manufacturing

Read full article: Trump announces Apple investing another $100 billion in US manufacturing

Apple CEO Tim Cook joined President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to announce a commitment by the tech company to increase its investment in U.S. manufacturing by an additional $100 billion over the next four years.

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2014, file photo, shows WhatsApp app icon on a smartphone in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

WhatsApp takes down 6.8 million accounts linked to criminal scam centers, Meta says

Read full article: WhatsApp takes down 6.8 million accounts linked to criminal scam centers, Meta says

WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts linked to criminal scam centers worldwide, according to its parent company, Meta.

Chat GPT app icon is seen on a smartphone screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

New study sheds light on ChatGPT's alarming interactions with teens

Read full article: New study sheds light on ChatGPT's alarming interactions with teens

New research from a watchdog group reveals ChatGPT can provide harmful advice to teens.

This June 2023 United States Coast Guard still frame from video provided by Pelagic Research Services, shows remains of the Titan submersible, center, on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard Video courtesy Pelagic Research Services via AP)

What to know about the Titan sub and its tragic final dive to the Titanic

Read full article: What to know about the Titan sub and its tragic final dive to the Titanic

In 2023, the Titan submersible suffered a catastrophic implosion that killed its pilot and four passengers amid intense water pressure in the North Atlantic.

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 15, 2019, file photo, Palantir CEO Alex Karp arrives for the Tech for Good summit in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Palantir books its first $1 billion in quarterly sales and dodges DOGE axe

Read full article: Palantir books its first $1 billion in quarterly sales and dodges DOGE axe

Shares of Palantir Technologies sailed past previous record highs Tuesday after booking its first $1 billion sales quarter and raising its performance expectations for the year.

In this photo provided by the Hakai Institute, researcher Alyssa Gehman from the Hakai Institute counts and measures sunflower sea stars in the Burke Channel on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, in 2023. (Bennett Whitnell/Hakai Institute via AP)

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars

Read full article: Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars

Scientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion sea stars — also known as starfish — off the Pacific coast of North America.

FILE - Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Tesla awards CEO Musk millions of shares valued at about $29 billion

Read full article: Tesla awards CEO Musk millions of shares valued at about $29 billion

Tesla gave Elon Musk a stock grant of $29 billion on Monday as a reward for years of “transformative and unprecedented” growth despite a recent foray into right-wing politics that has hurt its sales, profits and its stock price.

This photo taken from video by Artem Sheldr shows an aerial view of the eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano of the Eastern volcanic belt, about 200 km (125 miles) northeast of the regional center of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia far east, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Artem Sheldr via AP)

A volcano in Russia’s Far East erupts for the first time in centuries

Read full article: A volcano in Russia’s Far East erupts for the first time in centuries

A volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted for the first time in hundreds of years.

This image made from video provided by NASA and SpaceX shows from right in blue, Japan's Kimiya Yui, NASA's Zena Cardman, NASA's Mike Fincke and Russia's Oleg Platonov, with colleagues up there since March at the International Space Station during a welcome ceremony, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (NASA and SpaceX via AP)

SpaceX delivers four astronauts to the International Space Station just 15 hours after launch

Read full article: SpaceX delivers four astronauts to the International Space Station just 15 hours after launch

SpaceX has delivered a new crew to the International Space Station in just 15 hours.

The headquarters of the National Science Foundation is photographed May 29, 2025, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Judge allows the National Science Foundation to withhold hundreds of millions of research dollars

Read full article: Judge allows the National Science Foundation to withhold hundreds of millions of research dollars

The National Science Foundation can continue to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from researchers in several states until litigation aimed at restoring it plays out.

This photo provided by Rejoice and John David Gordon on July 31, 2025, shows Thaddeus Pierce. (Rejoice and John David Gordon via AP)

An Ohio couple welcomes a baby boy from a nearly 31-year-old frozen embryo

Read full article: An Ohio couple welcomes a baby boy from a nearly 31-year-old frozen embryo

Lindsey and Tim Pierce have welcomed a baby boy using a 30-year-old embryo.

Astronaut Zena Cardman waves as she leaves the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A and a planned liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Cape Canaveral , Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Astronauts launch to the space station after sidelined by Boeing's troubled Starliner

Read full article: Astronauts launch to the space station after sidelined by Boeing's troubled Starliner

Four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station after being sidelined by Boeing's Starliner trouble and other issues.

FILE - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the crew Dragon capsule attached, vents fuel while sitting on Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A, July 31, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Russian and US space chiefs meet to discuss continued cooperation

Read full article: Russian and US space chiefs meet to discuss continued cooperation

Russia’s space chief has visited the United States to discuss cooperation between Moscow and Washington on the International Space Station and lunar research with NASA’s acting chief, the first such face-to-face meeting in more than seven years.

Workers in Pilar, Argentina, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, construct a miniature version of Mairinque, Brazil. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

In a miniature world, climate change and environmental issues loom large

Read full article: In a miniature world, climate change and environmental issues loom large

Dedicated model builders at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg have been working for almost 25 years to create tiny visions of the trains, cars and cities of the real world.

FILE - Audience members gather at Made By Google for new product announcements at Google on Aug. 13, 2024, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, File)

Google loses appeal in antitrust battle with Fortnite maker

Read full article: Google loses appeal in antitrust battle with Fortnite maker

A federal appeals court has upheld a jury verdict condemning Google’s Android app store as an illegal monopoly, clearing the way for a federal judge to enforce a potentially disruptive shakeup that’s designed to give consumers more choices.

Archaeologist Jose Aliaga works at the site where city workers discovered ancient remains, from the pre-Inca Chancay culture, and artifacts as workers were digging a natural gas line for the company Calidda in the district of Puente Piedra on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Utility workers in Peru unearth pre-Incan tomb with 1,000-year-old remains

Read full article: Utility workers in Peru unearth pre-Incan tomb with 1,000-year-old remains

Utility workers in Peru's capital have discovered two pre-Incan tombs while expanding underground gas networks.

FILE - An Apple store employee stands inside the store in New York on Feb. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File )

Apple overcomes Trump's trade war, slow start in AI to deliver surprisingly strong quarter

Read full article: Apple overcomes Trump's trade war, slow start in AI to deliver surprisingly strong quarter

Apple shook off a thicket of tariffs and a botched entry into artificial intelligence to accelerate its revenue growth during its springtime quarter, but the trendsetting company still faces a bumpy road ahead that could lead to higher iPhone prices.

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