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Scientific societies say they'll step up after Trump puts key climate report in doubt
Read full article: Scientific societies say they'll step up after Trump puts key climate report in doubtTwo major scientific societies say they will try to fill the void from the Trump administration’s dismissal of scientists writing a cornerstone federal report on what climate change is doing to the United States.
Snakes have bitten this man hundreds of times. His blood could help make a better treatment
Read full article: Snakes have bitten this man hundreds of times. His blood could help make a better treatmentA Wisconsin man has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times, and scientists are studying his blood to treat snakebite.
Harrods becomes latest UK retailer to face cyber threat as M&S' struggles persist
Read full article: Harrods becomes latest UK retailer to face cyber threat as M&S' struggles persistBritish retailer Marks & Spencer says it's “working day and night” to resolve a cyberattack nearly two weeks ago that has left it unable to process any online orders.
Apple posts stronger-than-expected Q2 results, says majority of US iPhones sold will come from India
Read full article: Apple posts stronger-than-expected Q2 results, says majority of US iPhones sold will come from IndiaApple CEO Tim Cook said Thursday that the majority of iPhones sold in the U.S. in the current fiscal quarter will be sourced from India, while iPads and other devices will come from Vietnam as the company works to avoid the impact of President Trump’s tariffs on its business.
Soviet-era spacecraft is set to plunge to Earth a half-century after its failed launch to Venus
Read full article: Soviet-era spacecraft is set to plunge to Earth a half-century after its failed launch to VenusA Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth.
Scientists once thought only humans could bob to music. Ronan the sea lion helped prove them wrong
Read full article: Scientists once thought only humans could bob to music. Ronan the sea lion helped prove them wrongResearchers say Ronan the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years.
Court sides with Fortnite maker Epic as Apple sanctioned for defying order in App Store case
Read full article: Court sides with Fortnite maker Epic as Apple sanctioned for defying order in App Store caseA federal judge has found that Apple violated a court injunction in an antitrust case filed by Fortnite maker Epic Games.
In this Indian city, smartwatches are part of the solution to dealing with searing heat
Read full article: In this Indian city, smartwatches are part of the solution to dealing with searing heatHundreds of men and women in a poor neighborhood in one of India’s hottest cities are receiving wristwatch-style health monitors to determine what the searing April heat is doing to their health.
Microsoft says quarterly profits up 18% as it weathers tech sector turbulence with cloud growth
Read full article: Microsoft says quarterly profits up 18% as it weathers tech sector turbulence with cloud growthMicrosoft on Wednesday said its profits rose 18% for the January-March quarter, driven by its growth in its cloud computing and artificial intelligence business in a turbulent time for the tech sector.
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck sues Meta over AI responses about him
Read full article: Conservative activist Robby Starbuck sues Meta over AI responses about himConservative activist Robby Starbuck has filed a defamation lawsuit against Meta alleging that the social media giant’s artificial intelligence chat bot spread false statements about him, including that he participated in the the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Visa wants to give artificial intelligence 'agents' your credit card
Read full article: Visa wants to give artificial intelligence 'agents' your credit cardVisa is hoping to hand your credit card to an artificial intelligence “agent” that can find and buy clothes, groceries, airplane tickets and other items on your behalf.
Ancient DNA confirms New Mexico tribe's link to famed Chaco Canyon site
Read full article: Ancient DNA confirms New Mexico tribe's link to famed Chaco Canyon siteA federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. for the first time has led research using DNA to show their ancestral history.
Rebels in Colombia are recruiting youth on social media. The UN wants TikTok and Facebook to do more
Read full article: Rebels in Colombia are recruiting youth on social media. The UN wants TikTok and Facebook to do moreThe United Nations says rebel groups in Colombia are using apps like Facebook and Tik Tok to recruit children and young adults, and social media companies must do more to moderate content.
European court tells Serbia to 'prevent the use of sonic weapons' after protesters' claims at rally
Read full article: European court tells Serbia to 'prevent the use of sonic weapons' after protesters' claims at rallyThe European Court of Human Rights says that Serbia must prevent any potential use of sound devices for crowd control following reports that a sonic weapon was directed at peaceful demonstrators during a huge anti-government rally on March 15.
Microsoft pledges to protect European operations and unveils data center expansion
Read full article: Microsoft pledges to protect European operations and unveils data center expansionMicrosoft has pledged to fight any U.S. government order to halt data center operations in Europe, as it sought to soothe concerns among European customers that trans-Atlantic tensions would lead to service disruptions.
Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes and 'revenge porn,' passes. What is it?
Read full article: Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes and 'revenge porn,' passes. What is it?The Take It Down Act, which seeks to enact stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery, sometimes called ‘revenge porn’ online, is heading to President Donald Trump's signature after its bipartisan passage in congress.
Canadian company turns to Trump for permission to mine international waters, bypassing a UN agency
Read full article: Canadian company turns to Trump for permission to mine international waters, bypassing a UN agencyA Canadian company has announced that its U.S. subsidiary has submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor.
Decision looming for Trump administration on first PFAS drinking water limits
Read full article: Decision looming for Trump administration on first PFAS drinking water limitsThe Trump administration is expected to soon say whether it intends to stand by strict drinking water standards for forever chemicals set last year.
Danish king arrives in Greenland as Trump eyes strategic Arctic island
Read full article: Danish king arrives in Greenland as Trump eyes strategic Arctic islandKing Frederik X of Denmark has arrived in Greenland to kick off a visit to the semiautonomous territory that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to annex because of its strategic Arctic location.
Power outages across Spain and Portugal affected millions. How to prepare for a major blackout
Read full article: Power outages across Spain and Portugal affected millions. How to prepare for a major blackoutA widespread blackout across Spain and Portugal upended the lives of millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula.
NASA's oldest astronaut felt the decades melt away in space before returning on his 70th birthday
Read full article: NASA's oldest astronaut felt the decades melt away in space before returning on his 70th birthdayNASA's oldest full-time astronaut is back home and doing well a week after wrapping up a seven-month space mission.
Tech industry tried reducing AI's pervasive bias. Now Trump wants to end its 'woke AI' efforts
Read full article: Tech industry tried reducing AI's pervasive bias. Now Trump wants to end its 'woke AI' effortsArtificial intelligence technology that works well for the world’s billions of people of color was a business imperative for Google when the company asked sociologist Ellis Monk to help make its AI products more inclusive.
Trump science cuts target bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more
Read full article: Trump science cuts target bird feeder research, AI literacy work and moreHundreds of university researchers in the U.S. have had their National Science Foundation funding abruptly canceled to comply with President Donald Trump’s directive to end support of research on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as the study of misinformation.
Spaceship carrying 3 Chinese astronauts docks with Tiangong space station in latest crew rotation
Read full article: Spaceship carrying 3 Chinese astronauts docks with Tiangong space station in latest crew rotationA spaceship carrying three astronauts has docked with China's space station in the latest crew rotation.
Musk damaged Tesla's brand in just a few months. Fixing it will likely take longer
Read full article: Musk damaged Tesla's brand in just a few months. Fixing it will likely take longerElon Musk intends to focus more on his job as Tesla CEO, but it’s unclear if the billionaire will be able to solve a big problem of his own making: damage to its brand.
Tariff turmoil: How Tesla and other companies are dealing with the trade war's uncertainty
Read full article: Tariff turmoil: How Tesla and other companies are dealing with the trade war's uncertaintyUncertainty over tariffs and an unpredictable trade war is weighing heavily on companies as they report their latest results and try to give investors financial forecasts.
$50 million prize funded by Musk foundation goes to carbon-removal company that helps Indian farmers
Read full article: $50 million prize funded by Musk foundation goes to carbon-removal company that helps Indian farmersA company that spreads crushed rock on farmers’ fields to draw climate-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has won the $50 million grand prize in a global competition funded by Elon Musk’s foundation.
The European Union hits Apple and Meta with 700 million euros in fines, first under digital rules
Read full article: The European Union hits Apple and Meta with 700 million euros in fines, first under digital rulesEuropean Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition rules.
Ex-OpenAI workers ask California and Delaware AGs to block for-profit conversion of ChatGPT maker
Read full article: Ex-OpenAI workers ask California and Delaware AGs to block for-profit conversion of ChatGPT makerFormer employees of OpenAI are appealing to the top law enforcement officers in California and Delaware to halt the company’s move to transfer control of its artificial intelligence technology from a nonprofit charity to a for-profit business.
84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record
Read full article: 84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on recordHarmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.
What is the highly coveted H-1B visa? Trump administration moves put attention on the program
Read full article: What is the highly coveted H-1B visa? Trump administration moves put attention on the programThe H-1B visa has long been a highly coveted employment visa for foreign citizens with specialized skills to live and work in the U.S.
Musk says he'll spend less time in Washington and more time running Tesla after its profit plunges
Read full article: Musk says he'll spend less time in Washington and more time running Tesla after its profit plungesElon Musk says he’ll be spending less time in Washington slashing government costs and more time running Tesla after his electric vehicle company reported a big drop in profits.
UN researchers warn that Asian scam operations are spreading across the rest of the world
Read full article: UN researchers warn that Asian scam operations are spreading across the rest of the worldA new U.N. report warns that transnational organized crime groups in East and Southeast Asia are spreading their lucrative scam operations across the globe in response to increased crackdowns by authorities.
Big Tech's 'Magnificent Seven' heads into earnings season reeling from Trump turbulence
Read full article: Big Tech's 'Magnificent Seven' heads into earnings season reeling from Trump turbulenceAs Big Tech kicks off its quarterly earnings season this week, the industry’s bellwether companies have been thrust into a cauldron of uncertainty and turmoil that they didn’t anticipate when Donald Trump re-entered the White House less than 100 days ago.
A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American returns to Earth from the International Space Station
Read full article: A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American returns to Earth from the International Space StationA Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station.
No sweat: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-marathon alongside flesh-and-blood competitors
Read full article: No sweat: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-marathon alongside flesh-and-blood competitorsIn one small step for robot-kind — thousands of them, really — humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital.
What to Stream: 'Andor,' 'Babygirl' and new Wu-Tang Clan music
Read full article: What to Stream: 'Andor,' 'Babygirl' and new Wu-Tang Clan musicThe second season of the Star Wars series “Andor” and the streaming release of the Wu-Tang Clan’s latest album are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
The US has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more
Read full article: The US has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for moreAmerica’s only rare earths mine has fielded calls from anxious companies since China responded to President Donald Trump's tariffs by limiting exports of seven heavy metals.