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June 12

Meta invests in AI firm Scale and recruits its CEO for 'superintelligence' team

Meta is making a $14.3 billion investment in artificial intelligence company Scale and recruiting its CEO Alexandr Wang to join a team developing “superintelligence” at the tech giant
June 12
FILE - Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang poses for photos at the company's office in San Francisco, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
June 12

Shooting on Las Vegas Strip near Bellagio that killed 2 was livestreamed, police say

A new police report released Thursday says two people killed in a shooting over the weekend on the Las Vegas Strip captured it on video while livestreaming to their shared YouTube channel
June 12
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers investigate the scene of a shooting on the Strip that left two dead Monday, June 9, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
June 12

Space station leak concerns will delay visit by astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

A chartered spaceflight for India, Poland and Hungary's first astronauts in decades has been delayed indefinitely because of leak concerns at the International Space Station
June 12
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule stands ready for launch on pad 39A for a mission to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
June 12

A grassland bird eavesdrops on prairie dog calls to keep itself safe from predators

New research says long-billed curlews listen to alarm barks from prairie dog colonies to protect themselves from predators
June 12
In this photo provided by the Smithsonian in June 2024, a long-billed curlew, bottom left, reacts to the "badgerinator," a simulated predator, during field research on prairie dog/long-billed curlew interactions at the American Prairie reserve in Montana. (Andrew Dreelin/Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute via AP)
June 12

AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These libraries are opening their stacks

Everything ever said on the internet was just the start of teaching artificial intelligence about humanity
June 12
FILE - A bicyclist walks by Langdell Hall, the Harvard Law Library, on the Harvard Law School campus at Harvard University, Aug. 1, 2005, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
June 12

Coinbase adds former top Obama and Harris adviser Plouffe as it broadens its political reach

Top Democratic strategist David Plouffe is joining Coinbase as an adviser as the cryptocurrency exchange broadens its political reach
June 12
FILE - The Coinbase logo covers the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
June 11

Robo dog goes for a walk at Texas mall

A Texas man was left stunned after spotting a robot dog being led through a San Antonio mall like it's the most natural thing in the world.
June 11
VIDEO: Robo dog goes for a walk at Texas mall
June 11

Nvidia chief calls AI 'the greatest equalizer' but warns Europe risks falling behind

Will artificial intelligence save humanity — or destroy it
June 11
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivers his keynote address Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at the Vivatech fair in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
June 11

Bayesian yacht that sank off Sicily killing 7 to be raised in late June under updated recovery plan

A salvage company plans to lift the luxury yacht Bayesian in late June from the Sicilian seabed where it sank last summer, killing seven people
June 11
FILE -The multi-purpose floating work barge Hebo Lift 2 monitors the stretch of sea off Porticello, near Palermo, Sicily, Italy, May 4, 2025, where the British superyacht Bayesian sunk on August 19, 2024 as the operations for its recovery start. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli), File)
June 11

Nintendo sells a record 3.5 million Switch 2 units in just 4 days

Nintendo sold over 3.5 million units in just 96 hours after launch.
June 11
TOPSHOT - A Super Mario character is pictured at a Nintendo display ahead of the launch of the company's Switch 2 console, an electronics store in the city of Nagoya, Aichi prefecture on June 2, 2025. Japan's Nintendo hopes to match the runaway success of the Switch when its levelled-up new console hits shelves on June 5, with strong early sales expected despite the gadget's high price.
June 11

Google offers buyouts to staff in latest round of cost cutting

Google has offered buyouts to staff in several divisions in a fresh round of cost cutting, according to a company statement and reports from several news outlets
June 11
FILE - A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
June 10

Musk says Tesla's robotaxi service to 'tentatively' launch in Austin on June 22

Elon Musk says Tesla is “tentatively” set to begin providing robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, on June 22
June 10
ARCHIVO - Elon Musk, director general de Tesla y SpaceX, habla en la Conferencia y Exhibición SATÉLITE el 9 de marzo de 2020, en Washington. (AP Foto/Susan Walsh, archivo)
June 10

NASA captures images of 12-mile-tall volcano on this nearby planet

The volcano was seen peeking through the morning clouds.
June 10
Arsia Mons, an ancient Martian volcano, was captured before dawn on May 2, 2025, by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter while the spacecraft was studying the Red Planet’s atmosphere, which appears here as a greenish haze.
June 10

NASA Mars Orbiter captures 12-mile-high volcano

The new panorama of Mar’s Arsia Mons was captured on May 2.
June 10
The new panorama of Mar’s Arsia Mons was captured on May 2.
June 10

Hong Kong police accuse a mobile game app of promoting armed revolution

Hong Kong police have accused a mobile game application of advocating armed revolution and promoting secessionist agendas
June 10
June 10

Truck units of Toyota and Daimler reach merger deal, first announced two years ago

The truck divisions of Japan’s Toyota and Daimler of Germany have agreed to merge to work together in vehicle development, procurement and production
June 10
June 10

Dan David Prize names 9 historians as winners of 2025 award

The Dan David Prize will award nine historians, archaeologists and filmmakers from around the world with $300,000 for their research, the foundation announced Tuesday
June 10
June 10

Video game performers on strike for almost a year over AI issues reach tentative deal

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has reached a tentative contract deal with several video game companies that may bring an end to an almost year-long strike tied to the use of artificial intelligence
June 10
FILE - SAG-AFTRA signage is seen on the side of the headquarters in Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel,File)
June 10

Czech president appoints a new justice minister amid a bitcoin scandal

Czech President Petr Pavel has sworn in a new justice minister amid a political crisis caused by a bitcoin-related scandal
June 10
Czech Republic's Prime Minister Petr Fiala, left, looks on as Eva Decroix arrives to be appointed as new Justice Minister at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
June 10

Emperor penguins show dramatic decline in region of Antarctica, satellite photos show

Satellite photos show emperor penguins in one region of Antarctica declined 22% in the past 15 years
June 10
FILE - This undated photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey in January 2024 shows adult emperor penguins with a chick near Halley Research Station in Antarctica. (British Antarctic Survey via AP)
June 10

When a fox says ‘help’ in London, there’s often an ambulance on its way

The red fox is such a fixture of life in London that it has its own ambulance service
June 10
A fox has a first look around in it's enclosure after being treated at the rescue hospital of The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
June 09

Scammers are using AI to enroll fake students in online classes, then steal college financial aid

Financial aid fraud is exploding, thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence
June 09
Brittnee Nelson, who runs her own housecleaning business, poses for a portrait in her neighborhood in Shreveport, La., Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jill Pickett)
June 09

Dozens of states sue to block the sale of 23andMe data without customer consent

Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking to block the sale of personal genetic data by 23andMe without customer consent
June 09
FILE - A 23andMe saliva collection kit is shown on March 25, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Barbara Ortutay, File)
June 09

Crypto's hottest new trend: publicly traded companies buying bunches of bitcoin

It’s one of crypto’s hottest trends: publicly traded companies buying bitcoin and then buying even more
June 09
FILE - Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
June 09

US reports the arrest of another Chinese scientist with no permit to send biological material

A Chinese scientist has been arrested while arriving in the U.S. in Detroit
June 09
This image provided by United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Michigan shows toxic plant pathogens that a Chinese scientist entered the U.S. last year stashed in his backpack, federal authorities said Tuesday, June 3, 2025, as they filed charges against him and a girlfriend who worked in a lab at the University of Michigan. (United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Michigan via AP) A
June 09

Nintendo's Switch 2 soups up the graphics, but does it deliver the games?

Nintendo's Switch 2 video-game console is out, and it makes some substantial improvements over its predecessor
June 09
Staff and members of the public try the Nintendo Switch 2 during a launch event at an electronics retailer in Tokyo, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
June 09

Amazon to spend $20B on data centers in Pennsylvania

Amazon says it will spend $20 billion on two data center complexes in Pennsylvania, including one it is building alongside a nuclear power plant that has drawn federal scrutiny over its arrangement to essentially plug right into the power plant
June 09
A sign is displayed at the entrance of the Keystone Trade Center in Morrisville, Pa., Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
June 09

Getty Images and Stability AI face off in British copyright trial that will test AI industry

Getty Images is facing off against artificial intelligence company Stability AI in a London courtroom for the first major copyright trial of the generative AI industry
June 09
FILE - The desktop and mobile websites for Stable Diffusion are pictured, Oct. 24, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
June 09
FILE - The Discovery Communications logo atop its headquarters in Silver Spring, Md, July 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
June 08

Apple unveils software redesign while reeling from AI missteps, tech upheaval and Trump's trade war

After stumbling out of the starting gate in Big Tech’s pivotal race to capitalize on artificial intelligence, Apple tried to regain its footing Monday during a developers conference that focused mostly on incremental advances and cosmetic changes in it...
June 08
Attendees watch a presentation during an event on the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif., Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
June 08

Chinese hackers and user lapses turn smartphones into a 'mobile security crisis'

Hackers tied to China's government have tried repeatedly to access the phones of prominent Americans, part of Beijing's sprawling cyberespionage efforts
June 08
FILE - A child holds an iPhone at an Apple store on Sept. 25, 2015 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
June 07

Shoppers are wary of digital shelf labels, but a study found they don't lead to price surges

A new study that examined five years’ worth of prices at one U.S. grocery chain found that digital price tags haven’t led to demand-based pricing surges
June 07
Electronic grocery labels are displayed at a Kroger grocery store, in Monroe, Ohio, Nov. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
June 07

Dolphin calf takes first breath at Chicago zoo after mom's friend helps with birth

A bottlenose dolphin at the Brookfield Zoo Chicago gave birth to a calf early Saturday morning with the help of a fellow mom
June 07
This photo provided by Brookfield Zoo Chicago, bottlenose dolphins "Allie" with "Tapeko" are joined by the newly born calf at the Brookfield Zoo Chicago on Saturday, June 7, 2025. (Brookfield Zoo Chicago via AP)
June 06

What it would mean for NASA to lose Musk's SpaceX Dragon spacecraft

SpaceX is a key partner in NASA's Artemis program, which seeks to establish a permanent base on the moon and eventually send humans on missions to Mars.
June 06
SpaceX is a key partner in NASA's Artemis program, which seeks to establish a permanent base on the moon and eventually send humans on missions to Mars.
June 06

Musk could lose billions of dollars depending on how spat with Trump unfolds

Elon Musk stands to lose billions of dollars in his fight with President Donald Trump
June 06
FILE - A member of the Seattle Fire Department inspects a burned Tesla Cybertruck at a Tesla lot in Seattle on March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
June 06

What the loss of Dragon spacecraft would mean for NASA

SpaceX has been a key partner in NASA's cargo and crew missions, experts said.
June 06
Elon Musk attends a press conference with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, May 30, 2025.
June 06

Film Festival showcases what artificial intelligence can do on the big screen

Artificial Intelligence’s use in filmmaking is growing
June 06
Runway's third-annual AI Film Festival kicks off with a screening at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York on Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Wyatte Grantham-Philips)
June 06

Your questions about AI’s impact on the workforce answered

Axios business reporter Nathan Bomey discusses the positions that are at most risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence.
June 06
VIDEO: Your questions about AI’s impact on the workforce answered
June 06

Amazon commits to stepping up fake-review fight after UK watchdog's investigation

Britain’s competition regulator says Amazon has pledged to beef up its systems to combat fake online reviews
June 06
FILE - The Amazon logo is displayed, Sept. 6, 2012, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
June 06

Trump's surgeon general pick criticizes others' conflicts but profits from products

President Donald Trump’s pick to be U.S. surgeon general has said the nation’s medical and food systems are corrupted by special interests and people out to make a profit at the expense of Americans’ health
June 06
FILE - Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, left, and journalist Megyn Kelly, attend a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Secretary of Health and Human Services post, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
June 05

Musk's threat to withdraw Dragon capsule would leave NASA with 1 option: Russia

Elon Musk is threatening to decommission a capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station for NASA
June 05
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
June 05

A private Japanese spacecraft falls silent while trying to land on the moon, company officials say

A private Japanese spacecraft falls silent while trying to land on the moon, company officials say
June 05
June 05

Goodbye Mr. Nice Guy? Investors dump Tesla on bet Trump may lash out at Musk through his car company

Shares of Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker fell sharply Thursday as investors fear his dispute with President Donald Trump could end up hurting the company
June 05
FILE - President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to reporters as they sit in a red Model S Tesla vehicle on the South Lawn of the White House, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP, File)
June 05

Cutting off rhinos' horns is a contentious last resort to stop poaching. A new study found it works

A study published in the academic journal Science has found that cutting off the horns of rhinos in Africa leads to a reduction in poaching of the endangered species
June 05
FILE -- In this file photo taken Feb. 15, 2016, a de-horned rhino and her calf rest in their corral at a rhino orphanage in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve in the KwaZulu Natal province South Africa. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell-File)
June 05

Top US universities raced to become global campuses, now it's becoming a liability

Three decades ago, foreign students at Harvard University accounted for just 11% of the total student body
June 05
FILE - Students sit on the front steps of Low Memorial Library on the Columbia University campus in New York City, Feb. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
June 05

Welcome to kitten season, when animal shelters need all the help they can get

It's kitten season in warm-weather areas and animal shelters need all the help they can get
June 05
Meatball the kitten plays on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at the Associated Press bureau in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)
June 05

What to know about the much-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 on launch day

The Nintendo Switch 2 finally hit store shelves on Thursday, eight years after the initial release of Japanese video-game maker Nintendo’s popular video-game console
June 05
Staff and members of the public try the Nintendo Switch 2 during a launch event at an electronics retailer in Tokyo, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
June 05

NASA to release most detailed images of the universe ever captured

Rochester Institute of Technology astrophysics professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe led the team behind the project and explains why this new view matters.
June 05
VIDEO: NASA to release most detailed images of the universe ever captured
June 05

It’s game on with Nintendo Switch 2 release

Gamers were lining up for hours for the release of the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 -- with some lining up for days.
June 05
Gamers were lining up for hours for the release of the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 -- with some lining up for days.
June 05

Eager fans endure long lines for the Nintendo Switch 2 launch

Eager customers have lined up outside electronics stores hours in advance in Tokyo to collect Nintendo’s much-anticipated Switch 2 video game consoles
June 05
Customers lin up to purchase Nintendo Switch 2 at an electronics retailer in Tokyo, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)