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American Airlines says a smoking laptop in a passenger’s bag prompted an evacuation on one of its flights headed to Miami from San Francisco International Airport

The first hydrogen-powered ferry to operate commercially anywhere in the world is set to begin transporting passengers on San Francisco Bay

A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company's internet satellites in the wrong orbit

Former Federal Emergency Management Director Craig Fugate has some advice for people following storms: Don't judge their severity on how big a number they've been assigned

The Webb Space Telescope has captured a pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in the infrared

Three U.S. Senators are calling for action against a new practice big technology companies are using to swallow up the talent and products of innovative AI startups without formally acquiring them

The data of nearly all customers of the telecommunications giant AT&T was downloaded to a third-party platform in a 2022 security breach in a year already rife with massive cyberattacks

AT&T says 2022 security breach compromised data of its cellular customers and landline users that interacted with them

The Redbox DVD kiosks are ending sales after its parent company filed for bankruptcy.

The European Union says blue checkmarks from Elon Musk’s X are deceptive and that the online platform falls short on transparency and accountability requirements

European Union says social media site X's blue checks are deceptive and transparency falls short under digital rules

A new initiative to monitor swimmers and sharks on New York City beaches with surveillance drones is bringing a backlash from shorebirds

The United States has signed a memorandum with several of the world’s biggest social media companies aimed at preventing the use of their platforms for the distribution of synthetic drugs

Drones, AI, microsatellites and flying cars are being added to the arsenal.

When two octogenarian buddies named Nick discovered that ChatGPT might be stealing and repurposing a lifetime of their work, they tapped a son-in-law to sue the companies behind the artificial intelligence chatbot

The nearly complete fossilized remains of a 161-million-year-old stegosaurus discovered in Colorado in 2022 will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York next week

Germany's top security official says the country will bar the use of critical components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in core parts of its 5G networks in two steps starting in 2026

EU accepts Apple's pledge to open up its “tap to pay” iPhone payment system to rivals to resolve an antitrust case

The European Union says it’s accepting Apple’s pledge to open up its “tap to pay” iPhone payment system to rivals as a way to resolve an antitrust case and head off a potential hefty fine

European Union accepts Apple's pledge to let rivals access 'tap to pay' iPhone tech to resolve antitrust case

The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia

The maker of QuickBooks and TurboTax is cutting 1,800 jobs as it shifts focus to getting AI into its services.

Up to two additional offshore wind projects are being proposed for the New Jersey coast, and the developers of a third project that already has preliminary approval want to re-bid its terms

Gonzo journalist and inveterate anti-establishment troublemaker Barrett Brown has published his much-awaited memoir, “My Glorious Defeats: Hacktivist, Narcissist, Anonymous.”

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were originally to return to Earth on June 14.

There's more upheaval in the media business

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were orginally to return to Earth on June 14.

Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams said they have been conducting tests and updating the spacecraft.

Two astronauts who should have been back on Earth weeks ago say they're confident that Boeing's space capsule can return them safely

Two NASA astronauts say they're confident Boeing's space capsule can return them safely despite leaks and engine trouble

Tax preparation and financial software company Intuit announced an AI-focused reorganization plan Wednesday that includes laying off about 10% of its workforce

The European Union says it’s adding the porn site XNXX to its list of online services facing the strictest level of scrutiny under the bloc’s digital regulations, including measures requiring users to verify their ages

A deep dive into political ads on Facebook by researchers at Syracuse University has revealed a sprawling web of advertisements that contain misleading information or scams

Samsung is dressing up its wearable devices in technology’s latest fashion — artificial intelligence

A second Chinese pangolin was born in the Prague zoo in less than two years and is doing well, defying the odds and surprising park officials

Microsoft has relinquished its seat on the board of OpenAI, saying its participation is no longer needed because the ChatGPT maker has improved its governance since being roiled by boardroom chaos last year

China has reported its auto sales slumped in June as the domestic economy remained sluggish, but buoyant exports offset the decline at home

Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics have declared an indefinite strike to pressure South Korea’s biggest company to accept their calls for higher pays and other benefits

A look behind Americans ditching their smartphones and going back to flip phones in record numbers.

Virginia has joined a growing number of states that are pushing for cellphone restrictions in public schools

A company has installed vending machines that sell ammunition in grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas, raising concerns among gun control advocates

A woman who received a pig kidney transplant has died

Subscribers can now stream games on certain Fire TV Sticks.

A driverless ride-hailing car in China hit a pedestrian, and people on social media are taking the carmaker’s side, because the person was reportedly crossing against the light

A Delaware judge is considering a massive and unprecedented fee request by lawyers who successfully argued that a massive and unprecedented pay package for Tesla CEO Elon Musk should be voided

The Apple Watch Series 10 and Ultra 3 will feature bigger screens, slimmer design and faster performance, according to Bloomberg.

The European climate service Copernicus says Earth's more than year-long streak of record-shattering hot months kept on simmering through June

Global temperature hits record for 13th straight month in 'stark warning' of dangerous warming, European agency says

Four volunteer crew members who spent more than 12 months inside NASA’s first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston have emerged from the artificial alien enviroment

Sophisticated overseas criminals are stealing tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, a crime wave projected to get worse as the U.S. population ages and technology makes it easier to successfully perpetrate fraud