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January 02

How to watch the 1st meteor shower of 2025

The Quadrantids are one of the strongest showers of the year, astronomers say.
January 02
Quadrantids meteor shower over Pacific Ocean of Half Moon Bay in California, Jan. 4, 2024.
January 02

Apple to pay $95 million to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of snoopy eavesdropping

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices
January 02
FILE - Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering, speaks about Siri during an announcement of new products at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., June 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
January 02

Turo-rented cars were involved in 2 deadly incidents this New Year's. Here's what we know

Two deadly incidents on New Year’s Day — an attack being investigated as an act of terrorism in New Orleans and an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas — both involved vehicles that were rented on Turo, a peer-to-peer car sharing company
January 02
FILE - The Turo logo is shown in the entryway of Turo in San Francisco, April 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
January 02

Crypto mogul Do Kwon pleads not guilty in first US court appearance

South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon has pleaded not guilty to a freshly unsealed indictment released in time for his first U.S. court appearance
January 02
FILE - Montenegrin police officers escort South Korean citizen, Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon in Montenegro's capital Podgorica, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic, File)
January 02

5 things we know and still don't know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared

Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries
January 02
FILE - People attend an exhibition on the city's fight against the coronavirus in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, Jan. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
January 02

Tesla sales dropped 1.1% in 2024, its first annual decline in a dozen years

Tesla’s global annual sales fell for the first time in more than a dozen years, a blow to a stock that has soared since Donald Trump's election and its CEO billionaire became a top policy adviser to the president elect
January 02
FILE - The logo of Tesla car is pictured at the Paris Auto Show, in Paris, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
January 01

Pakistan and India conduct annual exchange of lists of nuclear assets under bilateral pact

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said it has exchanged lists of nuclear facilities with India as part of a bilateral pact that bars them from attacking each other’s nuclear facilities
January 01
December 30

Northern lights could be visible in upper fringes of the US this New Year's Eve

Solar storms may bring northern lights to several states in the northern U
December 30
FILE - The northern lights flare in the sky over a farmhouse, May 10, 2024, in Brunswick, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
December 27

Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office

President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue
December 27
FILE - The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., March 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
December 27

Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office

Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office
December 27
December 27

New York state government to monitor its use of AI under a new law

New York state government agencies will have to conduct reviews and publish reports that detail how they’re using artificial intelligence software, under a new law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul
December 27
FILE - A video surveillance camera hangs from the ceiling above a subway platform, Oct. 7, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
December 27

An online debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump's political coalition

An online spat between factions of Donald Trump’s supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in the president-elect’s political movement into public display
December 27
El presidente electo Donald Trump escucha a Elon Musk previo al despegue del megacohete Starship de la empresa SpaceX, propiedad de Musk, para un vuelo de prueba desde Starbase en Boca Chica, Texas, el 19 de noviembre de 2024. (Brandon Bell/Pool vía AP, Archivo)
December 27

A 9th telecoms firm has been hit by a massive Chinese espionage campaign, the White House says

A top White House official says a ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of A...
December 27
FILE - The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 2, 2022. A top White House official on Wednesday said at least eight U.S. telecom firms and dozens of nations have been impacted by a Chinese hacking campaign. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
December 27

Climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat around world in 2024

Scientists say human-caused climate change added an average of 41 days of dangerous heat worldwide in 2024
December 27
FILE - A man fills containers with water due to the shortage caused by high temperatures and drought in Veracruz, Mexico, on June 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)
December 25

Undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia hit by outage, prompting investigation

Finland’s prime minister says authorities are investigating an interruption in a power cable under the Baltic Sea between his country and Estonia
December 25
FILE - Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
December 25

Snowy owl rescued from car grille by Minnesota woman who saved another bird hours earlier

A great gray owl and a snowy owl are being treated by experts after being rescued by a northern Minnesota woman
December 25
A snowy owl is caught in the grille of a car in northeastern Minnesota before being rescued by Annabell Whelan on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (Annabell Whelan via AP)
December 21

Aisha Bowe prepares for historic space voyage as first Black woman aboard Blue Origin

Aerospace engineer and citizen astronaut Aisha Bowe discusses making her dreams come true aboard her upcoming Blue Origin spaceflight.
December 21
VIDEO: Aisha Bowe prepares for historic space voyage as first Black woman aboard Blue Origin
December 19

Here's your 2025 guide to the night sky and other celestial wow moments

The new year will bring a pair of lunar eclipses
December 19
FILE - A supermoon rises behind an observation deck in New York City as seen from Hoboken, N.J., Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
December 19

How to catch the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2025

The Quadrantid meteor shower will be the year’s first chance to see fireballs in the sky
December 19
This 1825 etching provided by the Library of Congress shows an astronomical chart depicting Bootes the Ploughman holding a spear, a sickle, and two dogs, Asterion and Chara, on leashes, a quadrant, and the hair of Berenice forming the constellations. (Sidney Hall/Library of Congress via AP)
December 18

Supreme Court to take up TikTok Case

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Jan. 10 over TikTok's effort to block a federal ban of the platform if it's not sold by Jan. 19.
December 18
VIDEO: Supreme Court to take up TikTok Case
December 18

New ChatGPT model raises alarms as House task force releases AI report

ABC News contributor and SiriusXM radio host Mike Muse discusses the latest headlines related to artificial intelligence.
December 18
VIDEO: New ChatGPT model raises alarms as House task force releases AI report
December 17

Binary star system found near the Milky Way's black hole

Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy, confirming a hypothesis made by happenstance nearly a century ago.
December 17
Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy, confirming a hypothesis made by happenstance nearly a century ago.
December 16

NASA to ‘touch the sun’ in historic mission

NASA’s Nicki Rayl discusses the Parker Solar Probe, an “engineering marvel” that will become the closest any human-made object has been to the sun.
December 16
VIDEO: NASA to ‘touch the sun’ in historic mission
December 15

Artificial intelligence is used for crime prevention: Police

ABC News contributor and SiriusXM radio host Mike Muse joins Live to discuss top tech news and understanding AI.
December 15
VIDEO: Artificial intelligence is used for crime prevention: Police
December 06

Robot vacuum cleaner escapes from California home after earthquake

Residents had a good laugh after Thursday's earthquake struck the region when a robotic vacuum cleaner got disconnected from its base and was roaming the streets.
December 06
VIDEO:  Robot vacuum cleaner escapes from California home after earthquake
December 03

The security of genetic data on ancestry websites

Genetic counselor Dena Goldberg discusses what 23andMe's business troubles could mean for millions of users' genetic data.
December 03
VIDEO: The security of genetic data on ancestry websites
November 22

First up-close picture taken of star outside Milky Way

The red supergiant star is about 2,000 times larger than the sun.
November 22
The red supergiant star is about 2,000 times larger than the sun.
November 20

Grad student discovers planet orbiting nearby star

Madyson Barber, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was working on her thesis when she made the discovery.
November 20
Madyson Barber, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was working on her thesis when she made the discovery.
November 04

Will AI replace human workers?

Indeed Hiring Lab evaluated job skills to determine the likelihood of AI replacing human workers. What jobs and skills have the highest potential for AI replacement? ABC News' Perry Russom reports.
November 04
VIDEO: Will AI replace human workers?
October 25

How generative AI is disrupting creative communities

AI companies capable of generating creative content from text, images, video and music are disrupting and jeopardizing the livelihoods of some creatives worldwide, and they are fighting back.
October 25
AI companies capable of generating creative content from text, images, video and music are disrupting and jeopardizing the livelihoods of some creatives worldwide, and they are fighting back.
October 25

Astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing's capsule trouble

Four astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton.
October 25
VIDEO:  Astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing's capsule trouble
October 23

Flying taxis moving closer to taking off in the US

ABC News’ Sam Sweeney has the latest on how electric-powered aircrafts will operate and how pilots will be trained to fly them.
October 23
VIDEO: Flying taxis moving closer to taking off in the US
October 23

Celebrities sound alarm over AI’s unlicensed use of their work

ABC News senior reporter Emmanuelle Saliba talks about what action can be taken against artificial intelligence companies that use unlicensed creative content for training purposes.
October 23
VIDEO: Celebrities sound alarm over AI’s unlicensed use of their work
October 22

Scientists develop flying shopping cart

Researchers in South Korea have developed a drone-based flying shopping cart that can go where no cart has gone before.
October 22
Scientists develop flying shopping cart
October 19

How AI is helping to decipher animal communication

David Gruber, National Geographic Explorer and founder of Project CETI, discusses how AI is helping researchers decipher whale calls.
October 19
VIDEO: How AI is helping to decipher animal communication
October 15

Parents sue school after son punished for AI use

The parents of a Massachusetts teenager are suing his high school after they said he was accused of cheating for using AI on an assignment.
October 15
The parents of a Massachusetts teenager are suing his high school after they said he was accused of cheating for using AI on an assignment.