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Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks

Disgruntled X users are once again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022

Cypriot authorities are in talks with major energy companies from Persian Gulf states over potential natural gas reserves off the Mediterranean country's southern coastline, President Nikos Christodoulides told an energy conference Friday

New research confirms volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon billions of years ago

Environmental advocates released reports Friday decrying fossil fuel industry influence at these climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, called COP29

The Australian government's plan to ban children from social media to protect them from harm has won almost universal political support

A tech consultant charged with murder in Cash App founder Bob Lee’s stabbing death has sparred with the lead prosecutor at trial

A computer expert who stole bitcoin worth billions of dollars at current prices — and then spent years laundering some of the hacked cryptocurrency with help from his wife — has been sentenced to five years in prison

The Biden administration has released guidelines for using artificial intelligence in the power grid, water system, air travel network and other pieces of critical infrastructure

Authorities say Just eight monkeys remain free from the group who broke out of a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research

In a Cypriot National Guard camp, Ukrainians are being trained on how to identify, locate and dispose of landmines and other unexploded munitions that litter huge swaths of their country, killing and maiming hundreds of people, including children

European Union regulators hit Facebook parent Meta with a fine of nearly 800 million euros on Thursday for what it calls “abusive practices” involving its Marketplace online classified ads business

EU fines Facebook parent Meta nearly 800 million euros over 'abusive' Marketplace practices

The refugee organization, the International Rescue Committee, is testing some artificial intelligence tools to try to increase the number of displaced people they can reach with critical information

Disney’s fourth-quarter adjusted profit beat Wall Street’s expectations, bolstered by strong results from its streaming service and box office success with “Inside Out 2” and “Deadpool & Wolverine.”

Disney Q4 results top estimates bolstered by strong results from company's entertainment business and streaming service

The November supermoon will still be almost full when the Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend

Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content

For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis Thursday

Choosing billionaire Elon Musk to be what President-elect Donald Trump calls “our cost cutter” for the U.S. government, is not the first time an American president has empowered a business tycoon to look for ways to dramatically cut federal regulations

Social media platform Bluesky has gained 1 million new users in the week since the U.S. election

More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers this week announced that it was a new species of sea slug

Amazon has launched a low-cost online storefront featuring electronics, apparel and other products priced at under $20

The Supreme Court seems likely to keep alive a class-action lawsuit accusing Nvidia of misleading investors about its dependence on selling computer chips for the mining of volatile cryptocurrency

Dogecoin has raced higher in value since Donald Trump won the presidential election

Italy's president has sharply rebuked Elon Musk

Japan’s nuclear watchdog has formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region from starting

It's auction time for Alex Jones' Infowars

A hacking group that is believed to be Chinese state-sponsored has compromised two websites with ties to the Tibetan community in an attack meant to install malware on users’ computers

Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels than it did last year

Authorities say two monkeys have been returned to a South Carolina compound that breeds the animals for medical research

False posts circulating on social media claim that billionaire Elon Musk facilitated alleged election fraud through his internet service provider Starlink, manipulating the vote count, particularly in swing states, through election equipment such as ba...

Details about a proposed law to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales have been published, rekindling debate on the controversial topic ahead of a vote in Parliament later this month

After a tumultuous year filled with anxiety and a legal fight about its future in the U.S., TikTok may have just been thrown a lifeline by the man who was once its biggest foe

Wall Street is already making big bets on what take two for a White House led by Donald Trump will mean for the economy and markets

Waymo on Tuesday opened its robotaxi service to anyone who wants a ride around Los Angeles, marking another milestone in the evolution of self-driving car technology since the company began as a secret project at Google 15 years ago

Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale warning signs

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will get the option to see less personalized ads if they don’t want to pay for an ad-free subscription

Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group swung back to profitability in the July-September quarter, boosted by its Vision Fund investments

Authorities say five more monkeys have been returned to a South Carolina compound that breeds the animals for medical research

As money continues to pour into crypto following Donald Trump’s reelection, bitcoin has climbed to yet another record high

Astronomers say better catch this week's supermoon

U.S. researchers have concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers

For the first time, a group of U.S. researchers has concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers

Authorities say more than half of the monkeys bred for medical research that escaped from a compound in South Carolina have been recovered unharmed

Officials say one of 43 monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina has been recovered unharmed

The U.S. government’s highway safety agency says Tesla is telling drivers in public statements that its vehicles can drive themselves

Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month won't say which one of them got sick

U.S. officials are proposing tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development across more than 6,500 square miles of federal land in the U.S. West

Authorities say 43 monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina have been spotted in the woods near a fence surrounding the site and that workers are using food to try to recapture them