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May 22

How the Trump administration's move will affect Harvard's international students

President Donald Trump’s administration escalated its standoff with Harvard University on Thursday, revoking the school’s ability to enroll international students
May 22
FILE - The Harvard University logo is displayed on a building at the school, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
May 22

Russian hackers target Western firms shipping aid to Ukraine, US intelligence says

The U.S. National Security Agency says hackers working for Russian military intelligence tried to access the systems of Western technology and logistics companies involved in shipping assistance to Ukraine
May 22
In this photo provided by Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, Ukrainian servicemen practice at the military training ground in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, May 22, 2025, (Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP)
May 22

Billion dollar pizza? Bitcoin soars on key anniversary of crypto's growth

It’s not an official holiday – yet – but for many cryptocurrency enthusiasts “Bitcoin Pizza Day” is still special
May 22
FILE - A neon sign that alerts customers that the business accepts bitcoin as payment, hangs in the window of Healthy Harvest Indoor Gardening in Hillsboro, Ore., on Feb. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)
May 22

An ex-Harvard Medical School morgue manager admits his role in the theft of human remains

A former Harvard Medical School morgue manager has admitted his role in the theft and sale of human body parts — including hands, feet and heads
May 22
May 22

Microsoft fires employee who interrupted CEO's speech to protest AI tech for Israeli military

Microsoft has fired an employee who interrupted a speech by CEO Satya Nadella to protest the company’s work supplying the Israeli military with technology used for the war in Gaza
May 22
FILE - Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks during a presentation of the company's AI assistant, Copilot, and 50th Anniversary celebration at Microsoft headquarters, in Redmond, Wash., April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond, File)
May 22

6.1-magnitude earthquake jolts Greek islands with no reported injuries

An undersea earthquake has struck off the Greek island of Crete and was felt across the Aegean Sea but no injuries or significant damage were immediately reported
May 22
May 21

Judge considers sanctions against attorneys in prison case for using AI in court filings

A federal judge is considering sanctions against lawyers representing Alabama in litigation over state prisons after they used artificial intelligence to write error-filled motions
May 21
FILE - The sun sets behind Holman Prison in Atmore, Ala., Jan., 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File)
May 21

OpenAI recruits legendary iPhone designer to work on AI hardware in $6.5B deal

OpenAI has recruited Jony Ive, the designer behind Apple’s iPhone, to lead a new hardware project for the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT
May 21
FILE - Jony Ive attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
May 21

NASA's Mars Perseverance snaps selfie as Martian dust devil blows by

The latest selfie by NASA's Perseverance rover at Mars has captured an unexpected guest: a Martian dust devil
May 21
This image provided by NASA shows Perseverance taking a selfie on May 10, 2025. (NASA via AP)
May 21

Clownfish shrink their bodies to survive ocean heat waves

New research finds clownfish shrink their bodies to survive warming oceans
May 21
This photo provided by Morgan Bennett-Smith shows a clownfish inside an anemone. (Morgan Bennett-Smith via AP)
May 20

Half of US states now have laws banning or regulating cellphones in schools

Half of U.S. states now have laws banning or regulating cellphones in schools, with more likely to follow
May 20
FILE- A phone holder hangs in a classroom at Delta High School, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, file)
May 20

Google's search engine can go into full 'AI mode' as its makeover moves into its next phase

Google on Tuesday unleashed another wave of artificial intelligence technology to accelerate a year-old makeover of its search engine that is changing the way people get information and curtailing the flow of internet traffic to websites
May 20
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
May 20

Nations meet at UN to discuss regulating ‘killer robots’

Robert Bishop of Texas A&M University talks about the dangers of autonomous weapons on the battlefield.
May 20
VIDEO: Nations meet at UN to discuss regulating ‘killer robots’
May 19

Shares in China's CATL, world's biggest EV battery maker, surge in Hong Kong

Hong Kong-traded shares in CATL, the world’s largest maker of batteries for electric vehicles, have jumped after the company raised around $4.6 billion in the biggest initial public offering globally this year
May 19
Robin Zeng, chairman of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), center right, strikes the gong at the listing ceremony in Hong Kong, Tuesday, May. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
May 19

Senate advances legislation to regulate stablecoins, a form of cryptocurrency

The Senate has voted to move forward with legislation to regulate a form of cryptocurrency called stablecoins, two weeks after Democrats blocked the measure
May 19
Eric Trump, Executive VP of The Trump Organization, right, speaks as Co-founder of World Liberty Financial Zach Witkoff looks on during Token 2049, a Crypto event, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
May 19

Trump signs a bill to make posting 'revenge porn' a federal crime. He had the first lady sign, too

President Donald Trump has signed the Take It Down Act into law
May 19
President Donald Trump holds up a bill for the "Take it Down Act" that he and first lady Melania Trump, right, signed in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 19

Caught on camera, capuchin monkeys kidnap howler monkey babies

Scientists have found evidence of monkey kidnappings in Panama
May 19
This photo provided by researchers shows a beach of Jicarón Island, Panama in January 2022. (Christian Ziegler/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior via AP)
May 19
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a news conference on the FDA's intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation's food supply at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
May 19

Trump order targets barcodes on ballots. They've long been a source of misinformation

President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to overhaul how U.S. elections are run includes a somewhat obscure reference to the way votes are counted
May 19
FILE - People vote at voting booths in the Georgia's primary election at Park Tavern June 9, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
May 17

Indian space agency's satellite mission fails over technical issue in launch vehicle

The Indian space agency’s mission to launch into orbit a new Earth observation satellite has failed after the launch vehicle encountered a technical issue during the third stage of flight
May 17
This photo released by Indian Space Research Organization shows the EOS-09 Earth observation satellite on board the PSLV-C61 launch vehicle at Sriharikota space center in southern India, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Indian Space Research Organization via AP)
May 16

Donald Trump's Library of Congress fight is really about the separation of powers

President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of top officials at the Library of Congress and equally sudden attempt to appoint a slate of loyalists as replacements has morphed into an enormous fight over the separation of powers
May 16
FILE - Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden arrives at the presentation of the Gershwin Prize, to be awarded to Joni Mitchell at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
May 16

Fortnite says it's offline on Apple's iOS around the world

Fortnite says it’s unavailable on Apple’s iOS globally because the tech giant blocked a bid to rerelease the popular video game for iPhone users in the U.S. and Europe
May 16
FILE - Shoppers look at Apple products in the Apple Store at the Walden Galleria in Buffalo, NY, on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
May 16

Elon Musk's AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa's racial politics was 'unauthorized'

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, says an “unauthorized modification” led its Grok chatbot to post unsolicited claims on social media about the persecution and “genocide” of white people in South Africa
May 16
This image from the xAI website shows a search field for the artificial intelligence chatbot Grok on Thursday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo)
May 16

Long-running EU antitrust case of Microsoft Teams appears to be nearing an end

European Union regulators say they’ll seek feedback on Microsoft’s latest proposed changes to Teams to ease competition concerns
May 16
FILE - A Microsoft sign and logo are pictured at the company's headquarters, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond, File)
May 16

US cable giants Charter and Cox pursue $34.5 billion merger

Charter Communications is merging with Cox Communications in an approximately $34.5 billion deal that brings together two of the biggest cable companies in the country
May 16
May 16

Here's a story about the history of the Like button that you might like

The internet wouldn’t be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip
May 16
This image provided by BCG shows a sketch by Bob Goodson that included a crude concept of what would become the Like button on May 18, 2005. (BCG via AP)
May 16

Sailing from Oregon to Hawaii after quitting job turns man into social media star

A 29-year-old former tire shop manager who quit his job and cashed in his retirement savings to buy a sailboat has become a social media sensation as he sails from Oregon to Hawaii with his cat, Phoenix
May 16
In this screengrab taken from a video posted on Oliver Widger's Instagram account on Sunday, May 4, 2025, Widger talks to the camera somewhere in the Pacific Ocean as he and his cat, Phoenix, sail from Oregon to Hawaii. (Oliver Widger via AP)
May 15

Air taxis to ferry fans and VIPs to venues at 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

Fans and VIPs can fly their way to venues at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics with the first air taxis ever to be used at a games
May 15
FILE - The exterior of SoFi Stadium is seen before an NFL football game on Dec. 19, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)
May 15

Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby. Scientists say it could treat millions

A baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is thriving after getting an experimental gene editing treatment made just for him
May 15
In this photo provided by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, KJ Muldoon sits with his parents, Kyle and Nicole Muldoon, and his siblings after a follow up dose of an experimental gene editing treatment at the hospital in April 2025. (Chloe Dawson/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia via AP)
May 15

Abortion-rights groups denounce censorship on Meta-owned apps in Latin America and beyond

All of a sudden, women contacting one of the biggest sources of information about abortion in Mexico through the encrypted messaging app WhatsApp were met with silence
May 15
A health worker gives a tour of the MSI Foundation, an organization that offers information and help to women seeking abortions, in Mexico City, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
May 15

Coinbase says cyber crooks stole customer information, demanded $20M ransom payment

Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange based in the U.S., said Thursday that criminals had improperly obtained personal data on the exchange’s customers for use in crypto-stealing scams and were demanding a $20 million payment not to publicly re...
May 15
FILE - The Coinbase logo covers the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
May 15

China blasts new US rule banning use of Huawei's Ascend advanced computer chips

China has taken aim at a new U.S. rule against use anywhere in the world of Ascend computer chips made by Huawei Technologies
May 15
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, left, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, second left, Chinese ambassador to the World Trade Organization Li Chenggang, second right, and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, right, attend a bilateral meeting between the United States and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
May 15

European Union accuses TikTok of breaching digital rules with lack of transparency on ads

European Union regulators are accusing TikTok of breaching digital safety rules because of because it’s not being transparent enough about ads shown to users of the video sharing app
May 15
FILE - The TikTok app logo is shown on an iPhone on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
May 15

NATO's procurement agency under investigation for alleged corruption linked to military contracts

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the organization’s procurement agency is cooperating with police investigating corruption and fraud allegations involving the purchase of military equipment
May 15
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte talks to journalists as he arrives for NATO's informal meeting of foreign ministers in Antalya, southern Turkey, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
May 14

Beauty influencer shot dead during her TikTok livestream at a beauty salon in Mexico

A social media influencer has been shot to death while doing a TikTok livestream at a beauty salon in the central Mexican state of Jalisco
May 14
May 14

Early human ancestors used their hands to both climb trees and make tools, new study shows

A new study shows two species of early human ancestors used their hands for both climbing and tool-making
May 14
This artist rendering shows hands of early human ancestors, called Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi, found in South Africa. The left images show photos of the bones, and the right images show how the fingers absorbed stress during daily activities. Red areas absorbed more stress than blue ones, which scientists can tell based on bone thickness. (Tracy Kivell via AP)
May 14

NASA rover spies the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye
May 14
This image by NASA's Perseverance shows evidence of a visible aurora on Mars on March 18, 2024. (NASA via AP)
May 14

DoorDash delivery driver pleads guilty to stealing $2.5 million in deliveries scam

A former food delivery driver has pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to steal more than $2.5 million from DoorDash by getting the company to pay for deliveries that never occurred
May 14
FILE - A DoorDash sign is posted on the door of a Dunkin' Donuts franchise, Feb. 27, 2023, in Methuen, Mass. DoorDash reports earnings on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
May 14

Trump administration rescinds curbs on AI chip exports to foreign markets

Responding to complaints from the tech industry and other countries, the U.S. Department of Commerce has rescinded a Biden-era rule due to take effect Thursday that placed limits on the number of artificial intelligence chips that could be exported to ...
May 14
President Donald Trump listens as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during an event about investing in America in the Cross Hall of the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 14

Sony's profits rises on robust performance for music, movies and games

Japanese technology and entertainment company Sony is reporting an 18% rise in profit for the fiscal year through March thanks to the robust performance of its music and video-game operations
May 14
FILE - A logo of Sony is seen at the headquarters of Sony Corp. on May 10, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
May 13

Food grown with fewer chemicals? A Brazilian scientist wins $500,000 for showing the way

A Brazilian scientist whose work shows farmers how to shift crop production toward more biologically based solutions instead of chemical fertilizers is being honored with this year’s World Food Prize
May 13
This undated image provided by the World Food Prize, shows Dr. Mariangela Hungria. (Antonio Neto/World Food Prize via AP)
May 13

Medieval alchemy dream comes true: How physicists made gold from lead

The Large Hadron Collider created 89,000 gold atoms per second.
May 13
A man shows a gold nugget at a gold trading house in El Bagre municipality, Antioquia department, Colombia on March 23, 2023.
May 13

Nvidia to send 18,000 AI chips to Saudi Arabia

U.S. chip maker Nvidia will partner with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund-owned AI startup Humain and will ship 18,000 chips to the Middle Eastern nation to help power a new data center project
May 13
President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pose for a photo at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 13

Major social media platforms fail to protect LGBTQ users, advocacy group GLAAD says

Major social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and X have failed to protect LGBTQ+ users from hate and harassment, in part, because they intentionally rolled back previous safety practices, the advocacy group GLAAD said Tuesday in its annual So...
May 13
FILE - GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis arrives at the 36th annual GLAAD Media Awards on March 27, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
May 13

Japanese tech giant SoftBank records its first profit in 4 years

Japanese technology company SoftBank Group has posted its first profit in four years, as it raked in gains from its investment portfolios
May 13
FILE - A woman walks in front of SoftBank store in Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Jan. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)