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June 03

Meta becomes the latest big tech company turning to nuclear power for AI needs

Meta has cut a 20-year deal to secure nuclear power to help meet surging demand for artificial intelligence and other computing needs at Facebook’s parent company
June 03
FILE - This combo image shows Meta's logo, top, at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Nov. 9, 2022 and The Constellation Energy building, Dec. 19, 2005 in a Baltimore. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, Gail Burton, File)
June 03

Over 1,800 people arrested in crack down on Asia-based scam operations

More than 1,800 people have been arrested in a joint anti-scam operation across Asia, police said
June 03
June 02

How a new planetarium show helped scientists unlock a cosmic secret

Scientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar system’s many secrets
June 02
This image provided by the American Museum of Natural History shows a new planetarium show showing a backwards S-shaped spiral in what's known as the Oort Cloud far beyond Pluto. (American Museum of Natural History via AP)
June 02

Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar storms

Space weather forecasters say northern lights may be visible in parts of the northern United States following weekend solar storms
June 02
FILE - An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the night sky over the Tallinn bay of the Baltic sea in Tallinn, Estonia, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, file)
June 02

Chance of Milky Way colliding with galaxy in billions of years? Odds now 50-50: Study

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all
June 02
In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation. Top right: At 500,000 light-years, dark matter provides friction that brings galaxies to a close encounter. Bottom: A 100,000 light-year separation leads to a collision. (NASA/ESA via AP)
May 31

Trump to withdraw nomination of Musk associate to lead NASA, AP source says

Trump is withdrawing nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA.
May 31
Elon Musk speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 31

New Orleans holds burial of repatriated African Americans whose skulls were used in racist research

New Orleans celebrated the repatriation and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th century
May 31
May 31

Tech CEO: mass elimination of jobs possible because of AI

Axios business reporter Nathan Bomey joins ABC News Live to break down the future of artificial intelligence and the alarming predictions that it could lead to widespread job loss.
May 31
VIDEO: Tech CEO: mass elimination of jobs possible because of AI
May 30

Czech justice minister resigns over a donated bitcoin scandal

Czech Republic Justice Minister Pavel Blažek has resigned from his post over a bitcoin-related scandal
May 30
FILE - A bitcoin token is placed on a mirror for a photograph in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
May 30

FAA demands an accident investigation into SpaceX's latest out-of-control Starship flight

The Federal Aviation Administration is demanding an accident investigation into the out-of-control Starship flight by SpaceX
May 30
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
May 30

Cyprus shows off its new Airbus military helicopters touted as more advanced than what Germany has

Cyprus has unveiled four of its newly-delivered Airbus H145 helicopters that officials say ar among the most advanced rotorcraft in the world with a proven track record that gives the Cypriot National Guard an operational edge
May 30
May 30

Half of world's population endured extra month of extreme heat due to climate change, experts say

Scientists say 4 billion people, about half the world’s population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025
May 30
FILE - Bathers cool off in the water while others sunbathe on a Barcelona beach, Spain, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti,File)
May 29

Google, Justice Department face off in climactic showdown in search monopoly case

Google will return to federal court Friday to fend off the U.S. Justice Department’s attempt to topple its internet empire at the same time it’s navigating a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence that could undercut its power
May 29
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai smiles as he walks onto the stage at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
May 29

How the rise of artificial intelligence will impact future jobs

Axios tech policy reporter Maria Curi explains how the white-collar workforce may change after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that AI’s growth could result in job losses.
May 29
VIDEO: How the rise of artificial intelligence will impact future jobs
May 29

What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future
May 29
University of Exeter researcher Mateus Cardoso Silva works in the forest at the Esecaflor project in Caxiuana National Forest, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
May 29

CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024 as stock prices and profits soared

The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as the stock market enjoyed another banner year and corporate profits rose sharply
May 29
FILEw - Jane Fraser, CEO, Citigroup, speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing to examine Wall Street firms on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
May 29

China launches spacecraft it says will yield 'groundbreaking discoveries'

China's space agency says it has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars and yield “groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity’s knowledge of the cosmos."
May 29
May 29

Texas push to ban minors under 18 from social media fades with time running out

A push in Texas to ban children under 18 years old from social media platforms is fading at the state Capitol
May 29
FILE - A child holds an iPhone at an Apple store on Sept. 25, 2015 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
May 29

Crypto crime spills over from behind the screen to real-life violence

An alleged kidnapping in New York is the latest instance in which authorities say cryptocurrency-related crimes have involved real-world violence
May 29
FILE - An advertisement for the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is displayed on a building in Hong Kong on Nov. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
May 28

AI influencers compete for likes and lucrative brand deals on social media

ABC News’ Nathan Rousseau Smith explores the world of “virtual humans” on social media, like Imma and Aitana with major brand deals, as content creator Caryn Marjorie discovers the dark side of AI.
May 28
VIDEO: AI influencers compete for likes and lucrative brand deals on social media
May 28

Nvidia overcomes tariff-driven turbulence with Q1 results that eclipse projections

Artificial intelligence technology bellwether Nvidia overcame a wave of tariff-driven turbulence to deliver another quarter of robust growth amid feverish demand for its high-powered chips that are making computers seem more human
May 28
FILE - People take a look to Nvidia''s new products during the Computex 2025 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)
May 28

Vance urges crypto industry to stay involved in politics as he touts Trump administration's record

Vice President JD Vance praised the cryptocurrency industry Wednesday and urged it to remain active in U.S. politics and policymaking, highlighting the Trump administration’s close ties to a deep-pocketed industry that’s become a powerful force in Wash...
May 28
Vice President JD Vance speaks at Bitcoin 2025, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
May 28

Ancient DNA reveals a new group of people who lived near land bridge between the Americas

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient people who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America
May 28
This image provided by William Usaquen and Andrea Casas-Vargas shows the high plains in Bogota, Colombia where a new group of humans lived 6,000 years ago. (William Usaquen, Andrea Casas-Vargas via AP)
May 28

A new variant of COVID-19 may be driving up cases in some parts of the world, WHO says

A new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions
May 28
FILE - A vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., on July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
May 28

Why 'wrench attacks' on wealthy crypto holders are on the rise

The headline-grabbing tale of an Italian man who said he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks inside an upscale Manhattan townhouse by captors seeking his bitcoin highlights a dark corner of the cryptocurrency world: the threat of violence by thieves s...
May 28
New York police officers arrest John Woeltz, Friday, May 23, 2025, in New York, who was charged with kidnapping, assaulting and holding a man against his will for several weeks in an upscale Manhattan town house.(AP Photo/Kava Gorna via AP)
May 28

Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in Milky Way galaxy

Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy
May 28
May 28

‘Parents must embrace’ AI in the classroom: Policy adviser

Garyn Angel is CEO of Farm-Ed, a program that integrates artificial intelligence into schools.
May 28
‘Parents must embrace’ AI in the classroom: Policy adviser
May 28

SpaceX Starship experiences 'rapid unscheduled disassembly'

SpaceX's lost control of Starship during a test flight on Tuesday.
May 28
VIDEO:  SpaceX Starship experiences 'rapid unscheduled disassembly'
May 28

Czech Republic blames China for cyberattacks against its foreign ministry communication network

The Czech government says it has identified China as being “responsible” for cyberattacks against a communication network of the Czech Foreign Ministry
May 28
FILE -Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky speaks to journalists during joint press conference with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriiy Sybiha in Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
May 27

SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions, but it tumbles out of control

SpaceX has launched its Starship mega rocket again after back-to-back explosions
May 27
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
May 27

Japan to use slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima on flowerbeds at prime minister's office

Japan said it plans to use some of the slightly radioactive soil removed from across Fukushima and stored near the wrecked nuclear plant on flower beds outside Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s office to show it is safe to reuse
May 27
FILE - Black garbage bags filled with radioactivity waste are kept temporally in a field in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan Saturday, March 11, 2017. (Kota Endo/Kyodo News via AP, File)
May 27

Scientists date the oldest known tools made from whale bones to 20,000 years ago

Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone
May 27
This image provided by Jean-Marc Pétillon shows an excavation, in which several dozen whale bone objects were discovered, led by Christian Normand in 2022 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. (Jean-Marc Pétillon via AP)
May 27

Nets and high-tech hijackings: Anti-drone systems offer new ways to counter rising threats

Rising concerns about the misuse of drones have led to the development of new technologies designed to counter unmanned aircraft
May 27
D-Fend Solutions counter drone technology is demonstrated, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Reston, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
May 26

Humanoid robots pack a futuristic punch in boxing ring

The robotic fighters demonstrated a wide range of combat skills and were even able to regain their footing after knockdowns.
May 26
VIDEO: Humanoid robots pack a futuristic punch in boxing ring
May 25

Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them

As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants
May 25
Modern and traditional architecture is seen at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Muelheim, Germany, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
May 24

High School founder builds million dollar fitness app

Zach Yadegari, founder and CEO of the Cal AI app, discusses the development of his million-dollar product which has revolutionized users' fitness journeys.
May 24
VIDEO: High School founder builds million dollar fitness app
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’