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A crew has returned from the northernmost islands in the Hawaiian archipelago this week with a boatload of marine plastic and abandoned fishing nets that threaten to entangle endangered Hawaiian monk seals and other animals

Consumer Reports says it was able to easily trick a Tesla into driving in the car's Autopilot mode without a person in the driver’s seat

A California man imprisoned for 15 years in the death of his month-old son is free after prosecutors and a judge agreed that the scientific research underlying what was once called “shaken baby syndrome” has changed significantly in recent years

SpaceX is aiming for its third crew launch an hour before sunrise Friday

This week’s climate change summit features lots of talk from different nations about their goals for reducing carbon emissions

NASA's little Mars helicopter has aced its second test flight

An experiment converted some of Mars' atmosphere into breathable oxygen.

Shares of AT&T Inc. rose Thursday after the telecom giant’s first-quarter results topped analyst expectations

Japan’s prime minister has announced an ambitious new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, hours before he was to join a virtual climate summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden

Amazon has expanded its system where customers can place their palm over a scanner to pay for items.

Georgia Tech is announcing that its $25 million Kendeda Building has won certification as the 28th “living building” worldwide

Amazon is rolling out pay-by-palm technology at some Whole Foods grocery stores near its headquarters to make paying quicker and more convenient

Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a drought emergency in two Northern California counties as the state grapples with depleted water supplies after a dry winter

It’s crucial to empower women and girls in the fight against climate change as they experience the worst impacts of changing temperature in many parts of the world.

The Justice Department has assembled a task force to confront ransomware after what officials say was the costliest year on record for the crippling cyberattacks

Bipartisan lawmakers proposed 'The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act.'

The Florida House has resoundingly approved a consumer privacy bill that gives the public an opportunity to regain ownership of the personal data collected by companies

As the impact of climate change becomes more apparent, misinformation about it is shifting to focus more and more on extreme weather

The autonomous bartender, complete with terrible jokes, aims to reduce human contact amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

U.S. wildlife managers have set aside areas in seven states as habitat that's critical to the survival of a rare songbird that migrates each year from Central and South America to breeding grounds in Mexico and the United States

SpaceX has bumped its next astronaut launch by a day because of dangerously high waves and wind offshore

The company rolled out AirTags, which help you track lost items.

Chinese food delivery giant Meituan says it has raised nearly $10 billion in a sale of convertible bonds and additional shares, with plans to invest in and develop delivery technologies

Tokyo police are investigating cyberattacks on about 200 Japanese companies and research organizations, including the country’s space agency, by a hacking group believed to be linked to the Chinese military

Apple is sprucing up its own product line as it prepares next week’s rollout of a long-awaited software update could hurt other companies by preventing apps from tracking the online activities and whereabouts of iPhone users

Facebook is stepping up the enforcement of its rules ahead of the verdict in former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in George Floyd’s death

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No nation offers asylum or other protections to people displaced because of climate change

The United Nations says it is seeking $29.2 million to help St. Vincent recover from ongoing volcanic eruptions that have destroyed homes and crops, contaminated water supplies and displaced up to 20% of people in the eastern Caribbean island

The tech giant's "Spring Loaded" event kicked off at 1 p.m. ET.

For the first time, NASA is putting its trust in a recycled SpaceX rocket and capsule for a crew

The U.S. government plans to build a new transmission line and make other upgrades to ensure its northern New Mexico nuclear weapons laboratory has enough electricity for current and future missions

The owner of the Daily Mail website is suing Google, saying the tech company’s dominance in online advertising has harmed its business

The social media giant is looking to launch a clubhouse competitor this summer.

It's the end of an era for advice seekers -- and internet culture, too.

Apple said it has an agreement to reinstate Parler, the social network popular with supporters of former President Donald Trump it kicked off its app store in January over ties to the deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol

A fiery crash near Houston with no one behind the wheel of a Tesla is drawing scrutiny from federal agencies that could bring new regulation of electronic systems that take on some driving tasks

New research shows ferocious tyrannosaur dinosaurs may not have been solitary predators as long envisioned, but more like social carnivores such as wolves

It is the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.

There are two winners of a $20 million contest to make products from carbon dioxide emitted by power plants

U.S. water officials are projecting the man-made lakes that store water used throughout the American West will fall to historically low levels and trigger an official shortage declaration for the first time

The overhaul in the top ranks of GameStop continues with the announced departure of CEO George Sherman at the end of July

The original flight was delayed by more than a week.

NASA's experimental Mars helicopter Ingenuity has achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.

This will offer parents more information about what kids are seeing on screen.

India has ambitions to expand use of electric vehicles to wean itself from polluting fossil fuels, but EVs are still a rarity on its congested highways

The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, have agreed to cooperate to curb climate change with urgency

Loud sounds may scare away animals that drop seeds.

Charles “Chuck” Geschke — the co-founder of the major software company Adobe Inc. who helped develop Portable Document Format technology, or PDFs — died at age 81

Officials project that man-made lakes used for water will fall to historic lows.