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February 12

US Coast Guard releases recording that appears to be audio of Titanic submersible implosion

A recording released by the federal government appears to include audio of the implosion of the experimental submersible that went missing on its way to the wreck of the Titanic
February 12
FILE - Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John's, Newfoundland, Wednesday, June 28, 2023. (Paul Daly/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
February 12

Federal health agencies restore webpages and datasets following judge's order

Federal health agencies have restored several webpages and datasets, following a judge’s order to bring back public access to information that had been removed to comply with a presidential executive order
February 12
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)
February 12

A deep-sea neutrino telescope spots the most energetic ghost particle yet

A neutrino detector submerged in the Mediterranean Sea has sniffed out the most energetic ghost particle yet
February 12
Scientists prepare to lower equipment used to detect neutrinos into the Mediterranean Sea. (Paschal Coyle, KM3NeT via AP)
February 12

Looking for love this Valentine's Day? Don't fall for Instagram romance scams

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms is urging users to stay vigilant about “romance scams” ahead of Valentine’s Day, warning of unsolicited messages through its apps and other social media platforms, as well as general text messages
February 12
FILE - The Facebook logo is seen on a cell phone in Boston, USA, Oct. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
February 12

Japan's SoftBank reports loss weeks after announcing AI investment with U.S. President Trump

Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. reported a 369.2 billion yen, or $2.4 billion, loss for the fiscal third quarter, as it racked up red ink from its Vision Fund investments
February 12
FILE - A woman walks in front of SoftBank store in Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Jan. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
February 11

Apple changes Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America based on Trump's order

Apple has changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on its maps after an order by President Donald Trump was made official by the U.S. Geographic Names Information System
February 11
This image from Google Maps viewed from a browser in New York on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, shows the Gulf of Mexico renamed the “Gulf of America.” (Google via AP)
February 11

Google Calendar users no longer see default entries for events like Pride, Black History Month

Google’s online calendar has removed default references for a handful of holidays and cultural events — with users noticing that mentions of Pride and Black History Month, as well as other observances, no longer appear in their desktop and mobile appli...
February 11
This image from Google Maps viewed from a browser in New York on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, shows the Gulf of Mexico renamed the “Gulf of America.” (Google via AP)
February 11

How Elon Musk $97.4 billion bid complicates matters for OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has dismissed a $97.4 billion takeover bid led by rival Elon Musk, but the unsolicited offer could complicate Altman’s push to transform the maker of ChatGPT into a for-profit company
February 11
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at Station F, during an event on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, Pool)
February 11

JD Vance is delivering a keynote speech at Paris AI summit

JD Vance is delivering a keynote speech on the final day of the Paris AI Summit during his first foreign trip since taking office as vice president
February 11
United States Vice-President JD Vance addresses the audience at the Grand Palais during the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
February 11

Ukraine offers rare earth deal to Trump for more US military aid

Ukraine has offered to strike a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump for continued American military aid in exchange for developing Ukraine’s mineral industry
February 11
FILE - Ukrainian servicemen of 24th Mechanized Brigade train not far from the front line in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
February 11

How Elon Musk's crusade against government could benefit Tesla

Elon Musk has long railed against the U.S. government, saying numerous investigations and safety programs have stymied Tesla, his electric car company, and its efforts to create fleets of robotaxis and other self-driving automobiles
February 11
FILE - Elon Musk speaks as part of a campaign town hall in support of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump in Folsom, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
February 10

'Back to plastic': Trump signs order for plastic straws as he declares paper ones 'don’t work'

President Donald Trump says he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they “don’t work” and don’t last very long
February 10
FILE- A large soft drink with a plastic straw from a McDonald's restaurant is shown in Surfside, Fla., May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
February 10

Most nations miss deadline for plans to fight climate change. UN says take your time to do it right

Nearly 200 nations faced a Monday deadline to file what the United Nations’ climate chief calls “among the most important policy documents governments will produce this century."
February 10
FILE - Wind turbines operate in a rural area near Canudos, Bahia state, Brazil, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
February 10

Space telescope spots rare 'Einstein ring' of light around nearby galaxy

Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy
February 10
This photo provided by the European Space Agency shows a ring of light surrounding the center of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by European Space Agency's Euclid telescope, an example of an Einstein ring. (European Space Agency via AP)
February 10

Vance makes his debut as VP at a high-stakes AI summit in Paris

JD Vance is stepping onto the world stage for the first time as U.S. vice president this week, using a high-profile artificial intelligence summit in France and a gathering of national security leaders in Germany to showcase Donald Trump’s more asserti...
February 10
United States Vice-President JD Vance, second right, carries his daughter Mirabel as he arrives at Paris Orly Airport with second lady Usha Vance, and is greeted by Manuel Valls, the minister for Overseas France, and the U.S. embassy's charge d'affaires , David McCawley, ahead of an Artificial Intelligence Action Summit taking place in Paris, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
February 09

Pair of rare black wolves caught on camera in Polish forest by wildlife researchers

Two rare black wolves have been spotted on camera crossing a stream in a Polish forest
February 09
This image made from video provided by SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund Poland shows a rare black wolf crossing a stream in a Polish forest last summer. (SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund Poland via AP)
February 08

Sony PlayStation Network outage enrages gamers around the world

Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) is experiencing a major outage across the world, leaving tens of thousands of gamers unable to access online services, stores and multimedia apps
February 08
FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file people stand online next to the PlayStation booth at the 24th Electronic Entertainment Expo E3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
February 07

What to stream: Bridget Jones returns, 'Yellowjackets' reappears and Alessia Cara sings about love

Renée Zellweger returning to one of her most indelible roles in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” and Questlove offering the definitive documentary on funk crossover star Sly Stone are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases
February 07
This combination of photos shows promotional art for "Muslim Matchmaker," from left, "Yellowjackets," and "Summer House." (Hulu/Paramount+/Bravo via AP)
February 07

New Hampshire man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney

A New Hampshire man has become the second person known to be living with a pig kidney
February 07
Tim Andrews and his wife, Karen, share an embrace while leaving Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Feb. 1, 2025. (Kate Flock/Massachusetts General Hospital via AP)
February 07

Santorini restricts traffic, imposes more precautionary measures against earthquakes

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has visited earthquake-struck Santorini, as the Aegean island imposed more precautionary measures amid intense seismic activity
February 07
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, center, gets an update during his visits at the temporary headquarters of emergency services, as Earthquakes are still rattling Greece's volcanic island of Santorini, on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office via AP)
February 06

Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say

Rocket bodies tend to be massive and heat resistant, posing an increased risk.
February 06
In this June 5, 2024, file photo, this image comprised of multiple exposures shows a satellite-filled sky.
February 06

Nebraska government system shutdown disrupts the Legislature, DMV and other offices

A systemwide outage of state government computers shut down everything from the work of the Legislature to driver’s licensing offices for several hours
February 06
February 06

Amazon reports strong earnings for Q4, but stocks dip due to outlook for the first quarter

Amazon has reported better-than-expected revenue and profits for the holiday shopping period
February 06
FILE - An Amazon truck drives in in Philadelphia, Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
February 06

New law in Brazil is making students put away their smartphones at school

Brazilian students returned to class this week with a new task: staying away from their smartphones under a new law restricting the use of devices in schools
February 06
Students attend a class at Porto Seguro School on their first week at school under a new law that forbids the use of mobile phones on campus, in Sao Paulo, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
February 06

Telescopes spy a monster radio jet streaming from early object in the universe

Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years of the universe
February 06
This image provided by NSF's NOIRLab shows an artist's illustration of the largest radio jet ever found in the early Universe. (M. Garlick/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA via AP)
February 06

House lawmakers push to ban AI app DeepSeek from US government devices

Lawmakers in the House are proposing to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from U.S. government devices
February 06
FILE - The smartphone apps DeepSeek page is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
February 06

How to cook the perfect boiled egg, according to science

Scientists say they’ve cracked the code for boiling the perfect egg
February 06
This image provided by researchers in February 2025 shows the results of different methods of boiling eggs, with a new technique dubbed "periodic cooking" at right. (Emilia Di Lorenzo, Ernesto Di Maio via AP)
February 06

The swarm of earthquakes shaking Santorini prompts Greece to declare an emergency

Greece has declared a state of emergency on Santorini because of the hundreds of undersea earthquakes that have shaken the resort island for nearly a week
February 06
Passengers board a ferry bound for the Greek mainland, in the earthquake-struck island of Santorini, Greece, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
February 05

Cybersecurity expert discovers DeepSeek using ‘digital fingerprinting technology’

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks to the CEO of Feroot Security, Ivan Tsarynny, on his team's discovery Deepseek code can send user data to the Chinese government.
February 05
Cybersecurity expert discovers DeepSeek using ‘digital fingerprinting technology’
February 05

Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules

Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have been abandoning or scaling back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs
February 05
FILE - Audience members gather at Made By Google for new product announcements at Google on Aug. 13, 2024, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, File)
February 05

One Tech Tip: How to block your phone from tracking your location

Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been
February 05
FILE - A person holds an iPhone 15 Pro at the Apple campus, Sept. 12, 2023, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
February 05

AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano

U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago
February 05
This undated image made available by Vesuvius Challenge shows an X-ray scan of part of papyrus scroll PHerc.172, showing the word 'disgust', one of hundreds of papyrus scrolls found amid the remains of a lavish villa at the Roman town of Herculaneum, which along with neighboring Pompeii was destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79. (Vesuvius Challenge via AP)
February 05

Wedding necklace, dumplings will be part of mission to International Space Station

What do a wedding necklace, Polish savory dumplings and a photo of Hungary’s first astronaut have in common
February 05
U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, commander of the Ax-4 space mission, left, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, center, Polish member of the mission crew, astronaut Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, and Tibor Kapu of Hungary, right, pose during a media event dedicated to the preparations for the mission, at the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
February 05

Japan's Toyota announces EV and battery push in China and U.S., as its quarterly profit surges

Toyota is developing and making electric vehicles and EV batteries in China under a new partnership with the Shanghai government
February 05
FILE - People walk by the logo of Toyota at a show room in Tokyo, Aug. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
February 04

Fast fashion, laptops and toys are likely to cost more due to US tariffs on Chinese imports

A sweeping new U.S. tariff on products made in China is expected to increase the prices American consumers pay for a wide array of products
February 04
FILE - Packages are seen stacked on the doorstep of a residence, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, in Upper Darby, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
February 04

Google’s holiday ad boost can’t ease AI letdown fears

Google’s digital ad sales continued to grow at a healthy clip during the holiday season, but that wasn’t enough to offset investors’ worries about whether its big bet on artificial intelligence will be as lucrative as once envisioned
February 04
FILE - Audience members gather at Made By Google for new product announcements at Google on Aug. 13, 2024, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, File)
February 04

Judge says Elon Musk's claims of harm from OpenAI are a 'stretch' but welcomes possible trial

Elon Musk’s lawyers faced off with OpenAI in court Tuesday as a federal judge weighed the billionaire’s request for a court order that would block the ChatGPT maker from converting itself to a for-profit company
February 04
Elon Musk arrives before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)
February 04

Hawaii volcano produces tall lava fountaining in latest episode of Kilauea eruption

A tall fountain of lava is spewing from a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island
February 04
In this image captured from video released the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, a webcam shows lava fountaining from Kilauea volcano within the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island on Tuesday, Feb. 4. 2025. (USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory via AP)
February 04

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin mimics the moon's gravity for NASA experiments during spaceflight

Jeff Bezos' rocket company has given NASA a brief taste of the moon's gravity without straying too far from home
February 04
This image provided by Blue Origin shows New Shepard on the pad during takeoff in West Texas, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Blue Origin via AP)
February 04

How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the far side
February 04
This image provided by NASA shows a view from orbit looking obliquely across the surface of the moon, where an ancient asteroid strike carved out a pair of grand canyons on the moon’s far side. (Ernie T. Wright/NASA via AP)
February 04

China launches an antitrust probe into Google. Here's what it means

China has announced a flurry of retaliatory measures against the U.S., including tariffs on imports of products such as coal, liquefied natural gas products and crude oil, as well as an antitrust probe into Google
February 04
Visitors past by a Google booth promoting Artificial Intelligence at a supply chain expo in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
February 04

US Vice President JD Vance will attend AI summit in Paris, French official says

A French diplomatic official says U.S. Vice President JD Vance will attend a two-day high-level summit focusing on artificial intelligence in Paris next week
February 04
Vice President JD Vance speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
February 04

As quakes rattle Greek islands, brave tourists enjoy having Santorini to themselves

More Greek islands closed schools Tuesday as hundreds of earthquakes ratted the Aegean Sea, while a handful of hardy tourists enjoyed having Santorini’s stunning views to themselves
February 04
A man walks on an empty street in the town of Oia on the earthquake-struck island of Santorini, Greece, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
February 03

Google makes its appeal to overturn jury verdict branding the Play Store as illegal monopoly

Google went to appeals court Monday in an attempt to convince a three-judge panel to overturn a jury’s verdict declaring its app store for Android smartphones as an illegal monopoly and block the penalties imposed by a federal judge to stop the misbeha...
February 03
FILE - Google logos are shown when searched on Google in New York, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
February 03

Dramatic drop in monarch butterfly count nears record 30-year low

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States dropped dramatically this year even as federal officials move to extend protections for the beloved pollinator
February 03
FILE - Monarch butterflies from Canada stop to rest in Wendy Park on their way to Mexico, Sept. 12, 2023, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
February 03

Trump administration's data deletions set off 'a mad scramble,' researcher says

Researchers across the country are in “a mad scramble” to sort out what public data the Trump administration has deleted from government websites
February 03
FILE - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shown Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
February 03

RFK Jr. misled the US Senate on measles deaths, Samoa's health chief says

Samoa’s top health official has denounced as “a complete lie” remarks that Robert F
February 03
FILE - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., waves to reporters as he rides the train to go to meet with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
February 03

Trump's tariff threat sends crypto prices falling

Cryptocurrency prices took a hit from the prospect of a trade war between the U.S. and its major trading partners, with some well-known digital assets seeing values fall more than 10%
February 03
FILE - Bitcoin logos are displayed at the Inside Bitcoins conference and trade show on April 7, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
February 03

Microsoft founder Bill Gates explores the making of his internal operating system in new memoir

With his 70th birthday looming on this year’s horizon, Microsoft founder Bill Gates looked inward to open a window into the man behind Windows and other seminal software that turned the personal computer into a household staple
February 03
This image provided by Lakeside High School shows Bill Gates with his future Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen at a teletype machine in 1969 at Lakeside High School in Seattle. ( Lakeside High School via AP)