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Report: PhD-Level AI Poised for Release Soon
The tech world is bracing for the release of Ph.D.-level artificial intelligence that will be able to do complex human tasks, Axios reported Sunday.
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2 Private Lunar Landers Head Toward the Moon in Roundabout Journey
In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business on Earth's dusty sidekick.
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Texas Online Porn Age-Verification Law Goes to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is set Wednesday to hear a challenge on free speech grounds to a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of users in a case testing the legality of state efforts to keep minors from viewing such material online.
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US Probe: China Unfairly Dominates Shipbuilding
President Joe Biden's administration has concluded China uses unfair policies and practices to dominate the global maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors, three sources familiar with the results of a months-long trade investigation told Reuters.
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Bezos Sees No Threat From Musk-Trump Ties in Space Race
Jeff Bezos told Reuters on Sunday said he does not think SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will use his close ties with President-elect Donald Trump to undercut his space company Blue Origin, adding he feels "very optimistic" about the incoming administration's space agenda.
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Bezos Set to Challenge Musk's Space X With Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin is scheduled to challenge rival Space X on Sunday providing its New Glenn rocket takes off as planned.
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2024 Recorded as Hottest Year, Exceeds Key Threshold
Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday.
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Google, Microsoft Donate $1M to Trump Inaugural Fund
Google and Microsoft reportedly became the latest Big Tech companies to donate to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund.
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SpaceX to Provide Free Starlink Terminals to Burning LA
Elon Musk said Thursday that his company SpaceX will provide free Starlink terminals to affected areas in Los Angeles in the morning.
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Southern Schools Cancel Classes for Winter Storm
Schools and buildings from Texas to Georgia were shut down Thursday or prepared to close ahead of freezing rain and snow forecast for much of the Southern U.S. as another burst of plunging temperatures and winter storms threatened to again snarl travel.
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TikTok's Fate Divides Trump, Republicans as Supreme Court Action Looms
While President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to block a looming U.S. ban on TikTok in a major case being argued Friday that pits free speech rights against national security concerns over the Chinese-owned short-video app.
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Meta, Facebook End Fact-Checking Program
In a victory for free speech on social media, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced a series of major changes concerning the monitoring of content on its platforms.
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7.1 Western China Earthquake Kills at Least 126 in Tibet
A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least 126 people in Tibet.
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US Probes 2.6 Million Teslas Over 'Actually Smart Summon' Feature
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday it had opened a probe into about 2.6 million Tesla vehicles after reports of some crashes linked to its "Actually Smart Summon" driverless feature.
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Why Does Trump Want to End US Daylight Saving Time?
Daylight saving time, a practice affecting almost 400 million people across North America, is once again in the spotlight as debates over its necessity continue.
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Trump Weighs Executive Order to Protect Gas Stoves
President-elect Donald Trump is weighing an executive order that seeks to protect gas-powered appliances including stoves and heaters from federal and local regulators who want to phase them out of homes and businesses, two sources familiar with the plans said.
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Next Round of Bitter Cold, Snow Will Hit Southern US
The next round of bitter cold was set to envelop the southern U.S. on Tuesday, after the first significant winter storm of the year blasted a huge swath of the country with ice, snow, and wind.
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Treasury's Yellen Talks to China About 'Malicious' Cyber Activity
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met virtually Monday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and raised concerns about "malicious cyber activity" carried out by Chinese state-sponsored actors, the Treasury Department said in a statement.
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Winter Storm Grips US From Midwest to East Coast
A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the East Coast early Monday, prompting schools and government offices in several states to close.
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Biden Bans New Offshore Oil, Gas Drilling, Makes It Difficult for Trump to Unwind
President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling.
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FAA Issues Drone Ban for New Orleans, Las Vegas
The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday reportedly banned drones from flying over the sites of the New Orleans truck attack and the Las Vegas Tesla explosion.
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US Considers Potential Rules to Restrict or Bar Chinese Drones
The U.S. Commerce Department said Thursday it is considering new rules that would impose restrictions on Chinese drones that would restrict or ban them in the United States citing national security concerns.
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SKorea Police Raid Jeju Air, Airport Over Fatal Crash
South Korean police raided the offices of Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport on Thursday as they step up a probe into the fatal crash of a Boeing 737-800 that killed 179 people.
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Volcano Off Oregon Coast Expected to Erupt in '25
An underwater volcano percolating 300 miles off the Oregon coast could erupt at any time, according to multiple media reports.
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Scientists: Yellowstone 'Unlikely' to Erupt in Our Lifetime
The supervolcano resting underneath Yellowstone National Park is "unlikely" to erupt in our lifetime, scientists told The Washington Post.