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Scrolling through the Sora app can feel a bit like entering a real-life multiverse.

Michael Jackson performs standup; the alien from the “Predator” movies flips burgers at McDonald’s; a home security camera captures a moose crashing through the glass door; Queen Elizabeth dives from the top of a table at a pub.

Such improbable realities,...Read more

Industries and individuals around the world burned record amounts of oil, gas and coal last year, releasing more greenhouse gases than ever before, a group of leading scientists said in a new report, warning that humanity is hurtling toward “climate chaos.”

The surge in global use of fossil fuels in 2024 contributed to extreme weather and ...Read more

Q. I have a pair of Polk Atrium 5 outdoor speakers that I'm going to be using on the large deck behind my house, where I have an outdoor kitchen and dining area where I frequently entertain. I will be using the speakers to play music saved on my phone and to stream satellite radio from the app. It's a big area so I will need some power to drive ...Read more

It was Arthur C. Clark who said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

I think about that saying whenever I run across a gadget that really impresses me with a particular feature.

For the last month or so, I’ve been testing the Eufy FamiLock S3 Max smart lock for my front door. The Familock S3 Max ($399....Read more

Scosche's MagicMount Flask is a multi-function accessory designed to work with the new iPhones or any MagSafe-compatible smartphone.

The flask is available in 22- and 32-ounce sizes and features double-wall vacuum insulation. The insulation will keep your beverages cold for up to 24 hours or hot for 12 hours.

However, the MagicMount Flask ...Read more

The pandemic shined an intense spotlight on the diverging fortunes of video games and Hollywood. While the former thrived during lockdown, the latter had difficulty adapting with movie theaters still looking for ways to draw an audience and resurrecting the blockbusting days of the past.

Meanwhile, gaming has continued to steadily grow as a ...Read more

This week’s reader question is about VPN: ”I have used VPN in the past provided by my university, but that was just for overseas access from China. Since retiring, I no longer have access to that service. Considering the way we are being tracked these days, is a private subscription worth it? Any downsides? I'd appreciate your opinion.” ...Read more

Over the course of just three days recently, five scientists affiliated with the University of California won Nobel prizes for discoveries that can help us more effectively treat conditions such as multiple sclerosis and arthritis, clean pollutants from the atmosphere, capture drinking water from desert air, and help build the world’s most ...Read more

Global emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases are expected to fall by about 10% by 2035, compared with 1990 levels, representing the first decline ever forecast by the United Nations. But the world remains well off course to keeping global warming below the 1.5C leaders committed to when they signed the Paris Agreement a decade ago.

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The U.S. agreed to support the construction of large-scale reactors from Westinghouse Electric Co. worth at least $80 billion, pledging much-needed government backing for the industry in the latest push to meet surging demand for electricity from artificial intelligence.

Financial assistance from the Trump administration is seen as key to ...Read more

Bill Gates, the billionaire philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft Corp., says it’s time to adopt a more measured tone when addressing climate change and the threat it poses to the world.

In a memo published on Tuesday, he called out what he characterized as a “doomsday view of climate change.”

According to Gates, who has long stood...Read more

NextEra Energy Inc. plans to restart a nuclear power plant in Iowa, primarily to supply Google data centers.

The Duane Arnold Energy Center is expected to start delivering power by 2029 following agreements with Google, according to a statement Monday. The 615-megawatt plant shut down in 2020, well before the AI boom that’s stoked demand for ...Read more

It’s the annual naming day for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Scientists at the New England Aquarium have unveiled a new slate of named North Atlantic right whales — a tradition that helps researchers in the field identify the animals in real time.

This year’s whales include Lasagna, Scorpion, Dandelion, Athena ...Read more

In an ancient star system expected to be stable and dormant, scientists found a 3 billion-year-old white dwarf star still tearing apart massive quantities of rock.

“The rate we’ve seen rock consumed by this star is very high,” said John Debes, an astronomer with the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore and a co-investigator on a...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A string of mild winters and scarce deer may have taken their toll on northern Minnesota’s wolves.

The wolf population in and around Voyageurs National Park dropped to roughly 100 this year, its lowest point in more than a decade, according to an annual survey from the Voyageur’s Wolf Project.

Researchers estimated there ...Read more

For many Californians, crab bakes, crab cakes and crab feeds are traditional holiday fare.

But the need to protect humpback whales in California’s coastal waters combined with widespread domoic acid contamination along the North Coast have put the brakes on the Dungeness commercial fishery and parts of the recreational fishery this fall.

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Qualcomm on Monday announced the release of a new series of artificial intelligence chips to compete with the market leader Nvidia, as the race to cash in on the massive AI datacenter buildout heats up.

If successful, Qualcomm, a San Diego-based tech giant, could win a spot in the data centers powering AI as customers look for alternatives to ...Read more

The government shutdown has not had much effect on the human visitors at the Cosumnes River Preserve, but it may have a lasting impact on sandhill cranes and other birds that pass through this fall: Federal water bird counts in October were canceled.

“That is a critically important piece of data that gets entered usually twice a month,” ...Read more