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Google’s ad network has begun showing advertising within the flow of conversations with chatbots — part of Alphabet Inc.’s efforts to keep its edge in digital advertising as generative artificial intelligence takes off.

Earlier this year, the Google AdSense network, which traditionally displays ads in search results and in the margins of ...Read more

State and federal officials said they are working with a chemical manufacturing plant in Wyandotte on a "two-pronged approach" to limit the flow of contaminated groundwater into the Detroit River.

The meeting came after the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) wrote a letter to BASF in March, telling the company to...Read more

Busy tourist season is nearly upon Yosemite National Park and officials are warning visitors to be cautious of "one of the most dangerous animals" in the park — and it turns out it doesn't have claws.

More than any other animal, mule deer cause injuries to visitors in the park, according to a National Park Service Instagram post.

"While ...Read more

Biologists waded through knee-high vegetation in Florida until they reached a spot where purple flowers grew in cone-like formations — then the team got out the glow-in-the dark caterpillars.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced April 30 that biologists had released caterpillars of the frosted elfin butterfly in ...Read more

We’ve all seen robot vacuums, and they’ve made some great strides in getting smarter and doing a better job of cleaning your floors, but I never found one that could be the only vacuum in my house.

My house is all hard flooring and there are lots of times when I just want to grab my portable stick vacuum and clean up a small area. My Dyson ...Read more

DENVER — A collared gray wolf released in Colorado in January as part of the state’s historic reintroduction effort died in Rocky Mountain National Park last week, wildlife officials said.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists received a “mortality alert” from the female wolf’s collar on April 20 and later confirmed the wolf died in ...Read more

Much better than just a compressor: Over the past few years I have written about the Ryobi One+ 18V cordless high pressure inflators sold at Home Depot. With their digital readouts and automatic operation they are extremely useful to have in your car and around the home. This especially applies in the winter months when tire pressure goes down ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A long-feared monster earthquake off California, Oregon and Washington could cause some coastal areas to sink by more than 6 feet, dramatically heightening the risk of flooding and radically reshaping the region with little to no warning.

Those are the findings of a new study that examined the repercussions of a massive ...Read more

For hard-core gamers, Takaya Kuroda’s voice should sound familiar, though his name may not ring a bell. The Japanese voice actor brings Kazuma Kiryu to life in “Like a Dragon” and “Yakuza.” His work is heard in dozens of other video games and anime, but his deep and intimidating timbre is so distinct that fans immediately recognize ...Read more

I had a conversation with a friend the other day at the gym. He is buying a new Windows PC and he’s thinking of investing in new antivirus software, and he asked me what I used for antivirus software.

He had his last PC for more than 10 years and he had been using one of the large antivirus suites that was charging him by the year.

Companies...Read more

Coffee lovers, meet your new best friend, the OutIn Nano portable espresso machine. It redefines coffee on the go. You can use it for home, work, vacations or camping. Whenever or wherever you want a hot cup, turn it on and brew barista-quality espresso.

The thermos measures 9 inches high by 3 inches round and has a 7,500 mAh USB-C ...Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic forced hundreds of daycare providers across the Bay Area to shut down, creating a “childcare desert.” That shortage inspired entrepreneur Gretchen Salyer to launch June Care, a platform that connects families with local moms and sitters.

What started in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area has now expanded nationwide. ...Read more

The Trump administration has dismissed all 400 authors of the National Climate Assessment, a congressionally mandated snapshot of the ways climate change is affecting life in the U.S.

The scientists and scholars who volunteer to co-author the report had already begun working on the 2028 assessment when the email landed in their inboxes Monday ...Read more

DENVER — It’s not that Intermountain Health refuses to upgrade its Denver hospital and medical clinics so they produce less pollution.

It’s the fact that the health system’s buildings are of different ages and sizes, and one of them — Saint Joseph Hospital — is open 24 hours a day. It’s a facility where lights and room temperature...Read more

A big change could be coming to U.S. wildlife conservation policy.

In mid-April, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to change how the term “harm” would be defined in the Endangered Species Act.

Under the ESA, it’s illegal for someone to “take” a protected ...Read more

It had been nearly seven months since United Launch Alliance had its last rocket launch, but the company’s first flight of 2025 came to fruition on Monday night.

A ULA Atlas V on the Kuiper 1 mission carrying 27 of Amazon’s satellites for its Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation lifted off at 7:01 p.m. Eastern time from Cape ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The EPA on Monday announced a series of “major actions” to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination, including an initiative to work with Congress to ensure that liability adheres to the “polluter pays” principle.

The actions include designating an agency lead for the chemicals, commonly known as PFAS, ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland is partnering with a Department of Defense agency in a multimillion-dollar effort aimed at making College Park the global “capital of quantum,” an emerging field of computer science that some believe could be revolutionary.

Gov. Wes Moore, who unveiled the initiative on Monday, pitched quantum computing as an economic...Read more

It’s been nearly seven months since United Launch Alliance had its last rocket launch, but the company’s first flight of 2025 could come to fruition on Monday night.

A ULA Atlas V on the Kuiper 1 mission carrying 27 of Amazon’s satellites for its Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation is targeting liftoff at 7 p.m. Eastern time ...Read more

It has become a point of discussion and lament amongst science researchers that science is under attack. What was once considered a noble undertaking appears to be under attack by the current administration, as federal funding at numerous other universities are being threatened.

Yet the situation faced by science researchers did not occur in a...Read more