MEXICO CITY - Mexico's security forces have been among the world's most aggressive in using cutting-edge surveillance technology to eavesdrop on the phones of opposition politicians, journalists and human rights activists.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Friday, May 19, 2023
WASHINGTON - A team led by Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin won a coveted NASA contract to build a spacecraft to send astronauts to and from the moon's surface, NASA's chief announced on Friday, capping a high-stakes contest.
WASHINGTON — News conferences outside the Capitol don’t always attract a crowd of visitors and tourists — but most also do not feature astronauts in flight suits.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
You’ve probably seen deepfake videos on the internet that inject facsimiles of famous people into odd or funny situations — for example, a fake Tom Cruise doing “industrial cleanup,” or in a truly meta effort, an artificial Morgan Freeman hyping “the era of synthetic reality.”
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
A month after a meteor exploded over eastern Washington County, no one has found a piece big enough to get a $25,000 bounty offered by a Maine museum.
BOSTON — Researchers have made another breakthrough in their effort to help Alzheimer’s patients, as Boston scientists on Monday reported they have found a new genetic variant that protects against Alzheimer’s disease symptoms.
Monday, May 15, 2023
CONCORD — Federal regulators have said they are willing to reduce millions in proposed fines against a Manchester-based tech company that a judge has found violated securities laws.
Tesla Inc's new vehicle-assembly system, which created instant buzz when it was unveiled in March, ignited a debate among auto manufacturing experts on whether CEO Elon Musk's so-called unboxed process is radical, revisionist or derivative - or all of the above.
Saturday, May 13, 2023
Kids around the world have always drawn the sun a little differently. Americans tend to sketch a yellow circle surrounded by straight lines - sometimes with a smiley face or black shades. Japanese children might make their circle red, not unlike their country's flag.
Friday, May 12, 2023
After months leading Twitter, the company's owner, Elon Musk, has tapped NBCUniversal ad sales chief Linda Yaccarino to take the reins as CEO. The two are in advanced talks about the position, a source familiar with the matter told The Washington Post.
Thursday, May 11, 2023
WASHINGTON - Vast, a startup backed by cryptocurrency billionaire Jed McCaleb, is aiming to launch a school bus-sized space station to orbit by late 2025 with some help from partner SpaceX, Elon Musk's rocket firm.
Tuesday, May 09, 2023
Wendy's will begin testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot next month that will talk to customers and take drive-through orders, becoming the latest fast-food chain to employ the technology.
Given the choice, technology leaders in government would rather have an abundance of resources than a shortage. And that includes the dollars and cents it takes to fund modern technology to support the business of government.
Friday, May 05, 2023
Apple rallied Friday after reporting a rebound in iPhone sales last quarter, helping the world's most valuable company top earnings estimates and weather an industry-wide downturn that has battered much of its product lineup.
Thursday, May 04, 2023
WASHINGTON - A Chinese invasion of Taiwan could potentially halt production by the world's largest advanced semiconductor chip maker, wiping out up to $1 trillion per year from the global economy per year in the first few years, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Thursday.
Wednesday, May 03, 2023
WASHINGTON - In a glimpse of the dismal fate awaiting Earth, scientists for the first time have observed a star, bloated in its old age, swallowing a Jupiter-like planet, then expelling some material into space in an energetic belch.
CHICAGO - An experimental Alzheimer's drug developed by Eli Lilly and Co slowed cognitive decline by 35% in a closely watched late-stage trial, the company said on Wednesday, raising hopes for a second effective treatment for the brain-wasting disease.
Tuesday, May 02, 2023
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — State CIOs convened once again in the nation's capital for the NASCIO Midyear Conference, and several of them are wearing multiple hats.
Monday, May 01, 2023
WASHINGTON - A key law enforcement computer network has been down for 10 weeks, the victim of a ransomware attack that has frustrated efforts by senior officials to get the system back up and running - raising concerns about how to secure critical crime-fighting operations.
ORLANDO, Fla. — After several days of strong thunderstorms, hail and even a lightning strike at the launch pad, the weather cleared for SpaceX to launch its powerhouse Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday evening.
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Nashua officials say schools will hold classes as scheduled Monday, after the school district was hit by what’s being called a “sophisticated cyber attack.”
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Meta Platforms Inc is a Wall Street darling again.
Monday, April 24, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO - When the dense, iconic fog rolled in over the residential neighborhood of Balboa Terrace on a recent Tuesday, five matching white SUVs covered in cameras ground to a halt.
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Five years after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, millions of Facebook users may be able to get money from the social media company for their troubles.
Thursday, April 20, 2023
BOCA CHICA, Texas — Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Thursday launched its next-generation Starship cruise vessel for the first time atop the company’s powerful new Super Heavy rocket, but the uncrewed test flight ended minutes later with the vehicle exploding in the sky.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Russia's quest to sabotage Ukrainian forces' internet access by targeting the Starlink satellite operations that billionaire Elon Musk has provided to Kyiv since the war's earliest days appears to be more advanced than previously known, according to a classified U.S. intelligence report obta…
Monday, April 17, 2023
The artificial intelligence behind ChatGPT, the homework-drafting chatbot that some schools have banned, is coming to more students via the company Chegg Inc .
Streaming platform Netflix Inc's services were restored after a brief outage late on Sunday during a live stream of the dating reality show, "Love is Blind."
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson loves to boast about the space agency's beast of a moon rocket. The Space Launch System is a towering 322 feet, taller than the Statue of Liberty, and, as Nelson likes to point out, "the most powerful rocket in the world."
Saturday, April 15, 2023
After one fitful night, the chunky fitness watch I've been wearing for a few months delivered some bad news: I had only spent five minutes in rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep.
WASHINGTON -- The detection of a highly compact galaxy that formed relatively soon after the Big Bang and displayed an impressive rate of star formation is the latest example of how the James Webb Space Telescope is reshaping our understanding of the early universe.
Friday, April 14, 2023
An expectant father needed to make money and prosecutors say he thought he had the skills to land a high-paying job. Military experience. Precision. Excitement.
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Editor's Note: This article incorrectly reported that this year's New Hampshire delegates to the National Youth Science Camp are the first from the Granite State. The Union Leader received incorrect information from the state Department of Education.
Many of us know the dread of a phone battery on 1% and the panic of watching its screen flicker out. But rushing to plug your phone into a public charging station in a hotel, airport or cafe could be risky, according to a recent warning from the FBI.
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Twitter has ceased to be an independent company after merging with a newly formed shell firm called X Corp., driving speculation about what Elon Musk intends for the social media platform.
Many of us know the dread of a phone battery on 1 percent and the panic of watching its screen flicker out. But rushing to plug your phone into a public charging station in a hotel, airport or cafe could be risky, according to a recent warning from the FBI.
Monday, April 10, 2023
For decades, scientists have debated the nature and origin of what some experts consider the most anomalous and enigmatic layer of Earth's deep interior: the boundary between its scorching hot liquid outer core and the solid mantle that surrounds it.
Saturday, April 08, 2023
Dean Kamen knows about rehabbing old brick buildings in Manchester’s Millyard after opening DEKA Research and Development Corp. here four decades ago.
MERRITT ISLAND, Florida – The consoles lit up in the front of the room, the windows rattled from the back. The countdown began and — in 3-2-1 — Apollo 8 was airborne, blasting off into space.
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Friday, May 12, 2023
After months leading Twitter, the company's owner, Elon Musk, has tapped NBCUniversal ad sales chief Linda Yaccarino to take the reins as CEO. The two are in advanced talks about the position, a source familiar with the matter told The Washington Post.
Thursday, May 11, 2023
WASHINGTON - Vast, a startup backed by cryptocurrency billionaire Jed McCaleb, is aiming to launch a school bus-sized space station to orbit by late 2025 with some help from partner SpaceX, Elon Musk's rocket firm.
Tuesday, May 09, 2023
Wendy's will begin testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot next month that will talk to customers and take drive-through orders, becoming the latest fast-food chain to employ the technology.
Given the choice, technology leaders in government would rather have an abundance of resources than a shortage. And that includes the dollars and cents it takes to fund modern technology to support the business of government.
Friday, May 05, 2023
Apple rallied Friday after reporting a rebound in iPhone sales last quarter, helping the world's most valuable company top earnings estimates and weather an industry-wide downturn that has battered much of its product lineup.
Thursday, May 04, 2023
WASHINGTON - A Chinese invasion of Taiwan could potentially halt production by the world's largest advanced semiconductor chip maker, wiping out up to $1 trillion per year from the global economy per year in the first few years, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Thursday.
Wednesday, May 03, 2023
WASHINGTON - In a glimpse of the dismal fate awaiting Earth, scientists for the first time have observed a star, bloated in its old age, swallowing a Jupiter-like planet, then expelling some material into space in an energetic belch.