Enlarge / Oil painting by the Belgian naval artist François Etienne Musin depicting HMS Erebus trapped in Arctic ice. University of Waterloo scientists have identified… Read More »Franklin's expedition captain, who died in 1848, was cannibalized by survivors
According to the website Downdetector, the number of cases peaked at more than 100,000 on Monday morning. Users complained that they could not make calls… Read More »Verizon mobile outages reported in US
Israeli ground forces invaded southern Lebanon on Monday evening, the Israeli army confirmed, sparking a significant escalation of the country's conflict with Hezbollah militias that… Read More »Israel risks war in Lebanon after 'limited' invasion against Hezbollah
The General Motors subsidiary reached a settlement with the country's top auto safety regulator after one of its self-driving taxis struck a pedestrian in San… Read More »GM fined $1.5 million after self-driving taxi accident
A select number of all-electric Tesla Cybertrucks can now drive hands-free on US highways, after the automaker pushed out a vehicle update this morning. Tesla… Read More »Cybertruck finally becomes fully self-driving (under supervision)
Within just a few hours, Big Horse Creek sent a 10-foot wall of water into the small mountain town of Lansing, destroying its row of… Read More »Helene destroyed this small town in Ashe County. Now the residents feed each other
The deal, which still needs to be approved by regulators, will create one of the largest pay-TV distributors in the US. The companies were blocked… Read More »DirecTV closes deal to acquire Dish Network
One man was killed in a single-vehicle traffic accident early Sunday after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a utility pole. At 2:21 a.m.,… Read More »Man dies after vehicle hits electric pole on south side of Corpus Christi
Enlarge / Waves roll ashore along Lake Michigan in Whiting, Indiana. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization covering… Read More »The Illinois city plans to get its future drinking water from Lake Michigan
To date, if AI companies have trained on YouTube's invaluable supply of videos, subtitles, and other content, they have done so without permission. An AI-focused… Read More »This startup wants YouTube creators to get paid for AI training data
Looking for a safer way to drive the Chinese rally? Four consumer stocks benefiting from Beijing's policy pivot.
Google this week ended its defense in the US Justice Department's trial against the ad tech monopoly, after a week of testimony from witnesses that… Read More »“Not a good look”: Google's defense of ad tech monopoly is widely criticized
Governor Gavin Newsom's decision to veto a wide range of rules for artificial intelligence companies underlines the political difficulty of overseeing the technology.
Valve Corporation, tired of paying arbitration fees, has removed a mandatory arbitration clause from Steam's subscriber agreement. Valve told gamers in yesterday's update that they… Read More »Steam doesn't want to pay arbitration fees, but tells gamers they have to file a lawsuit
The four tech giants have chaired the consortium since they announced it in 2016, when Western governments blasted them for allowing Islamic State to post… Read More »A look inside the two years of turmoil at Big Tech's Anti-Terrorism Group
