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On March 20th, 1916, Albert Einstein published his theory of relativity.

As device charging becomes more important to our daily lives, I’m drawn to better and smarter chargers.

When I leave town, I’m usually carrying a laptop, my phone, an iPad and my watch. Now add my wife’s laptop and ...Read more

BOSTON — Pete Bouchard, the chief meteorologist at Boston's NBC10, has created quite a splash for another comment that’s landed flat on social media.

Bouchard, after the NASA astronauts who were stuck in space for 9 ...Read more

After the safe return Tuesday of two astronauts left behind for months on the International Space Station, the White House characterized the pair as “stranded” and trumpeted their return as a “rescue.” Those are ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge late Tuesday blocked the EPA from canceling Biden administration climate grants issued from a $20 billion program, finding that the Trump administration did not provide evidence of waste and ...Read more

Alphabet Inc.’s Google launched a redesigned version of its budget Pixel phone, upgrading the chip and battery life weeks after Apple Inc.’s lower-end iPhone 16e went on sale.

The new Pixel 9a, announced Wednesday, ...Read more

Most of the United States’ major climate regulations are underpinned by one important document: It’s called the endangerment finding, and it concludes that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to human health and ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will not reconsider its denial to investigate whether the Tijuana River Estuary qualifies as a Superfund site, a designation given to the most contaminated places in ...Read more

In mountain ranges around the world, glaciers are melting as global temperatures rise. Europe’s Alps and Pyrenees lost 40% of their glacier volume from 2000 to 2023. These and other icy regions have provided ...Read more

Nvidia Corp., looking to cement its place at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom, laid out plans for more powerful chips, a model for robotics, and “personal AI supercomputers” that will let developers work ...Read more

Two heavyweight arch rivals in the world of Bay Area workforce-management startups are locked in a legal battle with one accusing the other of planting a spy within its ranks, and claiming in a federal lawsuit filed Monday...Read more

During my college years, I alleviated the tedium of a summer job flipping burgers by concocting word games to entertain customers (mostly kids) and employees (mostly myself).

One day I decided to invent a new word ... ...Read more

This week I want to talk about troubleshooting your own tech problems.

I received this email a few days ago, “For the last few days, my iPad, which has worked well in the past on my home Wi-Fi provided by Frontier, ...Read more

A big thing about our portable charging devices is that they get hot. It's not good for you, and it's most likely not good for the charging device. That's what caught my interest with Aukey's new MagFusion Pro line of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The risk of damaging flooding from a major tsunami may be greater than many realized along stretches of California’s renowned coastline, state officials say, further reinforcing the need for residents to ...Read more

CHICAGO — Switching to stricter California-style limits on truck emissions would prevent 500 deaths per year in the greater Chicago region by 2050, according to a new study from Northwestern University.

The study also ...Read more