LOS ANGELES — There is a non-zero chance that somewhere in the nearby solar system is a rock that might kill us all.

This stony assassin may well be orbiting the sun at this very moment, careening down a celestial path that could, one day, intersect with ours.

And if that rock is big enough and hits in the right place — boom. Fire and ...Read more

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. — The Trump administration’s targeting of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will jeopardize efforts to save sea lions, dolphins, sea birds and other wildlife stricken by poisons lurking offshore, say marine scientists, public health officials and animal rescuers.

Federal research and funding plays a ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado’s collared gray wolves continue to roam the state’s northwest corner and central mountains as wildlife officials wait and watch for signs new pups might be born this spring.

The state’s 27 collared wolves covered ground across the northwest part of the state, stretching from the northern border near Walden to the hills...Read more

Gwinnett County, Georgia, officials and community development leaders are working to woo Ukrainian drone makers as they try to make the region a major tech hub.

These efforts were on full display Thursday at an event in Norcross aimed at highlighting drone technologies and ways U.S. and Ukrainian entrepreneurs can collaborate. Though current ...Read more

Startup acquisitions have boomed so far this year, capped by last week’s massive $32 billion deal for cybersecurity startup Wiz — a signal that Silicon Valley is optimistic about the Trump administration’s antitrust policies, and that venture-backed companies may finally have a way to cash out.

There have been 11 startup sales of more ...Read more

Elon Musk’s X is on pace for its first year of advertising revenue growth since the billionaire acquired the company in 2022, according to research firm Emarketer — in part because advertisers are reacting to Musk’s power in the Donald Trump administration.

The social network, formerly Twitter, is projected to generate $1.31 billion in U....Read more

Place names are more than just labels on a map. They influence how people learn about the world around them and perceive their place in it.

Names can send messages and suggest what is and isn’t valued in society. And the way that they are changed over time can signal cultural shifts.

The United States is in the midst of a ...Read more

23andMe Inc. said Tuesday that it experienced website delays, after a wave of customers sought to delete their genetic data before it can be sold through a planned bankruptcy auction.

A company spokesperson said the site “experienced some issues and delays due to increased traffic” on Monday, in response to Bloomberg News questions about ...Read more

To say the new Soundcore Rave 3S AI party speaker is the life of your party is an understatement. Just as advertised, it keeps the energy high and the music loud.

The powerful Bluetooth speaker has what seems like endless features, but first and foremost is the booming, bass-heavy sound. Producing the 200 watts of sound are three full-range 2...Read more

Ubisoft has a lot riding on “Assassin’s Creed Shadows” as the company faces an uncertain future after several flops and misfires. The first-person competitive shooter “XDefiant” and the open-world sailing adventure “Skull and Bones” failed to take off while “Star Wars Outlaws” didn’t sell as well as predicted.

The ...Read more

"Assassin’s Creed Shadows" is a tale of two … everything, really: two main characters, two overlapping narratives and two distinct feelings as you slink and slash your way across nearly 40 hours in late 16th-century Japan. One of those feelings is elation; when Shadows shines, it’s blinding. The other, the one you’ll be feeling far ...Read more

I can’t tell you how many of my friends and relatives have sent their saliva off to 23andMe to have their DNA analyzed for genealogy purposes. I was always curious about my genealogy, but hesitant to pay some company to test and then keep my DNA.

It turns out I was right.

On March 23, 23andMe filed for bankruptcy. What was once a $6 ...Read more

DENVER — Every so often, wild bison from one of Utah’s herds cross the invisible state border and wander into northwest Colorado — unknowingly putting their lives in danger.

When the bison cross over, they lose the protections Utah gives the species as a big-game animal. In Colorado, there are no repercussions for killing wild bison.

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Senior government officials mistakenly invited the editor in chief of the Atlantic to a group chat on the messaging app Signal, where the focus of conversation was U.S. airstrikes against rebel groups in Yemen. The app’s use by high-ranking national security officials has raised the question: Just how secure is Signal anyway?

On March 11, ...Read more

As flood threats rise, wetlands across South Carolina could play an important role in fending off high water before it soaks homes, businesses, roads and other property that people depend on.

But wetlands that control flooding and shelter wildlife are in substantial jeopardy as a result of a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limited federal ...Read more

The messaging app Signal that Trump administration officials used to discuss an attack on Yemen’s Houthi rebels was created by a one-time anarchist to help activists, journalists and others communicate beyond the prying eyes of government intelligence agencies — not to plan government military operations.

Launched by American cryptographer...Read more

The slow race of getting NASA’s Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year’s Artemis II moon mission jumped a big hurdle over the weekend.

The 212-foot-tall core stage was placed Sunday alongside two solid rocket boosters at Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building — meaning the rocket that provides the oomph for ...Read more