MIAMI -- When Andrew Baker looks out at the vacant lot next to his office on Virginia Key, he doesn’t see the trees or grass that are there now. He sees a factory of the future. One story tall, roughly the size of half a football field. A high-efficiency production line designed not for electronics or auto parts — but for coral.

Such a ...Read more

This is the story of two Republican doctor-senators named Bill.

One of them, as majority leader from 2003 to 2007, helped a self-described “compassionate conservative” Republican president pass a Medicare prescription drug plan and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR ), “the largest commitment by any nation to address...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The retirees gathered at 8 a.m. near the G Line station in Canoga Park, impossible to miss in their neon yellow vests. They clutched trash bags and surveyed the expanse of trash-filled sidewalks and gutters before them.

Group leader Jill Mather, who walks and talks with the efficiency of a military general, laid out the task ...Read more

A scene straight out of a horror movie greeted researchers when they shined lights on a dark Georgia swamp and saw hundreds of red eyes staring back, photos show.

It happened at the Okefenokee Swamp, as the University of Georgia’s Coastal Ecology Lab was conducting an investigation.

“We shone our lights around the boat basin and down the ...Read more

Imagine this: After years of toiling in the Southern California rat race, you buy a parcel of land in the high desert. It is here, on a sunny lot thick with Joshua trees, that you plan to build your retirement home.

But before you can get a shovel into the ground, everything changes. Joshua trees become candidates for the state’s threatened ...Read more

Since the dawn of the new millennium, there have been at most several thousand startup tech companies across the U.S. that have achieved unicorn status — crossing the $1 billion valuation.

Eric Lefkofsky, 55, the Chicago-based serial entrepreneur best known for co-founding online daily deals site Groupon, has given rise to six of them, ...Read more

Cloud computing giant Oracle is laying off 101 employees in Seattle, less than a month after reducing its local workforce.

The cuts from the Austin, Texas-based company, disclosed Tuesday in a state regulatory filing, are the latest in a series of layoff waves hitting the tech industry this year. Since May, Oracle along with cybersecurity firm ...Read more

Next time a Starbucks barista tells you that your favorite latte flavor is out of stock, blame artificial intelligence.

The Seattle-based coffee giant said Wednesday that it is embracing AI technology to keep track of inventory in its coffeehouses.

Over the past few months, Starbucks rolled out “AI-powered automated counting” to assess ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Federal Aviation Administration declared Wednesday that a plan for SpaceX to expand its Falcon 9 launch and landing capacity at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station does not require an Environmental Impact Statement.

In March, the FAA posted a draft environmental assessment for SpaceX’s plans to increase launches from ...Read more

General Motors Co. worker Annie Ignaczak spent years walking in circles on concrete factory floors, assembling the same parts and counting down hundreds of pieces she and her coworkers needed to finish before lunch.

“You’re doing the same movement hundreds, if not thousands, of times every day for the week,” Ignaczak said. “It wears ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For more than two decades, satellites have tracked the total amounts of water held in glaciers, ice sheets, lakes, rivers, soil and the world’s vast natural reservoirs underground — aquifers. An extensive global analysis of that data now reveals fresh water is rapidly disappearing beneath much of humanity’s feet, and large ...Read more

A big part of being a gadget reviewer is figuring out the target market for the things I get to review.

I realized early on people don’t all have the same needs, especially when it comes to computers.

What I need to do on my computer as an IT guy and writer/reviewer is different from the computing needs of most people. Think about the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — They deliver packages, inspect power lines, patrol remote areas, find missing people and increasingly are deployed on the battlefield.

Drones, including those used by consumers, businesses and the military, accounted for a $73 billion global industry last year, some estimates show, with the market likely to more than double by ...Read more

On long trips, the landscape outside becomes a playground for the imagination. Mountains look like slumbering dinosaurs. The distance between street lights take on a rhythm. Game developer David Jaumandreau saw the potential for a whimsical video game.

He said when he goes on the train and looks out the window, he thinks about doing ...Read more

This week I was in a discussion with a person who heard a stranger's voice coming through their Wyze security camera. The person said they were not sharing the camera’s feed with anyone. They unplugged the camera, and they wanted to know what to do.

It is helpful to understand the different ways people would be able to access the cameras.

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With the Haikubox, there's no more guessing what species of bird that might be hanging right outside your door. Instead, the device, which is easy to use, records the birds' sounds, chirps and songs and sends the information to its database for identification.

The Haikubox has access to more than 282 million bird songs and sounds from more ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Serina Diniega always wanted to plant an avocado tree at her Altadena home, but now she worries the creamy green fruit might pose a threat.

Her yard was scorched in the Eaton fire as her block went up in flames. The planetary scientist’s house survived, but unseen contaminants could be lurking in the soil.

“What can I do to...Read more