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The spring equinox is here. What does that mean?
Spring gets its official start Tuesday in the Northern Hemisphere. This year's vernal equinox arrives on Tuesday. But what does that mean? The Earth's axis is tilted at an angle as it travels around the sun. On the equinox, the Earth's…
From Asteroids to Guitar Hero, World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists draw from 4 decades
The 12 finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame this year represent four decades of play. They range from Atari Asteroids, which was played on coin-fed consoles in arcades beginning in 1979, to Guitar Hero, introduced in 2005. Other…
Apple App Store – Top Apps
Top Free iPhone Apps (US):
1. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu
2. Google, Google LLC
3. TikTok, TikTok Ltd.
4. SHEIN - Shopping Online, ROADGET BUSINESS PTE. LTD.
5. Instagram, Instagram, Inc.
6. ChatGPT, OpenAI
7. WhatsApp Messenger,…
Four astronauts from four countries return to Earth after six months in orbit
Four astronauts from four countries are back on Earth after catching a ride from the International Space Station with SpaceX. Their capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Panhandle early Tuesday. NASA's Jasmin Moghbeli…
Apple reverses course and clears way for Epic Games to set up rival iPhone app store in Europe
Apple has reversed course under regulatory pressure and cleared the way for a nettlesome adversary, video game maker Epic Games, to set up an alternative store for iPhone apps in Europe. The about-face disclosed Friday is the latest twist…
Apple App Store – Top Apps
Top Free iPhone Apps (US):
1. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu
2. Threads, an Instagram app, Instagram, Inc.
3. TikTok, TikTok Ltd.
4. ChatGPT, OpenAI
5. Google, Google LLC
6. SHEIN - Shopping Online, ROADGET BUSINESS PTE. LTD.
7.…
A month after cyberattack, Chicago children’s hospital says some systems are back online
Doctors and nurses at a premier Chicago children’s hospital can again access patients’ electronic medical records, more than a month after a cyberattack forced Lurie Children’s Hospital to take its networks offline. The hospital provided…
Former Twitter executives sue Elon Musk over firings, seek more than $128 million in severance
Former senior executives of Twitter are suing Elon Musk and X Corp., saying they are entitled to a total of more than $128 million in unpaid severance payments. Twitter’s former CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, Chief…
Sideways moon landing cuts mission short, private US lunar lander will stop working Tuesday
A private U.S. lunar lander is expected to stop working Tuesday, its mission cut short after landing sideways near the south pole of the moon. Intuitive Machines, the Houston company that built and flew the spacecraft, said Monday that…
Bill headed to South Dakota governor would allow museum’s taxidermy animals to find new homes
South Dakota's Legislature has made it easier for the city of Sioux Falls to find new homes for more than 150 taxidermy animals of its arsenic-contaminated collection. A bill headed to Gov. Kristi Noem's desk would allow the city to donate…
Astronomers spot new tiny moons around Neptune and Uranus
The moon count in our solar system just went up by three. Astronomers have found two previously unknown moons circling Neptune and one around Uranus. The distant tiny moons were spotted using powerful land-based telescopes in Hawaii and…
AP PHOTOS: Total solar eclipses through the decades
The complete shrouding of our sun by the moon has mesmerized humanity for millennia — a moment in time when skies darken and stillness creeps in.
It's spellbinding not only for the lucky ones in the path of total darkness, but also those…
Nvidia’s stock market value rose $273 billion in a day. How it rose to AI prominence, by the numbers
Nvidia’s stock price jumped 16% on Thursday, increasing the company's market value by a staggering $273 billion in just one day, a record amount. The jump came after the chipmaker posted stronger-than-expected results for its latest quarter…
Space telescope spies neutron star in the debris of famous supernova
Scientists have confirmed what became of a star that exploded in a stunning supernova visible to Earth more than three decades ago. It morphed into a neutron star, one of the oddest objects in the universe. Thursday's study in the journal…
How do whales sing? Lab experiments suggest their voice boxes have a unique feature
Whales sing loud enough that the sound travels through the ocean. But how they do that has been a mystery. A new study says whales have a specialized voice box that isn't seen in other animals. The study was too tiny to be definitive, but…
Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer discusses the current tech scene from vantage point of her AI startup
Marissa Mayer has long been an inspiration for innovative women battling to break through the gender barriers in the male-dominated technology industry. After graduating from Stanford University, Mayer joined Google in 1999 when the…