NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A U.S. airman has been charged with coercing a 9-year-old girl to share sexually explicit images of herself, after he posed as a 13-year-old on the gaming site Roblox. David Ibarra, 31, was arraigned Wednesday in a New York federal court after being arrested in February in Anchorage, Alaska, where he […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A Florida woman deployed a 鈥渂razen fraud鈥� to sell her student aid startup to JPMorgan Chase & Co. for $175 million after dramatically exaggerating its customer base, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday in a criminal trial’s closing argument. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Chiuchiolo urged a Manhattan federal court jury to convict […]
DENVER (AP) 鈥� As Americans struggle under backbreaking rental prices, builders are turning to innovative ways to churn out more housing, from 3D printing to assembling homes in an indoor factory to using hemp 鈥� yes, the marijuana cousin 鈥� to make building blocks for walls. It’s a response to the country’s shortfall of millions […]
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� More states are moving to ban or restrict cellphones in school, a trend that continues to win bipartisan support in legislatures. Senators in Georgia voted 54-2 on Tuesday to give final approval to a bill that would bans students in grades K-8 from using phones or other personal electronic devices during the […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A brand that was notoriously connected to music piracy before reemerging as a subscription music service has been sold to Infinite Reality for $207 million. The tech startup announced Tuesday it had bought Napster in hopes of transforming the streaming service into a social music platform where artists can connect with […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the texting of sensitive plans for a military strike against Yemen’s Houthis this month to a group chat that included a journalist, saying it was 鈥渢he only glitch in two months鈥� of his administration as Democratic lawmakers heaped criticism on the administration for handling highly sensitive […]
Waymo on Tuesday added Washington to its pioneering robotaxi service’s steadily expanding list of U.S. markets, although passengers will have to wait until next year until they can take a driverless ride around the nation’s capital city. For now, Waymo’s robotaxis will continue to map Washington’s streets and corridors with a safety driver sitting behind […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� For weeks, Democratic lawmakers have met with and mimicked figures they believe may offer them a path back to power in Washington: online influencers and content creators. Hours before President Donald Trump鈥檚 joint address to Congress this month, Senate Democrats huddled with a dozen online progressive personalities who have millions of followers. […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� The price of XRP jumped more than 8% Thursday after the CEO of cryptocurrency company Ripple said U.S. regulators have dropped its four-year-old case against the company. The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Ripple and two of its executives in late 2020 after they raised $1.4 billion by selling XRP crypto coins. […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� China’s leading supplier of LiDAR technology has denied a report saying it has links to the Chinese military, as the company awaits a U.S. court’s ruling on the U.S. government’s decision to include it in a Defense Department list of suppliers to the Chinese military . Hesai is the industry鈥檚 global leader […]
As a devastating wildfire burned through a Maui town, killing more than 100 people, emergency management employees traded dozens of text messages, creating a record that would later help investigators piece together the government’s response to the 2023 tragedy. One text exchange hinted officials might also be using a second, untraceable messaging service. 鈥淭hat’s what […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A former Meta official’s explosive insider account sold 60,000 copies in its first week and reached the top 10 on Amazon.com’s best-seller list amid efforts by the social media giant to discredit the book. Released last week by Mark Zuckerberg, Joel Kaplan and other executives and describes Zuckerberg’s alleged efforts to […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) 鈥� Taiwan鈥檚 President William Lai Ching-te said that a Taiwanese semiconductor company’s massive investment in Arizona is the 鈥渂est model鈥� for the island’s effort to build computer chips supply lines that don’t rely on Chinese producers, in remarks to the state鈥檚 visiting Governor Katie Hobbs. Taiwan鈥檚 leading chipmaker TSMC has committed $100 […]
Nvidia founder Jensen Huang kicked off the company’s artificial intelligence developer conference on Tuesday by telling a crowd of thousands that AI is going through 鈥渁n inflection point.鈥� GTC 2025, heralded as 鈥淎I Woodstock,鈥� is being hosted at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. Huang’s keynote has been focused on the company’s advancements in AI […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Google owner Alphabet will buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32 billion. The all-cash deal is set to boost Alphabet鈥檚 profile in the cloud computing market, a space currently led by Amazon and Microsoft. Once the transaction is closed, the company says Wiz will join Google Cloud. 鈥淭oday, businesses and governments that […]
PHOENIX (AP) 鈥� Arizona’s highest court has created a pair of AI-generated avatars to deliver news of every ruling issued by the justices, marking what is believed to be the first example in the U.S. of a state court system tapping artificial intelligence to build more human-like characters to connect with the public. A court […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� The videos roll through TikTok in 30-second flashes. Migrants trek in camouflage through dry desert terrain. Dune buggies roar up to the United States-Mexico border barrier. Families with young children pass through gaps in the wall. Helicopters, planes, yachts, tunnels and jet skis stand by for potential customers. Laced with emojis, […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning against a dangerous ransomware scheme. In an advisory posted earlier this week, government officials warned that a ransomware-as-a-service software called Medusa, which has launched ransomware attacks since 2021, has recently affected hundreds of people. Medusa uses phishing campaigns as […]
President Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday began making deep cuts to Voice of America and other government-run, pro-democracy programming as the president continued his campaign to restructure government without congressional approval. On Friday night, shortly after Congress passed its latest funding bill, Trump directed his administration to reduce the functions of several agencies to the […]
COULEE DAM, Wash. (AP) 鈥� Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect communities from floods, employees and industry experts warn. The Bureau of Reclamation provides water and hydropower to the public in 17 western states. Nearly 400 agency […]
Vice President JD Vance said Friday that he was hopeful a deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. will be wrapped up by the early April deadline. 鈥淭here will almost certainly be a high-level agreement that I think satisfies our national security concerns, allows there to be a distinct American TikTok enterprise,鈥� Vance said […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The U.S. stock market has just dropped 10% from its high set last month, hurt by worries about the economy and a global trade war. T he fall for the S&P 500 is steep enough that Wall Street has a name for it: a 鈥渃orrection.鈥� Such drops have happened regularly for […]
The Federal Trade Commission has walked back comments that a lack of resources is interfering with the agency鈥檚 ability to be ready for a September trial over Amazon鈥檚 Prime program. Jonathan Cohen, a lawyer for the FTC, had asked a federal judge during a hearing on Wednesday to delay the trail and relax deadlines in […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� If you’ve got a smartphone, you probably spend too much time on it 鈥� checking Instagram, watching silly TikTok videos, messaging on WhatsApp or doomscrolling on X. It can be hard to curb excessive use of smartphones and social media, which are addictive by design. Reducing your screen time is often more […]
