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China's Ministry of State Security says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths materials that it says threaten national security

In the last two months, dozens of Russian regions have been hit by cellphone connectivity outages

An advisory board convened by OpenAI says it should continue to be controlled by a nonprofit because the artificial intelligence technology it is developing is “too consequential” to be governed by a corporation alone

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years

Scientists were able to see the moment when planets began to form around a star.

San Jose’s mayor is using AI tools like ChatGPT to streamline city operations and improve services for its 1 million residents

For 37 years in a searing California desert, runners from across the globe have embarked on a 135-mile race through one of the hottest places on Earth

A coalition of philanthropic funders will spend $1 billion over 15 years to help develop artificial intelligence tools to help spur economic mobility

The Trump administration has revoked $4 billion in federal funding for California's long-delayed high speed rail project

Cleaning your electronic devices is essential for hygiene and performance

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star

At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, a half-dozen workers are making what appear to be gray billiard balls

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says export controls on advanced chips require companies to adapt

Some dolphins in Australia use sponges on their noses to hunt fish, a skill passed down through generations

ABC News contributor and astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi discusses the significance of the two-week mission as NASA plans to retire the International Space Station.

The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary are back on Earth

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang says the technology giant has won approval from the Trump administration to sell its advanced H20 computer chips used for artificial intelligence to China

Major League Baseball is testing automated ball-strike systems in the All-Star Game for the first time

The International Space Station's first visitors from India, Poland and Hungary are headed back to Earth

Axios tech policy reporter Maria Curi breaks down Elon Musk's unveiling of X's new AI chatbot, Grok, after it went on an antisemitic tear just last week.

A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019

The telescope continues to uncover previously unknown pockets of outer space.

A “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have made it easier for consumers to end unwanted subscriptions, has been blocked by a federal appeals court days before it was set to go into effect

Bitcoin has reached an all-time high, surpassing $118,000 as a flood of money moves into spot bitcoin ETFs, which have opened up cryptocurrency investing to millions

Wyoming's first new coal mine in 50 years is said to be opening soon but it won't rely on the fossil fuel to make money

A dinosaur fossil has been found in an unlikely place, a hole drilled under the parking lot of a Colorado museum where dinosaur skeletons are on display

UK police have arrested four people for cyberattacks targeting major British retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods

TikTok is facing a fresh European Union privacy investigation into user data transferred to China

Days earlier, Musk touted an update to the AI tool.

In a post on X regarding Grok’s praise of Hitler, Elon Musk said the AI chatbot had been "too eager to please and be manipulated, essentially. That is being addressed."

Samsung introduced several updates to its foldable devices lineup on Wednesday, with the new Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, and the new Z Flip 7 FE taking stage at the latest Unpacked event

Chipmaker Nvidia became the first public company to top $4 trillion in value on Wednesday after two-year investor frenzy

The chipmaker Nvidia surpassed $4 trillion in market valuation, the first company ever to do so

A “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have required businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships, has been blocked by a court days before it was set to go into effect

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is taking down antisemitic comments and other “inappropriate posts” made by its Grok chatbot, including some praising Adolf Hitler

A Turkish court has banned Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok from operating in Turkey

Union members have until July 9 at 5 p.m. Pacific to vote on a tentative contract between video game performers and their employers

Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech company known for its grand and controversial plans to bring back lost species

CNET consumer insights editor Dashia Milden shares tips on what we can do to best protect our online information as hackers seek to cash in.

Axios chief technology correspondent Ina Fried joined ABC News Live to discuss the impact artificial intelligence is having on the U.S. workforce.

Aflac, which boasts millions of customers, said it “identified suspicious activity” and “stopped the intrusion within hours.”

Astrophysicist Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi on SpaceX's Starship 36 exploding during a routine static fire test just after 11 p.m. local time on Wednesday night in Texas.

A SpaceX Starship rocket being tested in Texas exploded after the craft “experienced a major anomaly.”

Geoffrey Hinton says super-intelligent machines could one day decide that humans are no longer needed.

ABC News correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton receive an exclusive look at the first FDA trial testing robotic telesurgery with the surgeon in Florida, the patient with prostate cancer in Africa.

A Texas man was left stunned after spotting a robot dog being led through a San Antonio mall like it's the most natural thing in the world.