The grueling 135-mile journey of a 66-year-old runner through one of the hottest places on Earth
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — When the running gets hard in this desert dubbed “hell on Earth,” Danny Westergaard…
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ChatGPT helps write this mayor’s speeches. Now he wants a thousand city workers using AI
Before the mayor of San Jose, California, arrives at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new business, his aides ask ChatGPT…
Funders commit $1B toward developing AI tools for frontline workers
A coalition of funders, including the Gates Foundation and Ballmer Group, will spend $1 billion over 15 years to help…
Trump administration pulls $4B in federal funding for California’s bullet train project
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Trump administration revoked federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project on Wednesday, intensifying uncertainty about how…
One Tech Tip: How to clean your computer, earbuds and smartphone
LONDON — Smartphones, laptops, headphones and other electronic devices are essential for work and play in our daily lives. But…
Astronomers capture the birth of planets around baby sun outside our solar system
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby…
Nvidia CEO downplays role in lifting US ban on chip sales to China
BEIJING — The head of Nvidia downplayed his role in getting the U.S. government to lift a ban on selling…
A look inside a lab making the advanced fuel to power growing US nuclear energy ambitions
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Near signs that warn of radioactive risk at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a half-dozen workers from…
Some Australian dolphins use sponges to hunt fish, but it’s harder than it looks
WASHINGTON — Some dolphins in Australia have a special technique to flush fish from the seafloor. They hunt with a…
Robot umpires to make All-Star Game debut, another step toward possible regular-season use in 2026
ATLANTA — Tarik Skubal views the strike zone differently than robot umpires. “I have this thing where I think everything…