New findings about an alien asteroid are out, and it’s all thanks to a New Jersey couple after an uninvited hazard crashed into their home two years ago.

In July 2024, a meteorite shot through the sky. Observers across the Northeast said they witnessed a fireball at the time.

Before reaching Earth, the asteroid had a mass of 115 pounds, ...Read more

International Business Machines Corp.’s warning this week that its sales are falling well short of expectations highlights a growing divide between artificial intelligence winners and everyone else in the tech universe.

On Tuesday, IBM said it failed to predict that its customers would shift their spending away from the company’s products ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In the middle of what experts expected to be a “very sharky” summer, a program that tracks great whites and helps beachgoers stay safe will soon run out of money.

Since 2018, the California Beach Shark Safety program at Cal State Long Beach has tagged great whites in local waters and shared their locations with lifeguards. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A major Southern California water agency has struck a deal with federal officials to boost water levels in Lake Mead, part of a broader effort to keep the country’s largest reservoir from reaching critically low levels — at least for a while longer.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s board of ...Read more

The Trump administration has decided that destroying the habitat of endangered species is not harmful.

Think about that.

Habitat loss is the No. 1 reason species become endangered. Red-cockaded woodpeckers need mature long-leaf pine forests to reproduce. Endangered western monarch butterflies depend on pesticide-free milkweed ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rattlesnakes can be found all over California, especially in hotspots such as Lake Berryessa, Carrizo Plain National Monument and the San Joaquin Valley.

In California, a number of animals hunt and kill rattlesnakes — including a particularly ravenous kind of reptile.

Certain snakes “will eat anything,” Cal Poly ...Read more

Wildfire smoke has been pouring across the northern U.S. from fires in Canada and Minnesota, turning skies an eerie shade of orange in several states in July 2026. In the West, smoke has also been spreading into communities in Colorado and neighboring states as more wildfires burn in hot, dry conditions.

University of Colorado ...Read more

SpaceX tried to get its 13th suborbital test flight of its Starship and Super Heavy rocket off the ground from Texas on Thursday, but its engines had an automatic shutdown just as they were beginning to fire with the countdown clock hitting zero.

“We’re not going to be launching today. We got all the way down to startup, triggered a hold on...Read more

SpaceX is set for the 13th suborbital test flight of its Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Texas on Thursday as it drives toward its goal of beginning operational missions from Florida.

The massive rocket looks to launch during a 90-minute window that opens at 6:45 p.m. from the company’s Starbase site on the southeast Texas coast. SpaceX ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX is set for the 13th suborbital test flight of its Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Texas on Thursday as it drives toward its goal of beginning operational missions from Florida.

The massive rocket looks to launch during a 90-minute window that opens at 6:45 p.m. from the company’s Starbase site on the southeast ...Read more

The artificial intelligence boom in the United States is being matched by a data center building boom. There are more than 3,000 data centers in the U.S. and another 1,500 in development, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.

While President Donald Trump has promoted AI advancement, calling it crucial to economic and national ...Read more

Ticks are small, and you might not notice when they bite, but the diseases they carry can dramatically harm your health.

Each year, deer ticks alone cause an estimated 476,000 new U.S. cases of Lyme disease, which can do long-term damage to a person’s joints, heart and nervous system. You may be hearing about the lone star tick, as ...Read more

Four new litters of red wolf pups were born in the wild this spring, giving hope for the conservation of the world’s most endangered canine.

According to recent reports from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Red Wolf Recovery Program, between 12 and 16 pups have survived their first months, the highest numbers recorded in several years. ...Read more

Last week I received an email from a reader that included the longest explanation of a problem that I can recall. I’m going to edit it way down for inclusion here.

“I am a 75-year-old, semi-tech-savvy, retired female. I know enough to trouble-shoot simple things, but when it gets too technical, I get overwhelmed. I was having a lot of ...Read more

I started playing video games when I was 4, and my son recently reached the same age. I’ve been trying to introduce him to the land of Mario, Pokémon and Lego superheroes. The problem is that the industry has changed a lot since Atari’s primitive graphics.

Games have grown more complex since “Yars’ Revenge.” They have open worlds, ...Read more

Ottocast’s Play2Video Ultra is the go-to accessory to turn your car’s display into an expanded entertainment hub.

Vehicle displays are only getting bigger and better, so why not take advantage during those unexpected moments of downtime? With the Play2Video Ultra, you can recline your seat while waiting at the airport for a delayed flight...Read more

More than 300,000 Californians have demanded that hundreds of data brokers erase information about their locations, finances, health and personal lives as the state’s first-in-the-nation Delete Act requires brokers to start the mandatory process of removing data on Aug. 1.

Brokers must start accessing deletion requests within 45 days after ...Read more

High-tech features are making vehicles more expensive and difficult to repair, putting pressure on already strained car owners and posing an existential crisis for mom-and-pop mechanics, analysts and consumer advocates say.

At issue is the shift from mostly mechanical vehicles to "big four-wheel rolling computers," as one auto industry analyst ...Read more

No morning ritual is safe from climate alarm. In June, the journal Nature declared that coffee is “critically threatened by climate change” and described scientists racing to save your espresso from “extinction.” The New York Times blames sky-high coffee prices on climate-driven supply crunches in Brazil and Vietnam. And your olive oil? ...Read more