LOS ANGELES — Astronaut Victor Glover, a Southern California native who piloted NASA's Artemis II mission around the moon this year, is stepping back from the space agency.

He began a full-time leadership position at his alma mater, Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, on Sept. 1, according to a news release from the university.

As the only pilot to...Read more

Before “Resident Evil” or “Street Fighter,” “Mega Man” was the shining star for Capcom. The Blue Bomber was hugely popular on the NES, and the developer pushed what the system could do. It spawned several sequels, but the one-time mascot’s star faded over time.

Fans have demanded another “Mega Man” title, and Capcom is ...Read more

I enjoy cleaning my pool, but I enjoy it even more when I don’t have to, and it looks spotless. After using the Aiper Scuba V3 Ultra for the past few months, I actually find pool cleaning relaxing. I can honestly say my pool has never been cleaner, and the best part is that I can sit back on my lounge chair and let the robot do the work.

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I had to download a new insurance card today. In Texas, to get our cars registered, we have to show proof of insurance.

Back in the day, we’d get new proof of insurance cards twice a year. They’d show our expiration date and which cars were covered. I always kept one in my wallet and I’d stick one in my wife’s wallet.

These days ...Read more

Labor unions understand artificial intelligence isn't going anywhere.

The battle for them thus becomes ensuring that their members have a seat at the table to determine how that technology is implemented in their workplace and perhaps even find a way to benefit from it, as some forecast layoffs and major shifts in employment and economic ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — All railroad traffic connecting San Diego County with the rest of the nation was suspended again Tuesday as high tides and coastal erosion continued to chew away at the tracks in San Clemente in southern Orange County.

“Waves overtopped the tracks in the affected area and caused further deterioration (Monday night) along the ...Read more

Qualcomm on Tuesday struck a $60 billion deal with Amazon for the San Diego company’s AI data center chips, with Amazon also picking up the right to buy $4 billion of its stock.

“We used to be a smartphone company,” Qualcomm CFO and COO Akash Palkhiwala said at the Goldman Sachs investors summit in San Francisco, outlining the company’s...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A wrinkled Northern elephant seal named Violet slid out of a crate and onto San Pedro’s Cabrillo Beach on a muggy morning in late August.

The pinniped pup looked around quizzically with large, black eyes before lumbering into the surf with abandon — as only the young can.

Violet, named for the color of identifying crayon ...Read more

California’s new, first-of-its-kind “DROP” program enabling residents to have personal information deleted by data brokers depends on companies that have frequently failed to follow privacy law already on the books, new research from Stanford University suggests.

More than 600 companies have registered with the state as data brokers under...Read more

If you grew up in the United States in the 1980s or ’90s, chances are you remember The Oregon Trail. For many like me, it was our first computer game and our first introduction to wilderness survival. We hunted buffalo, forded rivers, broke wagon wheels and, of course, learned about dysentery years before Google even existed, all while ...Read more

As demand for artificial intelligence technology boosts construction and proposed construction of data centers around the world, those computers require not just electricity and land, but also a significant amount of water. Data centers use water directly, with cooling water pumped through pipes in and around the computer equipment. They also...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Twenty years later and the Kentucky bluegrass is still there. So are some of the invasive thistles, with their small thorns, as well as the tall thin reeds of the troublesome smooth brome.

But steadily, acre by acre, the native wildflowers and prairie grasses are returning to dominance in the Leif Mountain Preserve, an 850-acre ...Read more

DETROIT — The mid-summer heat dome kept Oak Park resident Chi Walker stuck in her house, fearing the extreme temperatures would trigger her asthma and land her in the hospital.

Wildfire smoke that rained ash onto the Upper Peninsula city of Marquette turned the popular Blackrocks Brewery patio into "a ghost town" during what should have been ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The countdown is on for where the new U.S. Space Academy will call home — and Florida leaders are throwing the state’s name in the ring.

“We strongly believe Florida is uniquely positioned to host this important institution,” a bipartisan letter from the state’s congressional delegation argued.

President Donald ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A gray wolf was spotted in Lake County, a bright sign that the recovering endangered species is expanding its presence in California, wildlife officials say.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife received two reports of a rare gray wolf sighting and photos of the carnivore in late August in an area where Mendocino, ...Read more

For decades, scientists have struggled to understand the potential link between global warming and El Niño — and whether human activity is making the already powerful climate phenomenon even more extreme and disruptive.

Evidence of a connection has remained elusive however, as El Niño is notoriously variable, making it difficult to ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration and his fearfully compliant congressional majority treat our public seas like a treasure chest to be looted. On election day this November, that record should weigh on the minds of voters who care about the economy and our blue world.

Trump’s personal hatred of offshore wind power (since Scotland ...Read more

The U.S. Constitution doesn’t provide a right to clean drinking water or accurate information from public officials, a divided federal appeals court ruled.

The decision affirms the dismissal of a lawsuit over alleged lead-contaminated drinking water in Jackson, Mississippi.

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found that the ...Read more

Apple Inc. has spent much of the past 15 years refining existing product lines and launching services to generate more recurring revenue. There have been a few fresh device categories, like the Apple Watch and AirPods, but no steady stream of new concepts.

That is all about to change, beginning next week at the company’s Sept. 9 “Surprise ...Read more