CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson faced boos from a crowd of anti-data center activists on the South Side Saturday after not disavowing the massive “Quantum Shore” development, even as he said it will not include a data center.

Fresh off an executive order more strictly regulating the construction of data centers in Chicago, Johnson ...Read more

Consumers from the Los Angeles region who order through Grubhub will soon have some of their orders delivered by four-wheeled robots.

Serve Robotics, which operates 500 robots across 40 neighborhoods in Los Angeles, has partnered with food marketplace Grubhub. Through this partnership, robot delivery is now available to nearly 200 local ...Read more

Meta Platforms Inc. is headed to court Tuesday for a high-stakes showdown with a coalition of state attorneys general over claims that the company deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to encourage compulsive use among young users.

In a case that carries enormous risk for one of the world’s most valuable tech companies, the top legal ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland’s third beaver attack this summer was different than the others — as of Monday, officials still haven’t been able to capture a live animal to test it for rabies.

In Montgomery County’s Seneca Creek State Park, where a beaver attacked a 10-year-old girl at summer camp, the environment contains “a stream that is ...Read more

The artificial intelligence boom is driving unprecedented demand for data centers, raising concerns about their growing energy consumption, water use and carbon footprint. These challenges are making companies look beyond traditional land-based data centers.

Some developers are now exploring the ocean as a new location for AI ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — As spring rolls into Idaho every year, the snow starts to melt and the chilly water flows down the mountains through soil and streams. Water that isn’t trapped in dams or pulled from wells or rivers eventually reaches the Pacific Ocean.

These high spring flows are sorely missed come summer, especially in years like this, when...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX launched eight satellites responsible for emergency SOS alerts on Saturday night and made a land recovery of the rocket’s booster that brought a sonic boom to parts of Central Florida.

A Falcon 9 rocket on the Globalstar 2-R Launch 1 mission lifted off at 9:12 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX is set to launch eight satellites responsible for emergency SOS alerts on Saturday night and attempt a land recovery of the rocket’s booster that could bring a sonic boom to Central Florida.

A Falcon 9 rocket on the Globalstar 2-R Launch 1 mission is targeting a 9:12 p.m. at the opening of a 15-minute window to lift ...Read more

The Trump administration is imposing tariffs of as much as 100% on imported drones and their components, escalating efforts to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign suppliers and potentially accelerating a decoupling of drone supply chains with China.

The top rate will apply to heavier drones — weighing more than 25 kilograms — or those that ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It may be too soon to tell, but Big Bear bald eagle Shadow — the former mate of the recently deceased Jackie — may have a new partner.

Friends of Big Bear Valley, the group that runs the 24/7 livestream of the eagles, reported Thursday via social media that Shadow has been seen in the nest with a young adult eagle believed ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he’ll definitely be flying in a new air show announced Friday coming to Kennedy Space Center this fall.

But he’s most excited about the astronauts that are expected to take part in the Max Power event set to welcome guests to the former shuttle landing facility on Nov. 7 and 8....Read more

A nuclear safety watchdog group says it has obtained formerly hidden information that bolsters arguments against building atomic weapons plants in New Mexico and South Carolina — but a key federal agency doesn’t see it that way.

The federal government has released sections of a report, sought by environmental groups opposed to spending ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Villanova astrophysicist Becka Phillipson wondered what a black hole might sound like.

She found an answer by translating X-ray data from a black hole system into musical notes.

The first time she listened to the audio, the cacophony reminded her of someone pressing every key on an organ at once.

After roughly 30 seconds of ...Read more

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Just days after the Trump administration launched proceedings that could limit California’s ability to protect its iconic shoreline, the state’s top coastal officials reasserted their authority by voting unanimously against an oil company’s controversial bid to restart underwater fracking operations.

This is the ...Read more

Retailers are buying robots in record numbers, and you’ve probably seen them in stores around San Diego.

San Diego robotics company Brain Corp has deployed more than 50,000 robots around the world with its AI software and reported record growth of 68% in sales this year. Now these robots are working overtime in stores from Walmart and Sam’s...Read more

Z.ai Co. is set to upgrade its flagship AI model, joining a series of Chinese open-weight offerings seeking to outcompete Anthropic PBC and OpenAI.

The next iteration from the Beijing-based company, GLM-5.3, will bring improved coding capabilities that will help it close the gap on AI leaderboard toppers like Anthropic’s Fable 5, the company ...Read more

The Trump administration is imposing tariffs of as much as 100% on imported drones and their components, escalating efforts to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign suppliers and potentially accelerating a decoupling of drone supply chains with China.

The top rate will apply to heavier drones — weighing more than 25 kilograms — or those that ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration has quietly let lapse a program for young leaders at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The Times has learned. In its place, California will launch its own council for young people looking to get involved with environmental issues at the state level.

The California EPA’s Environmental Youth ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff’s request for $32 million in emergency funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to combat California’s growing glassy-winged sharpshooter problem has been rejected.

Glassy-winged sharpshooters were found on grapevines and ornamental plants sold at Costco stores in dozens ...Read more