The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to stagger the release of an upcoming powerful artificial intelligence model, according to a person familiar with the matter, nearly two weeks after rival Anthropic PBC suspended its most capable offerings from the market under regulatory pressure.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman told ...Read more

BOSTON — Time to pull out the bug spray.

Bay State health officials have announced that West Nile virus was detected in mosquitoes for the first time this year.

The presence of WNV was confirmed by the Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory in a mosquito sample collected in Clarksburg — out in Berkshire County.

The Department of ...Read more

It’s been just shy of a month since a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on the pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, but the company announced all the debris has been cleared and reconstruction has begun.

“Quite a sight to see the progress this team has made since May 28,” CEO Dave Limp wrote on X with video of the ...Read more

DETROIT — The harmful algae bloom on Lake Erie will be moderate this year, similar to levels seen in 2022 and 2024, water quality scientists predicted Thursday.

Scientists from federal, Michigan and Ohio university labs presented their forecast for this summer's harmful algae bloom on Lake Erie from The Ohio State University's Stone Lab in ...Read more

When the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned green with algae just days after a US$15 million renovation, the U.S. government scrambled for chemicals and expensive technical solutions to fix the iconic landmark.

Trying to kill algae with chemicals is a common response when community ponds or other water features go green. But as a...Read more

Apple Inc. took the extreme measure of raising prices of all Macs, iPads, home devices and the Vision Pro on Thursday, seeking to offset cost hikes caused by an unprecedented shortage of memory chips and storage.

The price hikes, which went live on its online retail store Thursday, are in effect globally. The company did not raise iPhone, Apple...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Bob Blumenfield would like to see Angelenos’ old banana peels and moldy bread stay local.

The City Council member told a small crowd of waste advocates in front of City Hall this week that he was introducing a motion to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions by strengthening local composting infrastructure and decreasing...Read more

For about a decade, hundreds of deep-sea buoys off America’s coasts have been monitoring the conditions of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The streams of publicly available data they produce inform weather reports, generate valuable information about the planet’s changing climate and help the maritime industry and even the military maneuver...Read more

Drones could be a viable way to make transportation of potentially life-saving donated kidneys more efficient, according to a recent study conducted at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

On June 5, researchers had drones take human kidneys on two 15-minute flights in loops around NASA’s testing range beyond line-of-sight ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The U.S. Justice Department has reached a $450 million settlement with Chemours over the company’s release of “forever chemicals” in three states that exposed residents to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS.

The federal order announced Wednesday covers four Chemours facilities across West Virginia,...Read more

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, wants to “deliver personal superintelligence to everyone in the world.” And he’s calling on Qualcomm to help power it.

The San Diego chipmaker on Wednesday revealed Meta as its first major data center customer, announcing the partnership at an Investor Day event in New York City. The announcement is the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Stress on the San Andreas Fault System has reached a 1,000-year high, according to new research from the University of Hawaii.

Higher stress on a fault means the pressure that causes earthquakes is building.

But there’s no reason to be significantly more concerned than you were before hearing about the study, said Kate ...Read more

President Donald Trump is coming back to Pennsylvania in July to headline another technology summit — this time, about defense — hosted by Republican Sen. Dave McCormick.

“Last July, the President came to Pennsylvania and together we announced more than $90 billion in investments to strengthen America’s energy dominance and AI ...Read more

NV Energy projects data centers will drive a dramatic shift in Nevada’s energy landscape, growing from 5 percent of electricity sales today to 64 percent by 2046.

NV Energy is requesting $3.2 billion in transmission and substation upgrades, along with thousands of megawatts of new solar, battery storage and geothermal and natural gas ...Read more

Anthropic PBC accused Chinese technology giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. of waging a large-scale effort to “illicitly” access its Claude artificial intelligence model using thousands of fraudulent accounts that undermine the U.S. AI developer’s decision to keep its products out of China.

Anthropic claimed that a campaign by operators ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Southern Nevada Health District announced Wednesday that it has identified the first mosquitoes of the season to test positive for West Nile virus in the Las Vegas Valley.

According to the agency, the mosquitoes were collected in the 89121 ZIP code as part of the Health District’s ongoing mosquito surveillance program. The ...Read more

Sony Pictures will invest $100 million and take a minority stake in virtual reality venue operator Cosm, as the studio continues to build a business in communal experiences.

As part of the investment, Sony Pictures Chief Executive Ravi Ahuja will also join Cosm's board of directors, the studio said Wednesday. The size of Sony's minority stake ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court has declined to hear a case against UNC-Chapel Hill from an advocacy group seeking records the group said could shed light on the origins of COVID-19. The decision is likely the final word in a high-profile public records dispute dating back to 2020.

Carolina Journal first reported this story. ...Read more

American farmers are expected to plant several million fewer acres of corn in 2026 than they did in 2025, as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz throttles a key fertilizer trading corridor, along with the energy and raw materials needed to produce and transport fertilizer.

The closure is disrupting deliveries of about one-third of the...Read more

I woke up this morning to a thunderstorm.

I sleep with a CPAP machine for sleep apnea, and if the power goes out, I wake up pretty quickly when the machine stops working.

A while back I started plugging my CPAP into a portable power station, which stays plugged into the wall so if the power goes out, the power station’s battery will keep my ...Read more