The guardrails OpenAI put in place to protect teens don't seem to be working, according to a new report.

Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute rated ChatGPT for Teens an "Unacceptable Risk" for children under 18 in a study published Wednesday. The media and technology watchdog organization urged OpenAI to pause marketing the product ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Marvel Unlimited, the company's digital comics subscription service, is shutting down after 19 years.

Marvel announced Monday that it is launching Marvel Comics, a new digital comics app that will house more than 35,000 current and classic titles featuring Spider-Man, the X-Men, Captain Marvel and more from its extensive library...Read more

The International Space Station got a little less crowded Wednesday as the four members of Crew-12 climbed aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom, undocked and headed back to Earth.

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway along with European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev had been on board the ...Read more

In a recently published op-ed extolling the lifesaving virtues of federally funded research at institutions such as Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Sen. Dave McCormick called for doubling funding for the National Institutes of Health.

Good luck with that.

The Pennsylvania Republican is certainly right about the human and material value ...Read more

This week a reader writes, “I have an annoying issue with my MacBook Pro. I recently installed MacOS 27 but the problem has existed for years. When I highlight an email and hit delete or use the trash can symbol nothing happens. I have to (leave) then go back to my inbox to make the email disappear. In addition, if I select an email to read,...Read more

The “Gears of War” franchise has never been afraid to lean into the horrors of war. At its core, it’s a war story, one of scars and trauma and the terrible things people do by choice and by necessity. But not until “Gears of War: E-Day,” the latest entry in the 20-year-old first-person shooter series, has horror itself been so ...Read more

The Anker Solix E10 Home Backup System is one of those things you hope you never need, but if the power goes out, you'll be glad you have it. It keeps the lights on, your refrigerator running, and your home warm in the winter or cool in the summer. It's the kind of peace of mind that's hard to put a price on until you actually need it.

We all...Read more

The Scott River, which flows out of mountain forests into a broad valley near the California-Oregon border, provides vital habitat for salmon that swim upstream from the ocean to spawn in the fall and winter.

But this year, portions of the river have been transformed into stretches of dry sand and gravel, while farmers have kept hayfields green...Read more

Tens of thousands of acres within Florida’s three national forests could be opened to new road construction and logging under a proposed rollback of protections from the Trump administration, further imperiling wildlife and plants already squeezed by overdevelopment, environmental advocacy groups warned Monday.

The U.S. Department of ...Read more

A popular trail on North Carolina’s Bald Head Island has been closed due to “invasive yellow wasp” attacks on hikers, officials say.

The north side of the Bald Head Woods Reserve Trail will remain blocked at both ends until the nest can be eradicated, Bald Head Island officials said in an Oct. 2 news release. The south side of the trail ...Read more

With nearly eight months in space under their belt, the four members of Crew-12 are set to depart the International Space Station as early as Wednesday.

The quartet of NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force ...Read more

Over the past year and a half, a dozen states have embraced a new vision for solar power: small, cheap panels that can be hung from a balcony or porch, be plugged into a standard wall outlet and take a dent out of residents’ utility bills.

These systems, known as balcony solar or plug-in solar, are attractive because they can be installed ...Read more

The governor’s race and billionaire’s tax may have gotten more attention. But California voters — who have already begun receiving ballots in the mail for the Nov. 3 election — also will decide whether to keep in place or make changes to one of California’s most influential and contentious environmental laws.

The California Chamber of...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In a city that was built on oil and remains home to over 2,000 active wells, zoning officials are considering a first: shutting down an oil production site.

Residents of the Jefferson Park neighborhood just south of the 10 Freeway have been fighting for more than decade to close the 32 closely-packed oil and gas wells at the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A slate of projects aimed at preserving the future of the iconic Joshua tree has been scrapped after the Trump administration blocked more than $25 million in funding for national parks this year.

The funding already had been secured for more than 130 agreements with outside partners that would have supported projects in ...Read more

Qualcomm had a lot to talk about last week.

Beyond debuting new silicon designed to run AI processing on smartphones, glasses and earbuds, the San Diego semiconductor giant ended the event on Sept. 24 with a major update: a one-line statement confirming it extended its licensing agreement with Apple starting April 1, 2027 — the same day the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — San Diego County is preparing for the impacts of a climate phenomenon known as El Niño, a result of warmer water in the Pacific Ocean that could lead to anything from heavy rainfall and flooding to mudslides and power outages.

The region has already seen some of these effects with recent heat, big waves and coastal erosion.

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A white peacock affectionately known as Sugar, who was seen on video being struck by a postal worker, has made a full recovery and was relocated to a private ranch in Northern California this week, according to the Pasadena Humane Society.

The nonprofit organization said in a Facebook post that the bird had been in the care of its veterinary ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On the shores of Playa del Rey sits L.A.'s last line of defense against sewage streaming into the Santa Monica Bay — and a jacked El Niño this winter threatens to be more than a match for it.

Built in 1950, the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant handles roughly 95% of the city's sewage on any given day — up to 800 million ...Read more

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The Space Coast saw only one launch in all of September, but weather held Thursday and SpaceX knocked out two in just one day.

Under a half moon and skeins of streaking clouds over the launch site, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifted off from KSC’s Launch Complex 39-A following the flight earlier in the day of the Crew-13 ...Read more