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In the latest salvo between Hollywood and artificial intelligence companies, tech start-up Character.AI has removed many Disney characters from its chatbot platform after the Burbank entertainment giant sent the firm a cease-and-desist letter, alleging copyright infringement.

Chatbots on the Character.AI platform impersonated well-known Disney ...Read more

Sierra Space had been looking to join SpaceX and Northrop Grumman as one of three commercial resupply partners for NASA aiming to fly its Dream Chaser spacecraft to the International Space Station.

But now Dream Chaser won’t be guaranteed any flights to the space station after NASA and Sierra Space mutually agreed to adjust the contract.

The...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Facing mounting legal troubles and regulatory hurdles, the Texas-based firm trying to restart offshore oil production along Santa Barbara's coast is now considering a plan that would keep its controversial project entirely in federal waters — a move that appears to avoid further California oversight.

Sable Offshore Corp. ...Read more

From the Miami blue to the Schaus’ swallowtail, South Florida is home to many endangered and declining pollinator species that only exist here.

The Miami blue butterfly alone has dropped by a minimum of 99% in area of occupancy and population size since 1992. To find out what’s happening, the Herald spoke to a conservation and research ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday announced a series of actions intended to boost coal mining and electric generation, its latest move in a government-wide effort to reverse the fuel’s decline.

The announcements from the EPA, Energy and Interior departments are intended to bolster the domestic coal industry at a time of ...Read more

The company behind ChatGPT, OpenAI, launched new parental controls for teen accounts on Monday, a month after a California family filed a lawsuit alleging that its chatbot encouraged their son to take his life.

With the new controls being rolled out starting Monday, parents can set specific hours when their kids cannot use ChatGPT, turn off ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The four astronauts set to climb aboard the first Orion spacecraft to fly humans have already given it a name.

In a press conference this week from Houston, Artemis II commander and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman revealed their minibus-sized capsule has been officially named Integrity.

He’ll join fellow NASA astronauts Victor ...Read more

Chicago has quickly emerged as a hub for quantum computing, with the state of Illinois and technology companies pouring millions of dollars into developing a campus to build the world’s first commercially viable quantum computer on the city’s Southeast Side.

But what does a quantum computer even look like? And how do they work?

Those are ...Read more

One weapon being tested can be dropped into the stratosphere thousands of miles from its target and can deliver an explosive with precision even without GPS.

Another is a cruise missile that takes off vertically without a runway so it can deliver a strike from at least 180 miles with the accuracy of a helicopter-launched rocket.

The weapons ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The number of whales getting tangled up in fishing nets, line, buoys and other miscellaneous rope off the coasts of the United States hit a record high in 2024, with California taking the ignominious lead.

According to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, there were 95 confirmed entangled whales in U.S. ...Read more

A busy week on Florida's Space Coast saw two rockets launch within hours of one another as both SpaceX and United Launch Alliance had missions to proliferate a pair of competing satellite constellations.

The second launch came amid clear, blue skies as a ULA Atlas V lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 ...Read more

Spotify has removed more than 75 million AI-generated "spammy" music tracks from its platform over the past 12 months, the company said Thursday, stepping up its crackdown on unauthorized AI-generated use of artists' voices.

The Swedish audio company said it would improve its enforcement of impersonation violations, launch a new spam filtering ...Read more

What is a crocodile native to South America doing in Michigan, where encounters are more likely with suburban streets than with the wetlands it calls home?

It’s a question Hampton Township officers may never get an answer for after their odd Sept. 23 discovery.

“In my 29 years of service, I’ve never had a call like this before,” ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. -- In about 30 acres of dense forest in the Litchfield Hills, a team of foresters and researchers are pioneering new forest management techniques that they say can be replicated throughout New England to make trees more resilient to stressors like climate change.

Great Mountain Forest, one of the largest conservation easements ...Read more

China, the world’s largest polluter, set a target to cut economywide net greenhouse gas emissions 7% to 10% over the next decade, a strategy that’s seen as too modest to put the nation on a path to net zero and galvanize global climate action.

The promised reduction from China’s peak levels — while “striving to do better” — ...Read more

Intel Corp. has approached Apple Inc. about securing an investment in the ailing chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter, part of efforts to bolster a business that’s now partially owned by the US government.

Apple and Intel also have discussed how to work more closely together, said the people, who asked not to be identified ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized President Trump’s rejection of climate science as economic self-sabotage and “an abomination,” warning the country is “doubling down on stupid.”

The remarks came a day after Trump told world leaders at the United Nations that climate change is a “hoax” and “the greatest con ...Read more

Colorado’s wolves returned to areas near the Utah border this month, though most wolf activity remained confined to the state’s more mountainous terrain.

At least one wolf was present in the watersheds north and west of Grand Junction, according to a map released Wednesday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The map identifies watersheds where ...Read more