WASHINGTON — A U.S. Space Force and NASA experiment lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia Dec. 18 at 12:03 a.m. Eastern to test a new small-satellite architecture ...

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Yes, every question you ask AI uses up water—and many are worried. A recent University of Chicago survey revealed that 4 in 10 U.S. adults are “extremely” worried about artificial intelligence’s ...

New findings challenge the widespread belief that AI is an environmental villain. By analyzing U.S. economic data and AI usage across industries, researchers discovered that AI’s energy ...

A Firestorm xCell micro 3D printing factory loading onto a C-130 to print Tempest UAV systems at a U.S. Air Force base. Inside a standard shipping container, a "factory-in-a-box" hums to life. It is ...

Ever use an AI chatbot? If so, it's collecting your data. In most cases, it's used to personalize future responses, but some companies use the information you feed it to train their AI. Others even ...

An all-hands-on-deck effort, tens of millions in funding and a breakthrough herbicide are slowing but not halting a destructive force steadily enveloping the best sagebrush left on Earth, including in ...

The trial of a former NYPD officer accused of assaulting two men inside Manhattan Central Booking is coming to an end, and the jury will soon have to weigh a complex legal question: When does a police ...

Vox journalists forecast what 2026 could bring — from AI and climate to politics, health, and the economy — based on trends ...