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If you follow the Trump administration’s social media posts, you might spot its new mascot: a cartoon lump of coal with big eyes and babylike features. “Coalie” sparked a backlash almost as soon as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum debuted it for the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement in early 2026.

Coalie’s ...Read more

While the timeline remains uncertain for when Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket will be allowed to fly again, Jeff Bezos’ company is pushing forward in getting all the parts in place for its first mission to the moon.

The company posted images of continued testing for the Blue Moon MK1 lander, named Endurance, which is undergoing radio ...Read more

Anthropic PBC has signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bolster computing resources and meet surging demand for its Claude artificial intelligence software.

Anthropic plans to access more than 300 megawatts of computing capacity from a large SpaceX data center in Memphis known as Colossus 1, the companies said on Wednesday. Anthropic...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Wednesday ruling by an Anchorage Superior Court judge clears the way for the state Department of Fish and Game to kill large numbers of bears in Southwest Alaska this month.

Opponents of the state’s predator control program around the Mulchatna caribou herd are suing to overturn its expansion, arguing it violates ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, long the centerpiece of the city’s waterfront revival strategy, is showing worsening water quality even as some surrounding waterways improve — a split result that is intensifying debate over whether decades of infrastructure promises are finally working or still falling short.

A report released ...Read more

Some iPhone users could be eligible to collect up to $95 per device as part of a settlement over allegations that Apple misled consumers about the abilities of its artificial intelligence-powered features.

This week, Apple said it reached a $250 million settlement to resolve class-action lawsuits filed against the Cupertino, California, ...Read more

One of the United States’ largest fisheries is hiding in plain sight. Recreational freshwater anglers in the lower 48 states catch – and keep – far more fish than any official body has estimated, according to new research from our team of North American fishery scientists.

Specifically, our analysis, which integrated thousands ...Read more

A grisly investigation is underway in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, after nearly three dozen federally protected birds were killed and “dumped” along a scenic parkway, according to the National Park Service.

The birds have been identified as black vultures, a species with a wing span of nearly 5 feet and a penchant for eating dead ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is getting worse — even as other waterways in the region show signs of recovery, according to a new report that sharpens concerns about the city’s long-running struggle with pollution.

A report released Wednesday by Blue Water Baltimore found water quality in the Inner Harbor has declined over the ...Read more

Hero charger saves the day: I just got a new charger and had not planned on writing about it so soon, but it immediately proved its worth so I am going to relate the experience while it is fresh in my mind.

I am writing this week's column from the Cabana Bay Beach Resort at Universal Orlando, my very favorite hotel worldwide for its immersive ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — For years, Qualcomm and Apple were the hottest couple in tech.

Qualcomm’s chips crammed high-speed internet and desktop computing into a device that fits in your pocket. Minting billions, their partnership rewired the world.

Apple and Qualcomm were together exclusively for almost a decade. Then they started to fight.

The last ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Li Gordon-Washington, 25, was at 15th and Locust Streets when an Uber autonomous delivery bot bumped into her from behind.

“I didn’t see it coming,” said Gordon-Washington, who kicked it in a knee-jerk reaction last month. “It kept coming at me, like once or twice more.”

Gordon-Washington was able to walk away as ...Read more

With U.S. electricity demand starting to rise quickly and expected to continue rising, largely because of the power needed for data centers that process artificial intelligence, people are looking for almost any potential solution.

And people are warning that the full projected demand may not actually develop, which could make massive...Read more

Colorado’s two largest fires on record, the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires, burned hundreds of thousands of acres across some of the state’s most visited landscapes in 2020.

The fires scorched trails, campgrounds and beloved ecosystems in and around Rocky Mountain National Park and the Arapahoe and Roosevelt national ...Read more

On the evening of Aug. 9, 2025, passengers on the Hanse Explorer finished taking selfies and videos of the South Sawyer Glacier, and the ship headed back down the fjord. Twelve hours later, a landslide from the adjacent mountain unexpectedly collapsed into the fjord, initiating the second-highest tsunami in recorded history.

We ...Read more

I love getting emails from readers – it’s what makes this column fun to write.

Interacting with people and finding out what they want to know about is great.

My recent column about technology helping people age in place and face the challenges of keeping up with technology as they age brought more emails than any topic I’ve covered in ...Read more

Housemarque built its reputation on bullet hell games, arcade shooters that demand precise control and quick-twitch reactions for success. The studio stood out with titles such as“Super Stardust HD” that rode the wave of success of “Geometry Wars,” but the Finnish developer showed that it had more to offer with the release of “...Read more

The Artemis II mission was a rare moment in history when it felt as though the world was tuned into one channel. The four-person crew’s trip around the moon was a journey not seen in more than 50 years, and after it was over, it left an enormous hole in the public mind. Folks were going through lunar mission withdrawal.

One way to satiate ...Read more

There’s no doubt that the Woojer Mat was one of the most enjoyable products I’ve tested; it’s an incredible gadget to experience.

It’s officially described as a high-fidelity haptic wellness mat that turns sound into full-body sensations, delivering spa-level vibroacoustic therapy in a compact, portable size. It’s designed to ...Read more

Serve Robotics has deployed more than 500 sidewalk delivery robots across 40 Los Angeles neighborhoods, up from just two neighborhoods in 2023, as the California company races to prove that autonomous machines can replace human couriers.

The company, which spun out of Uber's Postmates in 2021, has expanded to six metropolitan areas covering 20 ...Read more