To make AI morally good, tech companies are turning to religion. But some say it isn't that simple
Tech companies are increasingly turning to religion for guidance on developing ethical AI models
October 25, 2026Tech companies are increasingly turning to religion for guidance on developing ethical AI models
October 25, 2026How to catch the hunter’s moon this weekend — and maybe Saturn, too
October 25, 2026Americans vote on November 3 in midterm elections that will determine who controls Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump's term.
October 19, 2026With the two leading AI powers, the United States and China, forming their own AI blocs, other countries are maneuvering to harness the strengths of both groupings without alienating either and risking losing out
October 25, 2026The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 parishioners who say they were sexually abused by clergy have agreed to an $800 million settlement of their legal claims
October 24, 2026How reliant is Ukraine on US support – and could Kyiv carry on without it?
October 24, 2026New maps reveal who could see more snow during this year’s super El Niño
October 24, 2026Ukraine said on Saturday that the Starlink satellite system and its military version Starshield were now fully functional after over a week of restrictions that
October 24, 2026Ukraine's access to Starlink and Starshield satellite links has been restored to previous speeds, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
October 24, 2026Some campuses and workplaces are trying to foster more smiling and positivity, and experts say it can go a long way
October 24, 2026As automated vehicles such as robotaxis become more common on American streets, transit systems are debating whether to go driverless as well
October 24, 2026Johnson & Johnson on Saturday said its experimental once-daily oral prostate cancer drug caused tumors to disappear or shrink in an early-stage trial.
October 24, 2026Can electronic voting machines change your vote? Here’s what experts say
October 24, 2026Astronomers say van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ may have been inspired by real celestial arrangement
October 24, 2026Moonshot AI has reduced the cyber-offensive capabilities of its newest model, the Chinese startup said on Saturday, as fears grow that increasingly
October 24, 2026The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Vance has rapidly strengthened into a Category 2 storm as it nears Mexico’s Pacific Coast
October 23, 2026Well before the throttling this month of Ukraine's military access to Elon Musk's satellite communications system, the Biden and Trump
October 23, 2026The discovery of two serious flaws in PHP this week set off a global scramble to keep websites safe from hackers, showing just how critical the three-
October 23, 2026Genomic analysis of Nigeria's only confirmed Ebola case shows the virus is closely related to the strain detected in Kenya's index case,
October 23, 2026The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says he expects the use of nuclear power could more than triple by 2060
October 23, 2026NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years
October 23, 2026‘The most complicated launch campaign ever’: NASA lays out mad dash to test lunar landers
October 23, 2026OpenAI said on Friday it had resumed training of its most advanced AI models after tightening security and barring internet access, and disclosed a flaw in a widely used software
October 23, 2026Health Secretary Robert F.
October 23, 2026Stocks fell on Wall Street as the market came under increasing pressure from rising oil prices
October 23, 2026Big AI stocks were mixed on Friday, a day after the biggest decline in the Nasdaq Composite Index in four months, giving investors a welcome
October 23, 2026Kenya has recorded a second Ebola death, the health ministry said late on Friday, adding that the 65-year-old woman had developed symptoms during quarantine and was a close
October 23, 2026The shadow population of deceased relatives is more than three times as large as today’s living population.
October 23, 2026A US appeals court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration is not required under the US Constitution to give detained immigrants a chance to
October 23, 2026Birth control for rats? PETA suggests solution for Philadelphia's rat issue
October 23, 2026The police officer who shot and killed a 1-year-old boy in Mississippi when he fired into a moving vehicle while responding to a shoplifting call has resigned
October 23, 2026A crowd of South African men ran through the streets of Johannesburg in purple swim briefs to raise awareness about prostate cancer
October 23, 2026Vice President JD Vance is traveling the U.S. supporting Republican candidates, while another Vance is on a whirlwind tour off Mexico's Pacific Coast
October 23, 2026Smith & Nephew held talks to merge with Johnson & Johnson's orthopaedics division but the discussions collapsed over who would run the enlarged group, a
October 23, 2026Oil prices settled more than $3 higher on Friday, their highest in nearly six months after Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia stoked concerns over further
October 23, 2026A cybersecurity researcher explains how a flaw in widespread software makes millions of websites vulnerable to hackers – and underscores the role of AI in attacking and defending the internet.
October 23, 2026Secretaries of state are at the center of growing conflict over how election authority should be divided between states and the federal government. There are 26 elections for the job this November.
October 16, 2026Global data center spending is expected to hit $1 trillion in 2026 and more than double to $2.1 trillion by 2028, BofA Global Research
October 23, 2026Arkansas teen continues late mother's legacy of raising cancer research funds
October 23, 2026Telecom giants AT&T and T-Mobile are investing to safeguard customer data and network infrastructure from new cybersecurity threats as AI
October 23, 2026First Quantum Minerals plans to apply before year-end for Argentina's large-investment incentive regime for its Taca Taca copper project, Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno said on
October 23, 2026The US CDC on Friday reported 4,588 measles cases in the country as of October 22, up 178 from a week earlier, as an outbreak of the highly contagious disease continues.
October 23, 2026Meet D. rex, the newly crowned giant fungus ‘king’ that measures almost 2 feet tall
October 23, 2026The cost of building out the infrastructure needed to satisfy booming demand for artificial intelligence is changing the way major companies allocate resources
October 23, 2026From death row to a botched execution and back: A timeline of Christa Pike’s case
October 23, 2026SLB on Friday beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on strong demand for its oilfield equipment in North America and signaled an upbeat 2027 as Middle
October 23, 2026Apple's first folding phone, the iPhone Duo, hit stores around the world on Friday with a price tag of about
October 22, 2026Fuel cells are gaining traction among US hyperscalers racing to build data centers for the AI boom but struggling with grid constraints to
October 23, 2026The U.S. government has designated helium as a critical material because it’s indispensable for making semiconductors that are essential to energy generation, and the global supply is at risk of disruption
October 23, 2026Saudi Arabia appears to be expanding its ballistic missile factory to build larger solid-fuel missiles that could fly farther or carry heavier
October 23, 2026Moms try to get electric shock gloves out of their kids’ schools
October 23, 2026US-based Lyft unit Freenow and Baidu's Apollo Go unveiled the Chinese company's RT6 autonomous vehicle in London on Thursday and said they hope to launch
October 23, 2026China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for stronger governance of the deep sea, polar regions and outer space as he addressed the opening of the country's Global
October 23, 2026Forget ‘ferritin face’ — experts explain the truth about iron deficiency
October 23, 2026The combined China-India-Brazil market for weight-loss drugs could grow to $22 billion by 2035 from $6.6 billion currently, J.P.
October 23, 2026In a windy, remote oilfield in Argentina, Chevron is bringing in US workers, equipment and expertise, betting it can recreate the Permian Basin
October 23, 2026Advances in artificial intelligence have uncovered a stream of new software vulnerabilities that are almost certain to trigger more
October 23, 2026The Venezuelan opposition movement headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado is preparing for eventual elections, including a new effort
October 23, 2026Brazil's presidential election could be a turning point for the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest
October 23, 2026The Iran war’s toxic impact on one of the planet’s most unique seas
October 23, 2026What is Shamonda, the livestock virus found for the first time in a person in France?
October 23, 2026The destructive 1982-83 El Niño, then the strongest on record, eroded cliffs, leaving homes hanging precariously over the edges. A coastal scientist explains the escalating risks.
October 21, 2026China's Commerce Ministry urged the United States on Friday to "respect the facts" and immediately end what it called discriminatory measures against Chinese research
October 23, 2026The Bank of Japan warned on Friday of rising risks caused by AI, including growing cybersecurity threats and potential market shocks, that
October 23, 2026Jaguar Land Rover will recall 93,997 vehicles in the United States as the rearview camera image may fail to appear on the display, the US National Highway Traffic Safety
October 23, 2026Japan said on Friday it will set up a team to simulate cyberattacks using AI to identify weaknesses in technology systems as organisations scramble to curtail risks from
October 23, 2026Disaster-hit Nepal will receive $20 million from the United Nations to help the Himalayan country recover from the devastating floods that killed thousands and destroyed buildings, schools, roads and dams resulting in billions of dollars of damages
October 23, 2026OpenAI said on Friday it would collaborate with Poland’s NASK National Research Institute on AI safety, security and technical research, as rising incidents of rogue behaviour by AI
October 23, 2026China is combining militia vessels with coast guard ships to expand "battlefield preparation" around Taiwan and into the western Pacific,
October 23, 2026China's ruling Communist Party will gather some 300 of its highest-ranking members next week to discuss tightening discipline among its ranks, a conclave analysts say could
October 23, 2026AI developer MiniMax said on Friday it had completed the technology export registration with China's commerce ministry for open-source release and overseas licensing of "
October 23, 2026The world's oldest cave paintings on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are under threat as heat and smoke from the country's worst wildfires in more than a
October 23, 20267-magnitude earthquake hits Tibet, killing 16 and injuring dozens, Chinese state media reports
October 22, 2026An earthquake of magnitude 7 struck China's southwestern region of Tibet at around 10:33 p.m.
October 22, 2026Violent weather is thrashing the U.S. Southwest
October 22, 2026The Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday it has granted a waiver to Intel from its ban on some foreign-made advanced robotics to allow
October 22, 2026Microsoft researchers say an AI tool that diagnoses patients step by step, as doctors do, was more than twice as accurate as general physicians at solving complex
October 22, 2026An Idaho prosecutor is seeking the death penalty against a woman charged with murder in the deaths of her twin toddlers last year
October 21, 2026More than 50,000 people in Europe died this summer from heat, a record high amount, a new study finds
October 22, 2026‘Worst on record’: Brutal summer heat wave killed more than 50,000 in Europe’s cities
October 22, 2026The US nuclear power regulator finalized a rule on Thursday allowing companies to use data from demonstration projects at US agencies, calling it the first major change
October 22, 2026The US Department of Homeland Security oversaw 980,000 deportations during the first 18 months of President Donald Trump's second term, according to a
October 22, 2026A leading advocate for the Make America Healthy Again movement has resigned as a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Calley Means says he leaves with respect for President Donald Trump and Kennedy
October 22, 2026Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the Trump administration remains “full-bore ahead” with a sweeping reorganization of the Forest Service after a judge blocked the changes last week
October 22, 2026An intensifying El Niño-linked storm season this week brought flooding to Paraguay, killed two farm workers in Argentina's cattle belt and
October 22, 2026The US government will increase measures aimed at preventing entry by people exposed to Ebola with a new requirement for US-bound air travelers to
October 22, 2026The U_S_ Treasury Department has proposed a rule to crack down on American high-tech investments in China, Russia, North Korea and other “countries of concern."
October 22, 2026Gilead Sciences said on Thursday it will acquire PepStar Therapeutics' oral inflammation drug program, including an experimental bowel disease treatment, for $1.275
October 22, 2026The tab for the next round of the AI buildout came due on Thursday.
October 22, 2026A wave of worry around AI and tech crashed over global markets on Thursday, slamming equities and bond yields as investors sought the refuge of
October 22, 2026Moderna and Merck said on Thursday that their mRNA cancer vaccine when combined with Merck's widely used immunotherapy cut the risk of
October 22, 2026General Motors, the biggest customer of a US factory making rare earth magnets for electric vehicles, cancelled its long-term supply deal with the
October 22, 2026A first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine is helping significantly reduce the chances that melanoma patients' tumors return
October 22, 2026Experimental mRNA vaccine cuts risk melanoma returns by 42%
October 22, 2026Moderna's shares sank over 25% on Thursday as late-stage trial data for its personalized melanoma vaccine, developed with Merck, triggered what analysts called a
October 22, 2026France reported the first human case of the Shamonda virus usually found in livestock on Thursday in a hospital patient who died,
October 22, 2026Donald Trump said on Thursday that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk had restored Ukraine's Starlink access but the US president declined to
October 22, 2026The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the first Ebola patients confirmed in Kenya and Nigeria might have crossed paths at an airport in Uganda
October 22, 2026Nearly 1,000 Texas fourth graders dig into farming at hands-on Ag in the Classroom event
October 22, 2026