Technology

DEPOE BAY, Ore. — Tourists, nature lovers and amateur scientists are whipping out their cameras to document the effects of extreme high tides on shorelines from the United States to New Zealand, and by doing so are helping better predict what rising sea levels will mean for coastal communities around the world. A network of […]

Some Google users who exported their private videos to a Google storage program may have had their videos sent to total strangers, the tech giant said this week. A technical issue in November caused some videos that users exported to the backup storage program Download Your Data (formerly Google Takeout) to be unintentionally sent to

The luxury resorts along serene white-sand beaches have long propped up the economy of Anguilla, a tiny British territory in the Caribbean. But the island is also the lucky financial beneficiary of two hot trends in technology: artificial intelligence and vanity internet addresses. Anguilla is the landlord for internet addresses that end in “.ai” —

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store February 4, 2020, 8:49 PM 2 min read App Store Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Plague Inc., Ndemic Creations 2. TouchRetouch, ADVA Soft GmbH 3. Minecraft, Mojang 4. Bloons TD 6, Ninja Kiwi 5. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 6. Procreate Pocket, Savage Interactive Pty Ltd 7.

Twitter, bowing to pressure from its users, said on Tuesday that it would more aggressively scrutinize fake or altered photos and videos. Starting in March, the company said, it will add labels or take down tweets carrying manipulated images and videos. The move, while short of an outright ban, was announced one day after YouTube

Fabric curtains stretch across the huge Warragamba Dam to trap ash and sediment expected to wash off wildfire-scorched slopes and into the reservoir that holds 80% of untreated drinking water for the Greater Sydney area. In Australia‘s national capital of Canberra, where a state of emergency was declared on Friday because of an out-of-control forest

There’s a new rocket ship from Elon Musk: Tesla’s stock. The electric-car manufacturer’s shares were trading above $920 on Tuesday afternoon, up from $650 at the end of last week — a gain of more than 40 percent. Since Jan. 1, the price has more than doubled. You can credit much of the increase to

In a story published January 24, 2020, The Associated Press reported that many voting-integrity activists objected to the choice of Smartmatic for Los Angeles County’s new voting system February 4, 2020, 6:29 PM 1 min read In a story published January 24, 2020, The Associated Press reported that many voting-integrity activists objected to the choice

LOS ANGELES — Disney is expected to report mixed quarterly results on Tuesday, with per-share profit estimated to decline by about 20 percent and revenue climb by 36 percent. Costs associated with building its Disney Plus streaming service will occupy much of the gap. But all that investors and Disney’s Hollywood competitors will be looking

NEW ORLEANS — A new disease has caused open sores that can eat into the muscles of invasive lionfish and appears to have contributed to an abrupt drop in their numbers in the northern Gulf of Mexico, scientists reported Tuesday. But they hasten to say it’s probably far from the end of the showy invader