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Congress targets Chinese influence in health tech. It could come with tradeoffs

A San Jose-based biotechnology company that helps doctors detect genetic causes for cancer is among those that could be cut out of the U.S. market over ties to China
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A lab technician prepares DNA samples for analysis at Complete Genomics in San Jose, Calif., Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
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Viewers gather to watch a debate between Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Angry Elephant Bar and Grill, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Generative AI helps grieving family remember their daughter

One grieving dad in Taiwan is using generative A.I. to remember his deceased daughter. ABC News' Britt Clennett takes a look at how A.I. is expanding the limits of technology.
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VIDEO: Generative AI helps grieving family remember their daughter
September 12

North Korea discloses a uranium enrichment facility as Kim calls for more nuclear weapons

North Korea has offered a rare glimpse into a secretive facility to produce nuclear materials as it says leader Kim Jong Un visited the area and called for stronger efforts to increase his nuclear weapons
September 12
A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
September 12

The US is preparing criminal charges in Iran hack targeting Trump, AP sources say

The Justice Department is preparing criminal charges in connection with an Iranian hack that targeted Donald Trump’s presidential campaign
September 12
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks to the U.S. Attorneys who have gathered for their annual conference at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
September 12

Studies on pigeon-guided missiles, swimming abilities of dead fish among Ig Nobles winners

A study that explores the feasibility of using pigeons to guide missiles and one that looks at the swimming abilities of dead fish were among the winners of this year’s Ig Nobels, the prize for comical scientific achievement
September 12
FILE - Students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
September 12

AP sources: Justice Department preparing criminal charges in connection with Iranian hack of Trump campaign

AP sources: Justice Department preparing criminal charges in connection with Iranian hack of Trump campaign
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September 12

Top AI business leaders meet with Biden administration to discuss the emerging industry's needs

Top Biden administration officials have discussed the future of artificial intelligence with a group of executives from OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft and other companies
September 12
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
September 12

Tech companies commit to fighting harmful AI sexual imagery by curbing nudity from datasets

Several leading artificial intelligence companies pledged Thursday to remove nude images from the data sources they use to train their AI products, and committed to other safeguards to curb the spread of harmful sexual deepfake imagery
September 12
President Joe Biden speaks from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, during an event to celebrate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and to mark Disability Pride Month. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
September 12

US House clears a largely bipartisan package of bills to counter China

The U.S. House this week approved a sweeping package of bills to counter China’s influence
September 12
FILE - A worker assembles an SUV at a car plant of Li Auto, a major Chinese EV maker, in Changzhou in eastern China's Jiangsu province, March 27, 2024. (Chinatopix Via AP, File)
September 12

Solar storms may cause faint auroras overnight in parts of Northern Hemisphere

People in Canada and northern U.S. cities like Seattle and Minneapolis may see faint auroras late Thursday night and into Friday morning due to moderate solar storms
September 12
FILE - In this image taken with a long exposure, people look at the night sky towards the northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, May 10, 2024, in Estacada, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
September 12

Tech billionaire and SpaceX complete first private spacewalk high above Earth

Tech billionaire and SpaceX complete first private spacewalk high above Earth
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September 12

The first private spacewalk led by a tech billionaire gets underway

The first private spacewalk led by a tech billionaire gets underway
September 12
September 12

How social media became a storefront for deadly fake pills

Fentanyl overdoses have become a leading cause of death for minors in the last 5 years or so — and social media, where tainted, fake prescription drugs can be obtained with just a few clicks, is part of the problem
September 12
Mikayla Brown, left, and her husband, Tyler, hold hands as they walk toward their car after visiting the grave of their son, Elijah, who died of a fentanyl overdose at 15, in Paso Robles, Calif., Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
September 12

Billionaire's spacewalk delayed several hours hundreds of miles above Earth

A tech billionaire has performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth
September 12
This image made from a SpaceX video shows SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis emerging from the capsule, Thursday Sept. 12, 2024. (SpaceX via AP)
September 12

Colorado mining town's polluted legacy has a potential for profit, but some are wary of the risk

Piles of mine waste that loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville are a reminder of the city’s boom days
September 12
Gary Knippa, owner of CJK Milling, walks down the stairs at the company's mill in Leadville, Colo., on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
September 12

Pair of rare Amur tiger cubs debuting at Minnesota Zoo are raising hopes for the endangered species

A pair of rare Amur tiger cubs are making their public debut at the Minnesota Zoo, raising hopes for preserving an endangered species that’s native to far eastern Russia and northern China
September 12
Three-month-old Amur tiger cubs Amaliya explores her outdoor enclosure for the first time with their mother Dari at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, Minn. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP photo/Mark Vancleave)
September 12

Most Americans don't trust AI-powered election information: AP-NORC/USAFacts survey

A survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and USAFacts finds that a majority of Americans don't trust generative artificial intelligence models to give them accurate answers
September 12
FILE - A spool of stickers rests on a table at a polling station during Massachusetts state primary voting, Sept. 3, 2024, in Newton, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
September 11

Google's AI model faces European Union scrutiny from privacy watchdog

European Union regulators say they’re investigating one of Google’s artificial intelligence models over concerns about its compliance with the bloc’s strict data privacy rules
September 11
FILE - A moment of Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., on May 14, 2024. European Union regulators say they’re investigating one of Google’s artificial intelligence models over concerns about its compliance with the bloc’s strict data privacy rules. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
September 11

One Tech Tip: Ever wanted to quit Elon Musk's X platform? Here's how you can do it

Since Elon Musk acquired Twitter and renamed it X, a steady stream of celebrities, public figures, organizations and ordinary people have quit
September 11
Ana Claudia, a salesperson at a cell phone case store located inside the bus station, shows the last X post she received before the social media platform was blocked nationwide in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
September 11

Federal judge temporarily blocks Utah social media law aimed at protecting children

A federal judge in Utah temporarily blocked a social media access law aimed at protecting children’s privacy
September 11
FILE - Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during a news briefing during the final day of the Utah Legislature, March 1, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
September 11

A Soyuz craft with 2 Russians and 1 American docks at the International Space Station

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American has docked at the International Space Station
September 11
In this photo released by Roscosmos space corporation, the Soyuz-2.1 rocket booster with Soyuz MS-26 space ship carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off in the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Ivan Timoshenko, Roscosmos space corporation, via AP)
September 11

US-based researchers win $1 million prize for their work on face recognition

Four scientific researchers working in the United States are sharing a $1 million prize from a Portuguese foundation for their work on how the human brain distinguishes faces, shapes and colors
September 11
September 11

Spacewalking is the new domain of the rich as billionaire attempts first private spacewalk

Paying passengers have lined up to rocket to space to experience a few minutes of weightlessness
September 11
This image provided by SpaceX on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, shows a view of Earth and the Dragon capsule's Skywalker spacewalk platform shortly after the Polaris Dawn crew launched into an orbit. (SpaceX via AP)
September 11

Trump closing in on being able to sell his shares of Truth Social's parent company. But will he?

Donald Trump has more than last night’s debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on his mind
September 11
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the spin room after a presidential debate with Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
September 11

No neigh-sayers: Live horses join first-day veterinary students for anatomy lecture in Hungary

First-year veterinary students in Hungary are being joined by two full-grown horses in their lecture hall for the first anatomy lesson of their academic careers
September 11
Dr. Peter Sotonyi, rector of the University of Veterinary Medicine in Budapest, Hungary, shows the tongue of a horse during an anatomy lecture for first-year students, using a live horse, Monday, Sept 9. 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
September 11

James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader voice lives on through AI. Voice actors see promise and peril in that

Over the course of an acting career that spanned more than six decades, James Earl Jones’ voice became an indelible piece of his work as a performer
September 11
FILE - James Earl Jones poses with his honorary Oscar at the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen has died at age 93, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
September 10

Personal assistant convicted of dismembering his boss is sentenced to 40 years to life

A personal assistant convicted of killing and dismembering his former tech entrepreneur boss after stealing about $400,000 from him has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison
September 10
FILE - Tyrese Haspil is escorted out of the 7th precinct by NYPD detectives, July 17, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
September 10

Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative

Many of the expected conventions of music biopics are present in “Piece by Piece,” about the producer-turned-pop star Pharrell Williams, and “Better Man,” about the British singer Robbie Williams
September 10
Pharrell Williams and Mimi Valdez arrive on the red carpet for the premiere of 'Piece by Piece' at the Princess of Wales Theatre during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)
September 10

SpaceX launches billionaire to conduct the first private spacewalk

A billionaire has rocketed back into orbit, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk
September 10
This image provided by SpaceX on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, shows a view of Earth and the Dragon capsule's Skywalker spacewalk platform shortly after the Polaris Dawn crew launched into an orbit. (SpaceX via AP)
September 10

SpaceX launches billionaire and three others on a trip to conduct the first private spacewalk

SpaceX launches billionaire and three others on a trip to conduct the first private spacewalk
September 10
September 10

Australia proposes legal minimum age for children accessing social media

The Australian government has promised to legislate this year to enforce a minimum age for children to access social media but has yet to announce how ages will be verified
September 10
September 10

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines

Google has lost its final legal challenge against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine
September 10
FILE - In this April 17, 2007 file photo, exhibitors work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)
September 10

EU's top court dismisses Apple's final appeal against order to pay Ireland 13B euros in back taxes

The European Union’s top court has rejected Apple’s final legal challenge against an order from the bloc’s executive commission to repay 13 billion euros ($14.34 billion) in back taxes to Ireland, bringing an end to the long-running dispute
September 10
FILE - People wait in front of the Apple store in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 25, 2015. The European Union’s top court has rejected Apple’s final legal challenge against an order from the bloc’s executive commission to repay 13 billion euros in back taxes to Ireland, bringing an end to the long-running dispute (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
September 10

Pollution of the potent warming gas methane soars and people are mostly to blame

A new study says the amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, and it's helping to turbocharge climate change
September 10
FILE - A wastepicker walks past on a pile of garbage at a landfill in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
September 10

The European Union's top court rejects Apple's final appeal against order to repay 13 billion euros to Ireland

The European Union's top court rejects Apple's final appeal against order to repay 13 billion euros to Ireland
September 10
September 10

A robot begins removal of melted fuel from the Fukushima nuclear plant. It could take a century

A small robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday, beginning a two-week, high-stakes mission to retrieve for the first time a tiny amount of melted fuel debris from the bottom
September 10
In this photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), monitoring workers rearrange the push-in pipes into the right order, at Fukjushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings via AP)
September 09

A robot has begun a 2-week mission to retrieve melted fuel from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant

An extendable robot has begun a two-week mission to retrieve the first sample of melted fuel debris from inside one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
September 09
In this photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), monitoring workers rearrange the push-in pipes, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. An extendable robot began on Tuesday a two-week mission to retrieve the first sample of melted fuel debris from inside one of three damaged reactors at the nuclear power plant.(Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings via AP)
September 09

The iPhone 16, new AirPods and other highlights from Apple's product showcase

Apple has squarely shifted its focus toward artificial intelligence with the unveiling of its hotly anticipated iPhone 16 along with a slew of features coming with the next update to the device's operating system
September 09
The AirPods Max are displayed at Apple headquarters Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada)
September 09

NASA spacecraft to study Jupiter moon's underground ocean cleared for October launch

NASA has given the go-ahead to next month’s launch to Jupiter’s moon Europa
September 09
FILE - This image provided by NASA, processed by Kevin M. Gill, shows Jupiter's moon Europa captured by the Juno spacecraft on Sept. 29, 2022, with north to the left. Research published Monday, March 4, 2024, suggests there's less oxygen on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa than thought — and that could affect what if any life might be lurking in the moon's underground ocean. (Kevin M. Gill/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI via AP, File)
September 09

Ex-employees of Titanic submersible's owner to testify before Coast Guard panel

Former employees of the company that owned an experimental submersible that imploded on its way to the wreck of the Titanic are scheduled to testify before a Coast Guard investigatory board
September 09
FILE - This undated image provided by OceanGate Expeditions in June 2021 shows the company's Titan submersible. (OceanGate Expeditions via AP, File)
September 09

New York site chosen for factory to build high-speed trains for Las Vegas-California line

A site in New York state has been chosen to build trains for a new high-speed rail line being constructed between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area
September 09
FILE - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, file)
September 09

A capsule has been propelled through a hyperloop test tube in a step forward for the transit system

Hyperloop has achieved significant liftoff in the northern Netherlands
September 09
Technicians work in the control room at a testing ground for a high-speed transit system during a press tour of an European test center for hyperloop transportation technology in Veendam, northern Netherlands, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
September 09

Poland's cybersecurity experts foil Russian and Belarussian attacks

Poland's security officials say they have foiled cyberattacks and online blackmail attempts by groups acting for Russian and Belarusian services
September 09
September 09

Google faces a new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly

One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant is defending against another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company
September 09
Eric Mahr, left, a lawyer representing Google in the Department of Justice's antitrust case against the tech giant, returns to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia after a lunch break in the trial, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
September 08

The AI industry uses a light lobbying touch to educate Congress from a corporate perspective

Education has become a primary goal of artificial intelligence interests in Washington
September 08
FILE - The Capitol dome on Capitol Hill is seen through a glass structure in Washington, on April 6, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
September 08

Georgia school shooting highlights fears about classroom cellphone bans

The shooting at a Georgia high school has highlighted concerns raised about a growing effort to ban or restrict cellphones in the classroom
September 08
FILE - A student uses their cell phone after unlocking the pouch that secures it from use during the school day at Bayside Academy, Aug. 16, 2024, in San Mateo, Calif. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
September 08

Cars collect troves of data about traffic and road hazards. Should they share it?

Transportation officials are hoping a major investment in a technology allowing cars to talk to other cars about hazards on the road could be part of the solution to a recent surge in traffic deaths
September 08
A commuter bus equipped with a radio transmitter passes a connected traffic light on Redwood Road, part of an effort to improve safety and efficiency by allowing cars to communicate with the roadside infrastructure and one another, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, near Taylorsville, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
September 07

Former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory dead after car crash in New Mexico

He died at a hospital after a two-vehicle crash not far from the laboratory.
September 07
FILE - Charles McMillan, center, director of Los Alamos Laboratory, talks to reporters during a news conference in Los Alamos, N.M., June 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
September 07

Starliner capsule lands in Mexico without astronauts

The automated capsule landed in Mexico overnight without the American astronauts that were on board when it launched in June. They will return home with SpaceX when it flies to the ISS in February.
September 07
VIDEO: Starliner capsule lands in Mexico without astronauts
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