Another powerful new artificial intelligence model from China is taking the U.S. tech industry by surprise.

America's most daring, extraordinary feat, landing astronauts on the moon, remains the pinnacle of achievement by anyone anywhere.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for more global cooperation in the development and governance of artificial intelligence, while promising support for other countries.

SpaceX's next Starship test flight is off until at least next week after a last-second abort on the pad.

The White House says President Donald Trump's teleprompter operator is on unpaid leave after reports that he used his inside knowledge to make bets about the president's speeches on the online prediction market Kalshi.

Federal safety investigators say the driver of a runaway Tesla that killed a grandmother in her home last month had pressed the accelerator to full speed, suggesting the vehicle’s self-driving software was not to blame.

There have been three recent contamination events inside the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, South Africa’s nuclear regulator said.

The European Union has issued new rules for Google, requiring it to share search data and open its Android system to rival AI companies.

A study shows major artificial intelligence models are likely to refuse to criticize restrictive leaders worldwide.

Japanese communications company Fujitsu is leading a major push in artificial intelligence and robotics using Nvidia’s technology to develop “physical AI.”.

Major Taiwan computer chipmaker TSMC says it plans to spend another $100 billion on expanding its manufacturing capacity in the United States.

YouTube has appealed a landmark social media addiction lawsuit verdict in Los Angeles.

Amazon says that the technology company will launch its new satellite internet service Amazon Leo in South Africa in 2027.

Luminate’s 2026 Midyear Report reveals key streaming trends in music, film and TV.

The British government has announced plans for a six-hour social media curfew from midnight for 16- and 17-year-olds.

President Donald Trump has addressed a defense summit at the U.S. Army War College, but he focused more on political themes than battlefield issues.

A group of 26 Meta employees has sued the company, claiming it used artificial intelligence systems that disproportionately targeted those on medical or family leave for layoffs.

Electric air taxis could be coming to Central Florida sooner than many expect, and Kissimmee Gateway Airport is already laying the groundwork.

Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group’s CEO Masayoshi Son has ridiculed people who worry about a bubble in artificial intelligence investments.

New York is blocking new large data centers that fuel artificial intelligence for up to a year to protect the environment and energy grid.

China has reported its export picked up pace in June, jumping 27% from a year earlier thanks to strong demand from the boom in artificial intelligence.

Hundreds of economists urge immediate action to address AI's potential impact on the economy.

A Massachusetts man has been found guilty of conspiring to unlawfully export electronic components to Iran, violating U.S. sanctions.

A top European Union official is calling for limits on children using social media.

The European Union has imposed sanctions on Russian military intelligence officers, hackers, and private companies.

Renewable energy allies are trying to ensure that massive data centers will be powered by climate-friendly sources.

Erling Haaland has become a social media sensation during the World Cup.

Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, is appealing the verdict of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles.

Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets as it seeks to build its own hardware for ChatGPT.

Shares of South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix rose nearly 13% as they made their debut on Wall Street, at a time when demand for chips is surging thanks to the frenzy around artificial intelligence.

The European Union is accusing Meta of breaching social media laws by designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive.

Senior British policing officials say technology and online platforms are increasingly being exploited for threats to the United Kingdom.

AI notetakers can quickly summarize meetings and create to-do lists, but they raise privacy concerns.

The New York Times, the Daily News and other media outlets are asking a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, escalating a legal fight over artificial intelligence and copyright that could shape the future of a struggling news industry.

A German investigation into an online predator network that thrived on the messaging app Telegram for years has led to the convictions of four alleged members of the group's inner circle.

A Google executive has told an inquiry that a YouTube video that falsely claims a wounded survivor of an antisemitic massacre in Sydney is a crisis actor blooded with makeup met the platform’s standards and would remain online.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block Texas from enforcing a state law that requires age verification and parental consent for users seeking to download apps or make in-app purchases on mobile phones.

Microsoft has announced it is cutting 4,800 jobs, including many in its Xbox division.

An AI program in the state of Utah has sparked a vigorous debate about the role of the technology in health care.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned senators who blocked changes to the social media ban for children.

Extreme heat like the weather sweeping the eastern U.S. drives up energy demands for data centers, adding to their strain on power grids and worsening air quality for surrounding areas.

The United States is rapidly building what it calls a “smart wall” on the Mexico border, combining tall steel fencing with advanced technology like sensors and cameras.

The owner of AOL and other tech businesses hit Wall Street with a $1.7 billion initial public offering Wednesday.

The Trump administration has lifted restrictions on artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s latest versions of its Claude chatbot, ending a weekslong ban tied to cybersecurity concerns.

“Artificial,” Luca Guadagnino’s starry film about Sam Altman and OpenAI, has been acquired by the indie distributor Neon after it was dropped by Amazon MGM Studios.

The next time you get a trophy on a smartphone app, it might not be from a game.

Natural gas could start flowing from two undersea deposits ExxonMobil discovered off Cyprus by 2033, the company's Vice President of Global Exploration John Ardill said, helping to turn the east Mediterranean island nation into a new European energy hub.

WhatsApp users will soon have the option to use usernames instead of phone numbers.

Kara Swisher is expanding her influence from tech journalism to politics.

South Korean tech giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plan to invest a combined $518 billion in a new computer chip manufacturing hub, capitalizing on surging artificial intelligence-driven demand.

OpenAI has restricted the release of its new AI model at the request of President Donald Trump's administration.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government is giving priority to strengthening the world's first laws that ban children younger than 16 from social media platforms.

A former Meta executive whose memoir, “Careless People,” provides an explosive insider account of her time at the social media giant, has sued the company for attempting to “silence” her.

Seminole County doesn’t have any large-scale AI data centers — and there are no concrete plans to build one. But county commissioners aren’t waiting for that to change before asking a critical question: Should they have rules in place before one arrives? This week, commissioners began discussing whether a moratorium on data centers is needed as they plan for the county’s future.

Apple on Thursday announced an increase in prices for Macs and iPads, citing a memory chip shortage brought on by the artificial intelligence boom.

A new bipartisan nonprofit wants to help Americans who find they're out of work because of AI.

A new AP-NORC poll shows that most Americans are inundated with scam attempts on a daily basis — and about 3 in 10 have personally lost money or personal information to scams.

A former New York City Council candidate has been charged with forgery over allegations he used artificial intelligence to post fake endorsements and news articles on social media.

A federal lawsuit accuses gas station operators in California of using AI-powered software to illegally collude and raise prices.

Alibaba has sued the U.S. Department of Defense, demanding removal from a list naming it a Chinese military company.

Agility Robotics, a maker of humanlike robots, is going public on Wall Street.

As the world tries to curb human-caused climate change and not run dry of water, every online query is increasing our environmental footprint and exacerbating the problem.

A U.S. official says one of Anthropic’s artificial intelligence models identified vulnerabilities in highly sensitive and secure U.S. government computer systems during a testing exercise.

AI "world models" are the next frontier for computer scientists who see too many limitations in the AI language models behind popular chatbots.

Tech companies are spending big on AI, but investors are getting nervous.

Georgia will stick with an embattled vote-counting method that relies on QR codes for this year’s midterm elections after state lawmakers passed legislation that put off making changes until 2028.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has successfully backed three allies in Democratic U.S. House primaries.

The World Cup has been delivering thrills on the pitch, but fans have flooded social media with complaints about tickets that never arrived, orders canceled at the last minute and hours spent trying to sort out problems between FIFA’s ticketing system and outside resale platforms.

A federal judge has extended his block on enforcement of an Ohio law that would require children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps while a legal challenge proceeds.

Federal regulators have ordered regional grid operators to help large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system.

Kansas City, Missouri, plans to boost security by installing facial recognition cameras on buses.

The man who died in this week's crash of a small jet in Texas was a well-known entrepreneur named Joshua Baer who was a successful investor in technology startup companies.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is proposing a plan to give Americans ownership stakes in the country’s largest artificial intelligence companies.

New York Democratic Assemblyman Alex Bores is running for Congress, and the tech industry is deeply involved.

French President Emmanuel Macron is urging the U.S. not to keep cutting-edge AI to itself, calling for global cooperation on AI regulation.

Vozinha gasped and laughed in shock when shown the number of new Instagram followers he had gained after helping tiny Cape Verde hold off powerhouse Spain in his team’s World Cup debut.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — whose work helped propel artificial intelligence — is stressing in an Associated Press interview that society has no choice but to change in the advent of AI.

Eatonville leaders will consider a “call to action” aimed at increasing transparency and community input as a data center project draws questions from residents.

Nvidia is betting on artificial intelligence to revive U.S. manufacturing.

SpaceX will move forward with its $60 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Cursor as Elon Musk’s space exploration and AI company seeks a competitive edge against rivals Anthropic and OpenAI after its Wall Street debut last week.

Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp. is launching a service using OpenAI technology to protect against the looming threat of cyberattacks.

A group of cybersecurity executives and experts is asking the Trump administration to lift its directive preventing the use of Anthropic’s latest artificial intelligence models by foreign nationals, saying the move could help U.S. adversaries more than it hurts them.

A News 6 photographer spotted one on Monday: a gold-colored Tesla coupe with an obscured rear window, driving up Pine Hills Road in Orange County. The vehicle is a Tesla Cybercab, and we may see more of these cars in the future.

Florida’s attorney general is accusing social media platform TikTok of breaking the state’s social media laws, letting kids younger than 14 keep their accounts and deceiving parents about the platform’s risks in a new lawsuit.

Britain plans to ban people under 16 from using social media apps like Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube to protect them from harmful content.

Fox Corp. is buying streaming platform Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $22 billion.

The use of advanced sonar to catch fish has some anglers divided about the point of heading out onto the lake.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain will ban children under 16 from using social media apps like Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube from early next year.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says countries must learn the lesson of diversification after AI giant Anthropic said it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals.

Georgia lawmakers are expected to try to clean up an election mess of their own making when they return to the Capitol this week for a special session.

OpenAI received a subpoena from several states as part of a probe into the safety of customers using its chatbot as it prepares to offer stock to the public for the first time.

Legislation in two of the nation's most populous states could force 3D printers to come equipped with technology blocking them from making guns.

AI giant Anthropic says it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals.

A coalition including Kalshi, Crypto.

The U.S. Justice Department has determined that Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and now first-ever trillionaire, controls a lot of different businesses.

The opening lyrics couldn’t be plainer: “I am from Bosnia; take me to America.”.

Shares of SpaceX soared 19% in their Wall Street debut, making the rocket maker’s founder and CEO Elon Musk the first-ever trillionaire.

Amazon opened a new, first-of-its-kind distribution center in Deltona on Wednesday, a move company officials say will help streamline deliveries across Central Florida while adding hundreds of jobs.

Anthropic will donate $150 million to launch a fellowship program called Claude Corps that plans to help nonprofits effectively use artificial intelligence by embedding 1,000 trained fellows in various organizations for a year.