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Figure skating embraces the future with new technology, modern concepts to engage athletes and fans

BOSTON (AP) — Ashley Wagner and Ben Agosto know what it's like to step off the ice at the figure skating world championships and feel as though they've conquered the sport. And what it feels like when the notoriously fickle sport bites back.

Mar 27, 2025 10:16 AM Read more >

'It's the Wild West': How AI is creating new frontiers for crime in Canada

VANCOUVER — There's deepfake pornography. Voice impersonation. Romance scams that turn into financial fraud. Canadian police patrolling corners of the dark web are well aware of the commonly nefarious ways criminals exploit artificial intelligence.

Mar 27, 2025 10:09 AM Read more >

US gives initial approval for Qatar to purchase MQ-9 armed drones for nearly $2 billion

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States has given an initial approval for the energy-rich Mideast nation of Qatar to buy eight armed MQ-9B Predator drones for its military, an estimated purchase worth nearly $2 billion.

Mar 27, 2025 3:50 AM Read more >

One Tech Tip: Don't give your email to strangers, use a decoy address instead

LONDON (AP) — You've heard of burner phones.

Mar 27, 2025 1:01 AM Read more >

Researchers in limbo as Columbia bows to Trump’s demands in bid to restore $400M federal funding

NEW YORK (AP) — When President Donald Trump canceled $400 million in funding to Columbia University over its handling of student protests against Israel's war in Gaza, much of the financial pain fell on researchers a train ride away from the school's

Mar 26, 2025 10:35 PM Read more >

A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey

NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs , with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday.

Mar 26, 2025 7:07 PM Read more >

In closing remarks, prosecutor says Frank founder lied to JPMorgan Chase to secure $175 million deal

NEW YORK (AP) — The young chief executive of a startup that claimed to have helped millions of college students apply for financial aid deployed a “brazen fraud” to sell the company to JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Mar 26, 2025 3:41 PM Read more >

Chinese researchers report a pig kidney transplant and a first-step liver experiment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants – with a successful pig kidney transplant and a hint Wednesday that pig livers might eventually be useful, too.

Mar 26, 2025 12:43 PM Read more >

Neptune's auroras are captured in great detail by NASA's Webb telescope

WASHINGTON (AP) — Neptune's glowing auroras are captured in the best detail yet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviolet light during a flyby of the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989.

Mar 26, 2025 11:31 AM Read more >

Cyprus to fund desalination plants at hotels to reduce impact of water shortages on tourism

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus said Wednesday it plans to subsidize construction of private desalination plants at hotels to ensure the tourism-reliant island nation has enough fresh water too see it through busy summer seasons when the demands of mil

Mar 26, 2025 9:22 AM Read more >