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Musk threatened to decommission Dragon spacecraft. What that would mean for NASA

SpaceX has been a key partner in NASA's cargo and crew missions, experts said.
24 minutes ago
Elon Musk attends a press conference with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, May 30, 2025.
June 06

Film Festival showcases what artificial intelligence can do on the big screen

Artificial Intelligence’s use in filmmaking is growing
June 06
Runway's third-annual AI Film Festival kicks off with a screening at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York on Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Wyatte Grantham-Philips)
June 06

Your questions about AI’s impact on the workforce answered

Axios business reporter Nathan Bomey discusses the positions that are at most risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence.
June 06
VIDEO: Your questions about AI’s impact on the workforce answered
June 06

Amazon commits to stepping up fake-review fight after UK watchdog's investigation

Britain’s competition regulator says Amazon has pledged to beef up its systems to combat fake online reviews
June 06
FILE - The Amazon logo is displayed, Sept. 6, 2012, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
June 06

Trump's surgeon general pick criticizes others' conflicts but profits from products

President Donald Trump’s pick to be U.S. surgeon general has said the nation’s medical and food systems are corrupted by special interests and people out to make a profit at the expense of Americans’ health
June 06
FILE - Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, left, and journalist Megyn Kelly, attend a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Secretary of Health and Human Services post, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
June 05

Musk's threat to withdraw Dragon capsule would leave NASA with 1 option: Russia

Elon Musk is threatening to decommission a capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station for NASA
June 05
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
June 05

A private Japanese spacecraft falls silent while trying to land on the moon, company officials say

A private Japanese spacecraft falls silent while trying to land on the moon, company officials say
June 05
June 05

Goodbye Mr. Nice Guy? Investors dump Tesla on bet Trump may lash out at Musk through his car company

Shares of Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker fell sharply Thursday as investors fear his dispute with President Donald Trump could end up hurting the company
June 05
FILE - President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to reporters as they sit in a red Model S Tesla vehicle on the South Lawn of the White House, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP, File)
June 05

Cutting off rhinos' horns is a contentious last resort to stop poaching. A new study found it works

A study published in the academic journal Science has found that cutting off the horns of rhinos in Africa leads to a reduction in poaching of the endangered species
June 05
FILE -- In this file photo taken Feb. 15, 2016, a de-horned rhino and her calf rest in their corral at a rhino orphanage in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve in the KwaZulu Natal province South Africa. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell-File)
June 05

Top US universities raced to become global campuses, now it's becoming a liability

Three decades ago, foreign students at Harvard University accounted for just 11% of the total student body
June 05
FILE - Students sit on the front steps of Low Memorial Library on the Columbia University campus in New York City, Feb. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
June 05

Welcome to kitten season, when animal shelters need all the help they can get

It's kitten season in warm-weather areas and animal shelters need all the help they can get
June 05
Meatball the kitten plays on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at the Associated Press bureau in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)
June 05

What to know about the much-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 on launch day

The Nintendo Switch 2 finally hit store shelves on Thursday, eight years after the initial release of Japanese video-game maker Nintendo’s popular video-game console
June 05
Staff and members of the public try the Nintendo Switch 2 during a launch event at an electronics retailer in Tokyo, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
June 05

NASA to release most detailed images of the universe ever captured

Rochester Institute of Technology astrophysics professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe led the team behind the project and explains why this new view matters.
June 05
VIDEO: NASA to release most detailed images of the universe ever captured
June 05

It’s game on with Nintendo Switch 2 release

Gamers were lining up for hours for the release of the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 -- with some lining up for days.
June 05
Gamers were lining up for hours for the release of the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 -- with some lining up for days.
June 05

Eager fans endure long lines for the Nintendo Switch 2 launch

Eager customers have lined up outside electronics stores hours in advance in Tokyo to collect Nintendo’s much-anticipated Switch 2 video game consoles
June 05
Customers lin up to purchase Nintendo Switch 2 at an electronics retailer in Tokyo, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
June 04

Google partners with Chile to deploy a trans-Pacific submarine cable

Google has signed an agreement with Chile to build an undersea fiber optic cable connecting South America with Asia and Oceania
June 04
FILE - A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
June 04

Canada's first astronaut and former Foreign Minister Marc Garneau dies at 76

Former astronaut and Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau has died
June 04
FILE - Transport Minister Marc Garneau speaks at a news conference in Mirabel, Quebec, Dec. 18, 2015. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
June 04

Private Japanese lunar lander heads toward a touchdown in the moon's far north

A private lunar lander from Japan has crashed into the moon
June 04
People await the update on ispace's private lunar lander’s attempt to touch down on the moon Friday, June 6, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)
June 04

Reddit sues AI company for allegedly 'scraping' user comments to train chatbot

Social media platform Reddit has sued the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, alleging that it is illegally “scraping” the comments of Reddit users to train its chatbot Claude
June 04
FILE - Reddit Inc. signage is seen on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor, prior to Reddit IPO, Thursday, March. 21, 2024. v(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
June 04

What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus US authorities say was smuggled in from China?

Federal prosecutors have charged two Chinese researchers with smuggling a crop-killing fungus into the U.S. last summer
June 04
This image provided by Nicole Gauthier shows a colonization of Fusarium head blight, a costly fungal disease, growing on field-grown hemp in Kentucky on Sept. 29, 2020. (Nicole Gauthier via AP)
June 04

Napa Valley town that once rode out emergencies with diesel gets a clean-power backup

When the threat of wildfires has forced power to be cut in the tourist town of Calistoga, California, on the edge of Napa Valley, it’s meant firing up a bank of noisy, polluting diesel generators
June 04
A worker lays cables at Energy Vault, a company that is creating an emergency power system that relies on hydrogen and battery storage, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Calistoga, Calif. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
June 03

Judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continues

A federal judge has barred state officials from enforcing a Florida law that would ban social media accounts for young children, while a legal challenge against the law plays out
June 03
FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference in Miami, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
June 03

Meta becomes the latest big tech company turning to nuclear power for AI needs

Meta has cut a 20-year deal to secure nuclear power to help meet surging demand for artificial intelligence and other computing needs at Facebook’s parent company
June 03
FILE - This combo image shows Meta's logo, top, at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Nov. 9, 2022 and The Constellation Energy building, Dec. 19, 2005 in a Baltimore. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, Gail Burton, File)
June 03

Over 1,800 people arrested in crack down on Asia-based scam operations

More than 1,800 people have been arrested in a joint anti-scam operation across Asia, police said
June 03
June 02

How a new planetarium show helped scientists unlock a cosmic secret

Scientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar system’s many secrets
June 02
This image provided by the American Museum of Natural History shows a new planetarium show showing a backwards S-shaped spiral in what's known as the Oort Cloud far beyond Pluto. (American Museum of Natural History via AP)
June 02

Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar storms

Space weather forecasters say northern lights may be visible in parts of the northern United States following weekend solar storms
June 02
FILE - An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the night sky over the Tallinn bay of the Baltic sea in Tallinn, Estonia, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, file)
June 02

Chance of Milky Way colliding with galaxy in billions of years? Odds now 50-50: Study

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all
June 02
In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation. Top right: At 500,000 light-years, dark matter provides friction that brings galaxies to a close encounter. Bottom: A 100,000 light-year separation leads to a collision. (NASA/ESA via AP)
May 31

Trump to withdraw nomination of Musk associate to lead NASA, AP source says

Trump is withdrawing nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA.
May 31
Elon Musk speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 31

New Orleans holds burial of repatriated African Americans whose skulls were used in racist research

New Orleans celebrated the repatriation and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th century
May 31
May 31

Tech CEO: mass elimination of jobs possible because of AI

Axios business reporter Nathan Bomey joins ABC News Live to break down the future of artificial intelligence and the alarming predictions that it could lead to widespread job loss.
May 31
VIDEO: Tech CEO: mass elimination of jobs possible because of AI
May 30

Czech justice minister resigns over a donated bitcoin scandal

Czech Republic Justice Minister Pavel Blažek has resigned from his post over a bitcoin-related scandal
May 30
FILE - A bitcoin token is placed on a mirror for a photograph in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
May 30

FAA demands an accident investigation into SpaceX's latest out-of-control Starship flight

The Federal Aviation Administration is demanding an accident investigation into the out-of-control Starship flight by SpaceX
May 30
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
May 30

Cyprus shows off its new Airbus military helicopters touted as more advanced than what Germany has

Cyprus has unveiled four of its newly-delivered Airbus H145 helicopters that officials say ar among the most advanced rotorcraft in the world with a proven track record that gives the Cypriot National Guard an operational edge
May 30
May 30

Half of world's population endured extra month of extreme heat due to climate change, experts say

Scientists say 4 billion people, about half the world’s population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025
May 30
FILE - Bathers cool off in the water while others sunbathe on a Barcelona beach, Spain, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti,File)
May 29

Google, Justice Department face off in climactic showdown in search monopoly case

Google will return to federal court Friday to fend off the U.S. Justice Department’s attempt to topple its internet empire at the same time it’s navigating a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence that could undercut its power
May 29
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai smiles as he walks onto the stage at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
May 29

How the rise of artificial intelligence will impact future jobs

Axios tech policy reporter Maria Curi explains how the white-collar workforce may change after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that AI’s growth could result in job losses.
May 29
VIDEO: How the rise of artificial intelligence will impact future jobs
May 29

What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future
May 29
University of Exeter researcher Mateus Cardoso Silva works in the forest at the Esecaflor project in Caxiuana National Forest, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
May 29

CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024 as stock prices and profits soared

The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as the stock market enjoyed another banner year and corporate profits rose sharply
May 29
FILEw - Jane Fraser, CEO, Citigroup, speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing to examine Wall Street firms on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
May 29

China launches spacecraft it says will yield 'groundbreaking discoveries'

China's space agency says it has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars and yield “groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity’s knowledge of the cosmos."
May 29
May 29

Texas push to ban minors under 18 from social media fades with time running out

A push in Texas to ban children under 18 years old from social media platforms is fading at the state Capitol
May 29
FILE - A child holds an iPhone at an Apple store on Sept. 25, 2015 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
May 29

Crypto crime spills over from behind the screen to real-life violence

An alleged kidnapping in New York is the latest instance in which authorities say cryptocurrency-related crimes have involved real-world violence
May 29
FILE - An advertisement for the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is displayed on a building in Hong Kong on Nov. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
May 28

AI influencers compete for likes and lucrative brand deals on social media

ABC News’ Nathan Rousseau Smith explores the world of “virtual humans” on social media, like Imma and Aitana with major brand deals, as content creator Caryn Marjorie discovers the dark side of AI.
May 28
VIDEO: AI influencers compete for likes and lucrative brand deals on social media
May 28

Nvidia overcomes tariff-driven turbulence with Q1 results that eclipse projections

Artificial intelligence technology bellwether Nvidia overcame a wave of tariff-driven turbulence to deliver another quarter of robust growth amid feverish demand for its high-powered chips that are making computers seem more human
May 28
FILE - People take a look to Nvidia''s new products during the Computex 2025 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)
May 28

Vance urges crypto industry to stay involved in politics as he touts Trump administration's record

Vice President JD Vance praised the cryptocurrency industry Wednesday and urged it to remain active in U.S. politics and policymaking, highlighting the Trump administration’s close ties to a deep-pocketed industry that’s become a powerful force in Wash...
May 28
Vice President JD Vance speaks at Bitcoin 2025, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
May 28

Ancient DNA reveals a new group of people who lived near land bridge between the Americas

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient people who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America
May 28
This image provided by William Usaquen and Andrea Casas-Vargas shows the high plains in Bogota, Colombia where a new group of humans lived 6,000 years ago. (William Usaquen, Andrea Casas-Vargas via AP)
May 28

A new variant of COVID-19 may be driving up cases in some parts of the world, WHO says

A new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions
May 28
FILE - A vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., on July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
May 28

Why 'wrench attacks' on wealthy crypto holders are on the rise

The headline-grabbing tale of an Italian man who said he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks inside an upscale Manhattan townhouse by captors seeking his bitcoin highlights a dark corner of the cryptocurrency world: the threat of violence by thieves s...
May 28
New York police officers arrest John Woeltz, Friday, May 23, 2025, in New York, who was charged with kidnapping, assaulting and holding a man against his will for several weeks in an upscale Manhattan town house.(AP Photo/Kava Gorna via AP)
May 28

Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in Milky Way galaxy

Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy
May 28
May 28

‘Parents must embrace’ AI in the classroom: Policy adviser

Garyn Angel is CEO of Farm-Ed, a program that integrates artificial intelligence into schools.
May 28
‘Parents must embrace’ AI in the classroom: Policy adviser
May 28

SpaceX Starship experiences 'rapid unscheduled disassembly'

SpaceX's lost control of Starship during a test flight on Tuesday.
May 28
VIDEO:  SpaceX Starship experiences 'rapid unscheduled disassembly'