Science & Technology
Adithi Ramakrishnan, AP Science Writer
Total solar eclipse forecast: Will your city have clear skies Monday?
Clouds could obscure views of Monday's total solar eclipse in some parts of North America.27 days ago
Amie Schaffer
Utah’s ‘Dark Sky Month’ aims to showcase the stars
Utah is home to some of the darkest skies on Earth and currently leads the world in dark sky preservation with 25 accredited Dark Sky International places.27 days ago
Dan Rascon
Utah County company says its video messaging app can detect nudity to keep kids safe
A Utah County company recently released a new video messaging app that it says can detect nudity or partial nudity to keep kids safe.28 days ago
Ashley Strickland, CNN
Why NASA is launching rockets into the solar eclipse path
Eclipses inspire awe and bring people together to observe a stunning celestial phenomenon, but these cosmic events also enable scientists to unravel mysteries of the solar system.28 days ago
Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer
NASA wants to come up with a new clock for the moon, where seconds tick away faster
NASA wants to come up with an out-of-this-world way to keep track of time, putting the moon on its own souped-up clock.29 days ago
Clare Duffy, CNN
OpenAI says it’s working on AI that mimics human voices
The company hopes the technology helps with reading assistance, but skeptics worry it could fuel disinformation or make it easier to perpetrate scams.1 month ago
Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer
Google to purge billions of files containing personal data in settlement of Chrome privacy case
Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S.1 month ago
Pat Reavy, KSL.com
Investigation into electronic device at Utah high school raises larger concerns for police
A recent investigation at a Moab high school has raised concerns for police about how an electronic device called a Flipper Zero could potentially be used by others.1 month ago
Alexa St. John, Matthew Daly and Joshua A. Bickel
Federal EV charging stations are key to Biden’s climate agenda, yet only 4 states have them
President Biden has set a goal of creating a national network of 500,000 publicly available chargers by 2030.1 month ago
Haleluya Hadero, AP Business Writer
TikTok is under investigation by the FTC over data practices and could face a lawsuit
A person familiar with the matter says the Federal Trade Commission is investigating TikTok over its data and security practices.1 month ago
Brian Fung
Judge tosses Elon Musk’s case against hate speech watchdog in excoriating rebuke
A federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s X that had targeted a watchdog group for its critical reports about hate speech on the social media platform.1 month ago
Michelle Chapman, AP Business Writer
After tumultuous 5 years for Boeing, CEO will depart as part of broader company leadership shakeup
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will be stepping down at the end of the year from the top job at the company, which is under pressure from airlines.1 month ago
Associated Press
Geomagnetic storm from a solar flare could disrupt radio communications and create a striking aurora
Space weather forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm watch through Monday, saying an ouburst of plasma from a solar flare could interfere with radio transmissions on Earth. It could also make for great aurora viewing.1 month ago
Mike Anderson
Anonymous donation sends Utah junior high robotics team to world championship
A robotics team at North Davis Junior High is headed to the World Championship.1 month ago
David Klepper, Associated Press
New bipartisan bill would require online identification, labeling of AI-generated videos and audio
New bipartisan legislation introduced in the House would require the identification and labeling of online content generated using artificial intelligence.1 month ago
Ashley Strickland, CNN
Earliest building blocks of the Milky Way discovered near its galactic heart
Astronomers have used the Gaia space telescope to spy some of the first building blocks of the Milky Way galaxy: two ancient streams of stars named Shakti and Shiva that helped our home galaxy grow and evolve more than 12 billion years ago.1 month ago
Mira Cheng, CNN
Global fertility rates to plunge in decades ahead, new report says
A new study projects that global fertility rates will continue to plummet through the end of the century, resulting in a profound demographic shift.1 month ago
Michael Liedtke, Lindsay Whitehurst and Mike Balsamo
Apple has kept an illegal monopoly over smartphones in US, Justice Department says in antitrust suit
Apple says a Justice Department antitrust lawsuit accusing it of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones in the U.S. is “wrong on the facts and the law.”1 month ago
Shelby Lofton
Penguin Love: It’s the season of romance for penguins at Utah aquarium
The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium is launching a new educational series, involving gentoo penguins. And it's making a splash.1 month ago
Sean Lyngaas, CNN
Cyberattacks are hitting water systems throughout US, Biden officials warn governors
Cyberattacks are hitting water and wastewater systems “throughout the United States.”1 month ago
Josh Ellis
SpaceX rocket launch from California seen across southern Utah
People across southern Utah, Arizona and Nevada saw SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket as it launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California Monday night.1 month ago
Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer
Astronaut Thomas Stafford, commander of Apollo 10, has died at age 93
The NASA astronaut who commanded the dress rehearsal mission for the 1969 moon landing has died. Thomas Stafford died Monday in a Florida hospital.1 month ago
Tamara Vaifanua
Consider these high-tech gadgets when packing for spring break
Here are some high-tech devices you should consider packing for your spring break trip.2 months ago
