Scientists are easing fears after Venezuela's 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquake raised old fears about California's San Andreas fault line causing a similarly devastating shake ...

The Trump administration proposed new rules Wednesday for regulating prediction markets, seeking to clarify what types of events can be listed for trading on the platforms. The Commodity Futures ...

The 2026 NFL schedule is here! This means it's time for one of the greatest guilty pleasures of the offseason: running down each newly unveiled slate and counting up the Ws and Ls. Of course, picking ...

Making his second feature in France, the Iranian director meditates on fiction and reality but never draws us into his drama of trickery and deceit. As she starts the writing process, she pecks at the ...

The great Iranian director Asghar Farhadi is back in Cannes competition for a fifth time with his first film in five years and arguably one that ranks with his very best. That is a high bar since two ...

On April 29, 2026, Sundar Pichai stood before Alphabet’s investors and delivered a masterclass in optimism. Google Cloud revenue crossed $20 billion for the first time. AI Overviews are driving Search ...

Senators voted unanimously to prohibit betting practices in the chamber after some users made hundreds of thousands of dollars online by accurately predicting U.S. military actions. By Minho Kim ...

Parallel Web Systems, the AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has raised a $100 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation led by Sequoia. Existing investors Kleiner ...

New license plates are coming out all across the country in 2026, and we've highlighted the best ones. Which state plate is your favorite? It’s fun to try to decipher the clever sayings people put on ...

Florida will add eight new specialty license plates, bringing the state's total to 157 options. Florida's specialty plate program raises about $50 million annually for various charities, schools, and ...

Researchers have shown that blending quantum computing with AI can dramatically improve predictions of complex, chaotic systems. By letting a quantum computer identify hidden patterns in data, the AI ...

A few days before Christmas, Howard Qin was scrutinizing weather forecasts on two laptops at home in Shanghai when he noticed prices of contracts for New York City snowfall creeping higher on the ...