Self-aware robots learn tasks by watching humans

Scientists have used machine learning to help robots learn how to do new tasks even in changing conditions. Malte Mueller/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Malte Mueller/Getty Images Imagine a robot that could do your laundry, make your bed, cook your dinner, or stock the dairy section at your local grocery store. Humans have long

Why Trump wants to spend $1 billion on Great Salt Lake

Bison walk on the dry lake bed of the Great Salt Lake on April 08, 2026 near Syracuse, Utah. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America At its peak, Great Salt Lake, located right outside the state's capital of Salt Lake City, was bigger than the state of

Johnson unveils new plan to renew FISA Section 702

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., takes questions at a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP Speaker Mike Johnson, R.-La., is forging ahead with his latest proposal to renew a key American spy power. His bill, revealed Thursday, is largely unchanged from a

Tuapse environmental crisis after refinery drone attack

Environmental crisis in Russian city after drone attack on refinery NewsFeed People in the Russian city of Tuapse are worried about the toxic effects of a huge oil refinery fire that’s been burning for days after a Ukrainian drone attack. Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapavalova is there. Published On 24 Apr 2026

Sycophantic AI flatters and suggests you are not to blame

Deagreez/iStockphoto/Getty Images Myra Cheng, a computer science PhD student at Stanford University, has spent a lot of time listening to undergraduates on campus. "They would tell me about how a lot of their peers are using AI for relationship advice, to draft breakup texts, to navigate these kinds of social relationships with your friend or

How TikTok is driving American expats to Southeast Asia

A view of My Khe beach in 2019 in Da Nang, Vietnam. Some Americans who moved to Vietnam or Thailand say they now have less stress and can afford more than they could in the U.S. Linh Pham/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Linh Pham/Getty Images Chad Dunn used to spend his days on the

World Press Photo Announces 2026 Photo of the Year

​​Distraught girls cling to their father, Luis, as ICE detains him following an immigration hearing in New York City on Aug. 26, 2025. Luis was the sole breadwinner for his family. Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press, iWitness for Miami Herald hide caption toggle caption Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press, iWitness for Miami Herald The Photo of the Year is

Senate GOP Kickstarts Reconciliation to Fund ICE

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, is seen at a hearing on April 16. Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images Senate Republicans introduced a budget resolution Tuesday to fund immigration enforcement agencies, the first step in a lengthy budgetary process to end a record-breaking partial shutdown

Trump administration flies 10-year-old back from Cuba amid custody fight

The city of Logan, Utah, a college and dairy farming town, is seen from the hillside on the Utah State University campus, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Hannah Schoenbaum/AP hide caption toggle caption Hannah Schoenbaum/AP LOGAN, Utah — President Donald Trump's administration took the unusual step this week of sending a government plane to Cuba to
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