CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s giant new moon rocket headed to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The out-and-back trip could blast off as early as February. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket began its 1 mph (1.6 kph) creep from Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) on Friday sent a cease-and-desist letter to xAI demanding that it stop producing artificial intelligence-generated sexualized deepfakes of girls and women online, including on the social platform X. Bonta said in a statement that the "creation, distribution, publication and exhibition" of deepfakes of girls is child sexual abuse material...

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review the constitutionality of geofence warrants, which allow law enforcement to demand companies turn over information on cell phones online at a location during a specific time window. In a brief order, the justices said they will review a defendant’s appeal that argues it violated his Fourth Amendment’s protections against unreasonable sear...

Taiwan has reached a trade agreement with the U.S., committing to a multibillion-dollar investment in American chip manufacturing in exchange for reduced tariffs, the Commerce Department announced Thursday. As part of the trade deal, Taiwanese companies will invest at least $250 billion in building out advanced semiconductor, energy and AI capacity in the U.S. The...

The Trump administration and a group of bipartisan governors is trying to pressure the nation’s largest regional electric grid operator to bring down electric prices, especially in the wake of heavy demand from data centers. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright were joined Friday by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), Maryland Gov....