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Cottage houses and garden in a village at dawn in China

Tech

China cracks down on 'toxic traffic' after viral gourd craze leads influencer to swarm elderly couple's home

Students sitting on grass with school supplies and a phone.

Tech

Across 91 countries, study says AI may be making an 'entire generation less capable'

A modern gray tiny house with a peaked roof, surrounded by a driveway and small plants.

Home

Viral posts tie Boxabl to Elon Musk, but no $7,999 Tesla house exists in Texas

A person holds their pregnant belly in front of a window with sheer curtains.

Tech

The world's old 'population bomb' scare is now giving way to a 'population implosion' warning

A person holds a remote control aimed at a wall-mounted air conditioning unit.

Home

Europeans back easier air conditioning over carbon cuts as heatwaves intensify, poll finds

A water tower.

Home

Texas officials say foul-smelling tap water fueled false 'human remains' rumor

A solar farm.

Tech

Louisiana parish blocks $175M solar farm after AI-driven falsehoods spread online

Rats clustered together.

Home

New York woman arrested after nearly 1,000 neglected rats found in home with child

A large orange and black insect resting on a palm, surrounded by various butterfly specimens.

Tech

The East Asian 'murder hornet' has a credit-card wingspan, a 6mm stinger, and bee-killing jaws

A man holds several iguanas outside a restaurant, while another image shows a pizza being prepared with iguana toppings.

Food

Florida restaurant pauses viral iguana pizza after backlash, health department visit

A green garden hose nozzle lies on a patch of brown grass, with a blue hose coiled around it.

Home

Across England, gardeners vow to flout hosepipe bans as anger shifts to leaks, AI data centers

Palm trees blowing during a typhoon.

Tech

China lets people pay $235 to experience 103-mph winds, flooding, and torrential rain