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Embers fly across a roadway as the Kincade fire burns through the Jimtown community of Sonoma County, Calif., on Oct. 24, 2019. (Noah Berger, The Associated Press)

California has 33 million acres of forest. This company is training artificial intelligence to scour it all for wildfire

November 11, 2019 at 12:19 p.m.

A San Francisco-based technology company called Chooch AI is trying to reduce the time between a fire鈥檚 eruption and the moment it抖阴ap spotted by people.

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Humanoid robots help passengers find their way around Istanbul鈥檚 new airport

October 20, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.

Specially designed for the new facility, the wheeled robots are a first for Turkish airports, according to an airport-produced video introducing the machines to the public.

Facebook launches Libra, its own cryptocurrency network

June 18, 2019 at 6:32 a.m.

After months of anticipation, the designers of a new digital currency backed by Facebook said they plan to launch their product as early as next year.

The Magic Gaming team plays a scrimmage against the Atlanta Hawks GC as part of the NBA 2K esports league. (Provided by Orlando Health)

Carpal tunnel, back pain and social anxiety: Inside the injury-plagued world of professional gaming

June 16, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

They train for up to 10 hours a day, practicing new moves, quickening reaction times and building chemistry with teammates for the chance to earn millions.

A player competes in the Epic Games Inc. Fortnite: Battle Royale Celebrity Pro Am in Los Angeles on June 12, 2018.

New York teen earns six figures from video games and related income

May 18, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

Griffin Spikoski spends as much as 18 hours a day glued to his computer screen playing the wildly popular, multi-player video game Fortnite.

A robot named Marty cleans the floors at a Giant grocery store in Harrisburg, Pa., in January. Matt Rourke, (Associated Press file)

Drones in Aisle 5? Grocery stores are becoming unusual hotbeds of innovation

May 13, 2019 at 11:02 a.m.

In a grocery store somewhere in North America, a small drone floats from aisle to aisle, hovering like a hummingbird that has traded its nimble wings for tiny propellers.

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, file photo, Google Home, right, sits on display near a Pixel phone following a product event, in San Francisco. In the name of convenience, Amazon and Walmart are pushing people to shop by just talking to a digital assistant. Shopping by voice means giving orders to the Alexa assistant on Amazon鈥檚 Echo speaker and other devices, even if your hands are tied up with dinner or dirty diapers. And in September 2017, Walmart will start offering voice shopping, too, with the Google Assistant on the rival Home speaker. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Walmart抖阴ap latest tool for ordering groceries: Google assistant

April 8, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

Walmart customers in need of groceries have had two options in recent years: Go to the store and fill up a shopping cart by hand or select food items online...

Briggo says it has created a fully automated, robotic brewing machine that can make 100 cups of coffee in a single hour. Provided by Briggo

Baristas beware: A robot that makes gourmet cups of coffee has arrived

March 31, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

In the food industry, it seems, the robot revolution is well underway, with machines mastering skilled tasks that have always been performed by people.

鈥淰isual culture is everything for millennials,鈥� Alabaster co-founder Bryan Ye-Chung said. Provided by Bryan Ye-Chung

Los Angeles company produces Bible aimed at millennials

March 13, 2019 at 11:08 p.m.

Five hundred years after the modern printing press spread biblical text worldwide, the book is struggling to reach one of its toughest audiences yet.

Riders use electric scooters from companies like Bird, Lyft, Lime and others to make their way northbound using the bike lane on Larimer Street near 26th Street on Sept. 30, 2018 in Denver.

Lime scooter riders are being injured by 鈥渟udden excessive braking,鈥� company says

February 27, 2019 at 9:40 p.m.

Lime, one of the world鈥檚 largest electric scooter companies, is urging riders to be extra cautious while operating its devices because of a technical 鈥渂ug鈥� that can cause 鈥渟udden excessive...

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