LOS ANGELES — A Rancho Cucamonga woman was sentenced Monday to more than 3 years in prison in a long-running case over a business that helped pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States to deliver babies who automatically became American citizens.

A decade-old bird flu strain, H5N9, has surfaced in US poultry for the first time, detected in a California duck farm. Experts are concerned about its potential transmission to humans. While H5N1 is more common,

China appears to be building a large laser-ignited fusion research centre in the southwestern city of Mianyang, experts at two analytical organisations say, a development that could aid nuclear weapons design and work exploring power generation.

Eight suspects from throughout Southern California were arrested, and one remained a fugitive, in the alleged $200-million smuggling operation

In an email to its members, the Navy banned the use of DeepSeek AI “in any capacity” for fear of “potential security and ethical concerns associated with the model’s origin and

Released last week, the Chinese company’s website claimed its new R1 artificial intelligence model sported “performance on par with OpenAI-o1.” OpenAI is the San Francisco-based company headed by Sam Altman. Its main product is ChatGPT.

In the run up to the election Trump, who described tariffs as "the most beautiful word in the dictionary," vowed hikes as high as 60 percent on Chinese goods, saying this would not only protect domestic industries but serve as critical tax revenue. Economists have pointed out such a move would raise costs for American consumers.

A new AI enables humanoid robots to mimic human movements, performing tasks like walking, dancing, and throwing punches with precision.

“Feed expenses have been the largest culprit in cost increases, with average feed bills across the eight regions rising by 19% from 2019 to 2024,” Emma Higgins, senior agriculture analyst with RaboResearch, wrote in the report.

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

"The government cannot be a welfare program for everybody doing low quality, low credibility, irreproducible, low value of information research," says epidemiologist who supports reform of NIH "study sections.

Did the upstart Chinese tech company DeepSeek copy ChatGPT to make the artificial intelligence technology that shook Wall Street this week.