Creepy alien-like creature is oldest ancestor of spiders and scorpions ever found and lived 505 million years ago

A PH.D. student has identified a fossil that dates back hundreds of millions of years and is the ancestor to our present-day creepy crawlers. The ancestor of modern-day scorpions, spiders, and horseshoe crabs has been a long-time mystery among scientists. 4 New fossils answer the long-time mystery regarding the ancestor of scorpions, spiders, and horseshoe … Read more

No internet, no phone: Canada wildfires expose fragility of rural infrastructure

Shortly before sunset on Friday, residents of Canada’s Yukon territory discovered their connection to the outside world had vanished. Internet access had gone. Mobile phones showed no signal. Landlines had failed. Chaos quickly set in. Electronic payments couldn’t be processed. In Whitehorse, the capital, most ATMs couldn’t function and the few that did were quickly … Read more

Billionaire Frank McCourt says he's putting together a consortium to buy TikTok

Billionaire businessman and real estate mogul Frank McCourt said he’s putting together a consortium to purchase TikTok’s U.S. business, adding to the number of investors hoping to benefit from a new federal law that requires TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the popular platform or face a ban. The announcement, posted late Tuesday on McCourt’s … Read more

Spate of Self-Driving Probes Points to Higher Safety Bar

A Tesla car with the Autopilot feature engaged. (Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg News) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Companies offering driver-assistance systems and developing autonomous vehicles are entering a new phase of more exacting oversight, with the top U.S. auto safety regulator investigating four of the industry’s most prominent companies in … Read more