Science + Technology

dating app tinder is pictured on phone screen, new bill looks at safety features...

Britt Johnson

New Tinder feature aims to boost dating safety

The dating app, Tinder has a new feature that allows users to share information about their date and where they will be going.

2 days ago

The word "privacy" is nowhere in the U.S. Constitution. But with technology changing things by the ...

Amanda Dickson

Dickson: Should we have a consumer right to privacy?

A bipartisan proposal would define privacy as a consumer right and create new rules for data collection companies to follow.

6 days ago

The New Horizons spacecraft took an image of Pluto's heart on July 14, 2015....

Ashley Strickland, CNN

Pluto gained a ‘heart’ after colliding with a planetary body

Researchers think they have solved the mystery of how Pluto's distinctive heart came to be. It could reveal new clues about its origins.

6 days ago

Artificial intelligence could be the next tool used in mental health therapy....

Amanda Dickson

Artificial intelligence may be able to help with your mental health

University of Utah researchers are working to understand how artificial intelligence and mental health therapists might work together.

10 days ago

denver airport, a southwest flight from the airport suffered a mechanical issue...

Pete Muntean and Philip Wang, CNN

Southwest Boeing 737-800 flight from Denver loses engine cover, FAA investigating

Southwest said its maintenance teams would review the aircraft. The flight reached an altitude of about 10,000 feet.

17 days ago

Neuroscientist David Eagleman speaks at the University of Utah's Kingsbury Hall on Tuesday as the k...

Sky Mundell, KSL.COM

Neuroscientist David Eagleman proposes test of intelligence for AI to Utah audience

Eagleman spoke as part of the Natural History Museum's lecture series centered around the nature of intelligence.

18 days ago

a laptop shows openai voice engine blog post...

Clare Duffy, CNN

OpenAI says it’s working on AI that mimics human voices

OpenAI shared samples from early tests of Voice Engine, which uses a 15-second sample of someone speaking to generate a convincing replica of their voice.

24 days ago

Minh Ha, assistive technology manager at the Perkins School for the Blind uses a flashlight to try ...

CHRISTINA LARSON, AP Science Writer

Blind people can hear and feel April’s total solar eclipse with new technology

While solar eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be able to hear and feel the celestial event.

27 days ago

Deer Creek Reservoir in Wasatch County pictured, flooding in utah possible this year...

Adam Small

Utah water managers less worried about spring flooding, but it’s still possible

Flooding in Utah is less of a concern this year because there is so much less water in the snowpack than in 2023.

27 days ago

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating TikTok for its data and security practices, two sourc...

Brian Fung and Samantha Delouya, CNN

FTC investigating TikTok over privacy and security

The probe is yet another complication for the social media platform. It's already facing the threat of a potential US ban or a forced divestment from its Chinese parent company.

30 days ago

The Newcomer Training Center is built to resemble a fab....

Eric Cheung, Will Ripley and John Mees, CNN

Everyone wants the latest chips. That’s causing a huge headache for the world’s biggest supplier

A global chip shortage and rising geopolitical tension turbocharged growth at the world's largest chipmaker in Taiwan.