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• A citizen campaign returns iconic kiwi birds to New Zealand's capital after a century-long absence

  New Zealanders are working to bring the kiwi back to the hills around Wellington

• Meta raises specter of shutting down service to New Mexico in legal clash over child safety

  Meta is raising the prospect of shutting down social media services in New Mexico in response to a push by state prosecutors for fundamental changes to platforms, including Instagram, to protect the mental health and safety of children

• J. Craig Venter, who won the race to sequence the human genome, dies at 79

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• Wreckage of Coast Guard ship lost during WWI found off coast of England

  The wreckage of a U.S. Coast Guard ship lost in a deadly attack more than a century ago, during World War I, has been discovered off the coast of England

• Apple beats out earnings estimates with continued iPhone momentum

  Apple has posted strong quarterly earnings, beating out Wall Street expectations

• Inside 'Scientology speedruns,' the viral trend prompting the church to bolster security

  A social media trend has people “speedrunning” through Church of Scientology buildings

• Elon Musk spars with OpenAI attorney in trial over company's evolution from a nonprofit

  Elon Musk on Thursday sparred with an attorney for OpenAI during his third day of testimony in the contentious trial over the company’s pivot from nonprofit status to a for-profit venture valued at hundreds of billions of dollars

• Ways people are putting AI to work, from grading papers to decoding jargon

  As artificial intelligence permeates workplaces, it's changing the nature of jobs and how people do them

• Roblox to require facial scans for children under 16 in Indonesia due to new social media rules

  Roblox, a gaming platform popular with kids, says kids under 16 in Indonesia must undergo facial scans to verify their age

• Teens embrace social media and influencers for news but remain skeptical

  A new survey finds teenagers are more likely to get news from nontraditional sources like social media and influencers than their elders are

• Experts warn of rising lead risks in Africa’s solar energy boom

  Africa's transition to cleaner energy is adding to concerns over lead poisoning from batteries used to store solar power

• Meta beats revenue expectations, boosts capital spending forecast for 2026

  Meta Platforms Inc. reports strong first-quarter results, surpassing expectations with significant earnings growth, but the stock slipped in after-hours trading

• Alphabet's first-quarter profit soars as Google's big AI bets help push stock to new highs

  Google’s transition into the era of artificial intelligence continued to pay off for its corporate parent, Alphabet Inc., which on Wednesday announced another quarter of the stellar growth that helped to more than double its already lofty market value...

• Amazon reports increased 1Q profits and net sales fueled by cloud computing demand

  Amazon is reporting increased profits and net sales during its fiscal first quarter, helped by surging growth in its prominent cloud computing unit

• One of America’s oldest weather observatories shows people the science behind our climate

  At Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center, a weather station 15 miles south of Boston, staff and volunteers have been using many of the same tools to monitor the weather since it opened in 1885