3 h. ago Stunning aurora lights up US skies with green and red display

The intense displays came amid intense geomagnetic and solar radiation storms

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8 h. ago Earth's tech crippled by largest solar radiation storm in decades that's blitzing planet

Scientists say the storm, driven by heightened solar activity, could cause temporary effects on technology and communications, although most impacts are expected to be confined to aircraft and satellites operating at high altitudes.

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24 h. ago Intense geomagnetic storms could make auroras visible in southern US

Major disturbance in the Earth’s magnetic field may make northern lights visible far more south than usualThe aurora could be visible across Canada and much of the northern tier of US states on Monday night, and possibly even further south, following a major disturbance in the Earth’s magnetic field, a forecast shows.The forecast, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s space weather prediction center, comes amid intense geomagnetic and solar radiation storms, said Shawn Dahl, service coordinator at the center. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Largest solar radiation storm in more than 20 years could trigger auroras on Earth

A solar radiation storm this large has not been seen since October 2003

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1 week ago Storm Goretti live: ‘Worst in a decade’ snow warning as hurricane

People face widespread travel disruption on Friday after ‘intense heavy’ snowfall

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1 week ago Storm Goretti live: ‘Worst in a decade’ snow warning and 99mph winds cause airport closures and traffic chaos

Hundreds of schools are closed and people face widespread travel disruption on Friday morning after ‘intense heavy’ snowfall

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1 week ago Storm Goretti live: Warning of ‘worst snowfall in decade’ as 60,000 without power across UK amid 99mph winds

Birmingham airport suspended runway operations as heavy snow and ‘dangerous stormy winds’ hit the UK

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3 w. ago Mudslides bury cars and homes up to their windows in California town

At least three people killed across state since atmospheric river storms began earlier this weekMudslides buried cars and homes up to their windows in a California mountain town as a powerful storm system brought the wettest Christmas in decades to the southern part of the state.As much as 12in of rain fell across the area on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service, triggering flooding and washing out roads. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Elon Musk, AI and the antichrist: the biggest tech stories of 2025

A look back at the biggest tech stories of the year, from the rise and fall of Musk’s Doge to lucrative investments into AIHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, wishing you a happy and healthy end of the year. I myself have a cold.Today, we are looking back at the biggest stories in tech of 2025 – Elon Musk’s political rise, burst, and fall; artificial intelligence’s subsumption of the global economy, all other technology, and even the Earth’s topography; Australia’s remarkable social media ban; the tech industry’s new Trumpian politics; and, as a treat, a glimpse of the apocalypse offered by one of Silicon Valley’s savviest and strangest billionaires.How an obscure US government office has become a target of Elon MuskHow Elon Musk’s billionaire Doge lieutenant took over the US’s biggest MDMA company | Technology | The GuardianThe chaos Elon Musk and Doge are leaving behind in WashingtonEggings, swastikas and dog poop: Tesla bears brunt of people’s ire ag...

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