The number of companies and organizations compromised by a security vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s SharePoint servers is increasing rapidly, with the tally of victims soaring more than six-fold in a few days, according to one research firm.

Hackers have breached about 400 government agencies, corporations and other groups, according to ...Read more

Tesla Inc.’s core car-making business is facing a deteriorating outlook, providing a major test of Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s ability to lift the stock price with his vision of a self-driving future.

The electric-vehicle maker is expected to post the sharpest drop in revenues in more than a decade when it reports earnings on ...Read more

Apple Inc. is launching a new product-insurance plan that bundles coverage for as many as three devices, part of a broader effort to drum up subscription revenue.

The new offering is called AppleCare One and costs $20 a month, the company said Wednesday. The service also includes battery replacements, all-hours customer support and coverage for...Read more

This week, a reader writes, “I have a Best Buy/Geek Squad account and in the years past I have allowed their techs to take over my PC remotely to clean it up so that it runs faster. Do you think I am taking any kind of risk, e.g., stolen account data, when I do this?”

This is a good question, and any time someone outside your home or ...Read more

With the TravlFi JourneyGo 4G LTE Hotspot, you'll have Wi-Fi wherever you go.

The dark gray, pocket-sized (3.46 inches by 0.93 inches deep) travel-ready JourneyGo 4G LTE Hotspot ensures you have a secure internet connection at vacation destinations. It is designed to work virtually anywhere in the U.S., including on the road in an RV, in ...Read more

The first time stepping into “Death Stranding” is bewildering. It’s a post-apocalyptic game without aliens, zombies or thermonuclear war. Rather than dealing with those familiar cataclysmic problems, it takes place in a world where the line between the living and dead have blurred with deadly consequences.

The human race is on the brink...Read more

Floating about 500 feet offshore of Illinois Beach State Park, Hillary Glandon tightened her scuba goggles, grabbed a small masonite plate from a nearby kayak and dove beneath the Lake Michigan surface.

The masonite plate, called a Hester-Dendy sampler, helps biologists like Glandon scrape algae off underwater rocks. Just a few feet below the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Invasive beetles might be boring through the valley oaks in your neighborhood.

Mediterranean oak borers were first identified in the city of Sacramento last July. They target oaks native to Sacramento, those trees with arching canopies that line the American and Sacramento rivers, and can kill an 80-foot giant in five ...Read more

Businesses and households served by the largest U.S. power grid will spend a record $16.1 billion to ensure electricity supplies — a result that prompted immediate calls from utilities and energy groups to build more generation amid the AI frenzy.

The payouts to generators and other suppliers topped last year’s record $14.7 billion, ...Read more

Changing ocean hues could bring some environmental blues, according to a new study from researchers at Duke and Georgia Tech.

Using satellite data collected from 2003 to 2022, the researchers looked for changes in chlorophyll concentration, which can signal where large amounts of phytoplankton are, since they reflect green light.

Too much ...Read more

SpaceX got to within 15 seconds of a launch from Cape Canaveral on Monday, but a “hold, hold, hold” call from among the mission control team members forced an abort. They were back for another try Tuesday and pulled it off.

A Falcon 9 rocket on the mPOWER-D mission with two more communication satellites for Luxembourg-based SES lifted off ...Read more

Waves of cyberattacks are hitting a commonly used Microsoft product, compromising dozens of organizations around the world.

The hackers exploited a vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint, an internet-based app primarily used by government agencies and private companies for internal documents and records. The company alerted customers to the ...Read more

The startup behind Chicago’s more than $1 billion quantum computing deal said operations are expected to start in three years, a win for Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who backed the investment and is widely seen as a potential presidential candidate.

PsiQuantum Corp. will start construction at the state’s new quantum and microelectronics ...Read more

MONTEREY, Calif. — Located about 3 miles offshore and 5 miles north of the Naval Postgraduate School is a first-of-its-kind ocean-sensing buoy. With 5G technologies and solar panels built in, the buoy has the capabilities to collect oceanographic and meteorological data 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the next three years.

NPS worked to...Read more

SpaceX has lined up an evening launch from Cape Canaveral on Monday, but the threat of thunderstorms could force a delay.

A Falcon 9 rocket on the mPOWER-D mission with two more communication satellites for Luxembourg-based SES is targeting liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 during a two-hour launch ...Read more

Water managers and state wildlife officials last year hoped the discovery of a microscopic zebra mussel larva in the Colorado River was a one-time event, not a sign of a larger problem lurking beneath the surface.

It was the first time larvae from the destructive invasive species had been found in the river in Colorado. For nearly a year, ...Read more

Young climate activists from Chicago called on Gov. JB Pritzker to enact legislation that would make the fossil fuel industry — instead of taxpayers — responsible for funding green, resilient infrastructure and disaster response in the face of climate change, following similar bills recently passed in Vermont and New York.

“Illinois can ...Read more