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How to protect yourself from the 5 most dangerous words used in email scams
Matt Gephardt and Sloan Schrage, KSL | Posted Dec. 13 - 9:44 p.m. | Save Story
Here are the five most dangerous words cybercriminals use in email scams and how you can protect yourself.
California-based energy company planning underground nuclear reactor in Utah
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted Dec. 13 - 9:04 p.m. | Save Story
California-based energy company Deep Fission in September announced Utah, Texas and Kansas as the first three planned sites for testing of its small modular pressurized water reactors.
Great Salt Lake's latest species discovery gets a name fit for the lake's native history
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted Dec. 13 - 7:28 a.m. | Save Story
Utah researchers say that at least one of the tiny roundworm species recently found living in the Great Salt Lake is a previously undiscovered nematode species.
Some Utah Republicans push back on Trump's order on AI regulation
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted Dec. 12 - 9:05 p.m. | Save Story
Several Utah Republicans have spoken out against an executive order from President Trump that aims to restrict state's abilities to regulate AI.
Creekstone Energy studying nuclear power to support world's largest data center campus in Utah
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted Dec. 11 - 8:02 p.m. | Save Story
Creekstone Energy on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with Utah-based EnergySolutions to evaluate potential nuclear power options to support energy needs at Creekstone's planned data center campus.
Time magazine names 'Architects of AI' as its person of the year for 2025
Associated Press | Updated Dec. 11 - 10:18 a.m. | Save Story
The "Architects of AI" were named Time magazine's person of the year for 2025. The magazine on Thursday cited 2025 as the year when the potential of artificial intelligence "roared into view" with no turning back.
University of Utah engineers build bionic hand with an AI brain
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Dec. 10 - 7:15 a.m. | Save Story
University of Utah engineers have given a bionic hand a mind of its own with the assistance of artificial intelligence.
How a rare drug made from scientists' blood saves babies from botulism
Jonel Aleccia, Associated Press | Updated Dec. 10 - 6:53 a.m. | Save Story
When Alessandro Barbera was rushed to a California hospital with infant botulism in October, his father had barely heard of the disease, never mind the rare and costly treatment that likely saved the newborn's life.
How to watch one of the year's best meteor showers, the Geminids
Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press | Updated Dec. 9 - 10:51 a.m. | Save Story
It's time for the Geminid meteor shower, one of the strongest of the year. The Geminids peak this weekend and are visible through mid-December.
Australia social media ban takes effect in world first
Reuters | Updated Dec. 9 - 9:58 a.m. | Save Story
Australia at midnight on Wednesday became the first country in the world to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's YouTube and Meta's Instagram and Facebook.
New images show interstellar comet that will soon make its closest approach to Earth
Ashley Strickland, CNN | Updated Dec. 8 - 6:29 p.m. | Save Story
The Hubble Space Telescope and the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer have captured fresh images of an interstellar comet as the object nears its closest approach to Earth later this month.
Tired of scam calls? Bill from Utah and Connecticut senators would put new rules on AI robocalls
Eastin Hartzell, Deseret News | Posted Dec. 8 - 6:20 a.m. | Save Story
Sens. John Curtis and Richard Blumenthal introduced a bipartisan bill Thursday to expose AI robocalls and toughen penalties for impersonation scams.
AI-powered police body cameras, once taboo, get tested on Canadian city's 'watch list' of faces
Matt O'brien and Garance Burke, Associated Press | Updated Dec. 7 - 8:30 p.m. | Save Story
Police in Edmonton, Canada, have started a pilot project using AI-equipped body cameras to detect faces on a "high risk" watch list.
Idaho National Laboratory achieves milestone on military reactors
Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News | Posted Dec. 7 - 8:35 a.m. | Save Story
The recent delivery of advanced nuclear fuel to the Idaho National Laboratory's Transient Reactor Test Facility marks a major milestone for Project Pele, a first-of-its-kind mobile microreactor prototype designed to provide resilient power for military operations.
'Life in color again': Why some young adults are switching their smartphones for flip phones
Eastin Hartzell, Deseret News | Posted Dec. 6 - 9:02 p.m. | Save Story
A growing number of youth and young adults are intentionally swapping smartphones for "dumb phones" — flip phones and minimalist devices that call and text, but don't scroll.
Vertex's gene therapy shows promise in younger children with blood disorders
Sriparna Roy, Reuters | Posted Dec. 6 - 1:56 p.m. | Save Story
Vertex Pharmaceuticals said on Saturday its gene therapy helped children aged between 5 and 11 years with sickle cell disease to be free of painful events.
University of Utah team discovers rare computer relic
Shelby Lofton, KSL | Posted Dec. 6 - 7:44 a.m. | Save Story
A research team at the University of Utah uncovered a rare piece of computing history.
Waymo to issue recall over self-driving vehicles driving past stopped school buses
David Shepardson, Reuters | Updated Dec. 5 - 8:50 p.m. | Save Story
Alphabet unit Waymo said Friday it would issue a recall for its self-driving vehicles after Texas officials said they illegally passed school buses at least 19 times since the start of the school year.
