Samsung discontinuing its texting app, saying switch to Google Messages

NEW YORK (AP) – Samsung is saying goodbye its namesake texting app. According to an end of service announcement published on the tech giant’s U.S. support website, Samsung Messages will be discontinued in July.

Travelers will face limits on how many chargers they can carry

Travelers will soon face restrictions on how many portable chargers they can carry on a flight as airlines continue to try to reduce the risk of another lithium battery fire aboard their jets.

10,000 workers scammed people in compound on Thailand-Cambodia border

O’SMACH, Cambodia (AP) – I have often used the word industrial-scale in my own writing to describe the scam compounds that dot the region. But the weight of that phrase truly sunk in at the O’Smach Resort complex that we visited Tuesday.

It's time for Artemis II to break Apollo 13's distance record

HOUSTON (AP) – The Artemis II astronauts are already the champions of a fresh new era of lunar exploration. Now it’s time to set a new distance record. Launched last week on humanity’s first trip to the moon since 1972, the three Americans and one Canadian are chasing after Apollo 13’s maximum range from Earth.

Artemis II breaks Apollo 13's distance record as humans travel farther from Earth

HOUSTON (AP) – With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts set a record Monday as the farthest humans from Earth during a lunar flyby promising magnificent views of the far side never before witnessed.

Nearly a century of wondering: The American UFO saga, in reality and in fiction

UFOs, or the notion of them, have been around a long time. Here’s a look at how the various iterations of the subject – from government investigations to sightings to movies and TV – have unfolded since World War II: On June 24, private pilot Kenneth A. Arnold reports seeing nine objects flying near Mount Rainier in Washington state.

Artemis II astronauts are more than halfway to the moon

Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts were toasted by Canada on Saturday as they prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. The three Americans and one Canadian will reach their destination Monday, photographing the mysterious lunar far side as they zoom around.

As Trump orders UFO data released. If aliens exist, what would they think of us?

For generations, human beings have wondered: What would alien life from another planet be like? But we rarely ask the opposite: What would they think of us? It’s a question that can produce some, well, uncomfortable answers if you happen to be an earthling. “If I were looking at Earth from a distance, I would be pretty disappointed,” theoretical physicist Avi Loeb says.

Cardi B and Steph Curry earn Webby Award nominations

NEW YORK (AP) – Cardi B, Steph Curry, Dwayne Johnson, Justin Bieber and the use of Sydney Sweeney’s bathwater are among the nominees for this year’s Webby Awards, which mark their 30th year recognizing the best online content and creators.