In July, researchers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey telescope in Chile made an exceedingly rare discovery: a mysterious object passing through the solar ...

When the power went out in San Francisco over the weekend, experts say Waymo robotaxis failed a major stress test. Images of Waymo vehicles stopped in roads and intersections — backing up traffic ...

The blackout was caused by an electrical substation fire, PG&E said. Power continues to be restored to tens of thousands of San Francisco businesses and residences following a Saturday outage that ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Waymo, the operator of driverless ride-hailing vehicles, was also impacted by the massive power outage in San Francisco. Numerous people reported on social media seeing the ...

UPDATE: Jan. 5, 2026: Waymo said it is rolling out fleet-wide updates to give its vehicles more context on region-wide power outages following its robotaxis’ response to a Dec. 20 blackout in San ...

Waymo’s service pause highlights how infrastructure failures can disrupt fully driverless systems, even as robotaxi deployments expand. The incident underscores regulatory and operational contrasts ...

Dec 21 (Reuters) - Power was restored for about 110,000 customers in San Francisco after a sizable part of the city was hit by an outage on Saturday, according to the city's emergency management ...

All it took was one spark to plunge San Francisco into darkness. The San Francisco skyline went black after a fire at a single local substation that had been the site of two previous blazes. The ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. After Saturday’s blackout, roughly 110,000 San Francisco residents have power again. About 21,000 are still in the ...