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TotalEnergies has agreed to what's essentially a refund of its leases for projects off the coasts of North Carolina and New York, and will invest the money in fossil fuel projects instead, the Department of Interior announced.

We asked our audience to share the creative ways they limit their own phone use. They range from the practical (keep your phone in another room) to the creative (pair your phone with a fun paperback).

The old-fashioned roadside billboard is hot property these days in San Francisco, with tech startups snapping up ad space. But it's often not clear what they're selling.

The risky lending business has been booming -- but now its problems are becoming increasingly visible on Wall Street and beyond.

San Francisco's streets are plastered with cryptic ads from AI startups. The strategy is intentional -- but it's not without cost.

From global conflicts to criminal networks, drones are reshaping the nature of war and the balance of power.

Arizona is the first state to allege the prediction market company has committed criminal violations, accusing it of running an unlicensed gambling operation.

Automation has made its way into restaurant kitchens. Planet Money looks at what the effects of automation have been historically -- and watches a robot wok in action to see how it may change things.

The three girls say that the nonconsensual nude images were created by a perpetrator who used AI company xAI's image generation tools.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Lauren Kahn of Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology about the role of artificial intelligence in war.