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Flipboard rolls out newsfeed personalization tools to save you from doomscrolling

Facebook is preparing to adjust its News Feed to de-emphasize political posts and current events, but news reader Flipboard is instead rolling out an update that puts users in control of their own fee

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Hawaii’s Big Island fighting the largest wildfire it's ever seen

02:19 Like many parts of western United States, the Hawaiian islands in the Pacific have also been struggling with wildfires for almost a month, with the Big Island fighting the largest

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BreezoMeter, which powers air quality in Apple’s Weather app, launches Wildfire Tracker

BreezoMeter has been on a mission to make environmental health hazards accessible to as many people as possible. Through its air quality index (AQI) calculations, the Israel-based company can now iden

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Napa Valley wine growers work to protect livelihoods

03:04 As major wildfires rage across Northern California, one region is taking extra precautions to protect the livelihoods of the people who live there.Napa Valley is the most valuable

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Saving California's Grapes

02:52 A year after the devastating effects of Napa Valley’s Glass Fire, the damage is still highly visible. Wine growers in the region are taking actions to protect themselves against d

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Chinese president sends condolences over Algeria wildfires

Chinese President Xi Jinpingon Tuesday sent a message of condolence to his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebbouneover the deadly wildfires that erupted in the countr

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The summer’s extreme weather is just a preview of the climate crisis

Floods, wildfires and heatwaves. That’s just a taste of some of the natural disasters the northern hemisphere experienced this summer, and experts say it’s all fueled by climate change.Nearly 200

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Spain nears record temps as heat wave bakes southern Europe

Temperatures in Spain soared above 45 degrees Celsius on Saturday, with Seville topping out at 46.5 degrees Celsius, just shy of the country’s all-time record of 46.9 Celsius from July 2017.The pe

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Algerians battle deadly wildfires

00:39 Wildfires fanned by blistering temperatures killed at least 65 people in Algeria, including 28 soldiers. Authorities said that the fires had criminal origins, saying the ‘arsonist

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Wealthy nations are hit by extreme weather due to climate crisis

This summer has seen a staggering number of extreme weather events globally that is affecting the world's wealthiest nations, where many countries were spared in the

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At least 3 dead as wildfires, record-high temperatures hit S. Italy

A cow is seen in a burned area in Oristano, Sardinia, Italy, on July 26, 2021. (Xinhua) At least three people died in Italy due to extensive wildfires raging in the country's several southern

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Following the IPCC’s report, we need more technology to respond to more disasters

This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its major sixth assessment report on the physical science of climate change. The details are grim, if getting more precise as better a

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U.S. California wildfire now second-worst in state history

Flames leap from tree to tree as the Dixie Fire jumps Highway 89 north of Greenville in Plumas County, California, U.S., August 3, 2021. /AP The monstrous Dixie Fire in northern California has

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Firefighting aircraft crashes in Greece

FILE PHOTO: A firefighting airplane drops water near the village of Alepochori, Greece. /VCG A firefighting aircraft crashed in Greece while trying to put out forest fires on Sunday, but there

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California wildfire spreads fast, growing to largest this year in U.S.

A helicopter flies to battle against a wildfire dubbed Dixie Fire in Lassen National Forest, Northern California, the United States, on Aug. 5, 2021. (Photo by Dong Xudong/Xinhua) A fast-movin

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Firefighters stop wildfires from burning down a power plant in Turkey

01:19 On Wednesday night, Sadik Akin slept out in the open air in southwest Turkey after fleeing the wildfires that have devastated large parts of the country.He was one of the workers

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California faces heatwave and wildfires

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