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Apple's digital ID is finally here, and so are the privacy concerns

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The tech giant announced Wednesday that, starting immediately, iPhone owners in Arizona will be able to add their government-issued IDs or driver's licenses to their Apple Wallets and use the digital copies in lieu of a physical one with TSA officials at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

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How scientists find the big asteroids that can threaten Earth

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Specialized telescopes in Hawaii, Arizona, and beyond have spotted around 95 percent of the behemoths one kilometer (0.6 Pan-STARRS, or the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, sits atop Hawaii's dormant volcano Haleakalā at some 10,000 feet. Just twelve hours later it exploded in the sky near Puerto Rico.

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