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Silicon Valley, technology and science news. Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge for achieving practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word technology can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, including both tangible tools such as utensils or machines, and intangible ones such as software. Technology plays a critical role in science, engineering, and everyday life

France seeks AI boom, urges EU investment in the sector

France seeks AI boom, urges EU investment in the sector

French President Emmanuel Macron wants Europe to become a leader in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector, he told a global...

Musk-led group makes $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI

Musk-led group makes $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI

A consortium led by Elon Musk said Monday it has offered $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI,...

Trump signals his support for cryptocurrency

Trump signals his support for cryptocurrency

U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to make the United States the cryptocurrency capital of the world. He is...

VOA Mandarin: China’s DeepSeek banned by several countries out of censorship fear 

VOA Mandarin: China’s DeepSeek banned by several countries out of censorship fear 

Several governments, including the U.S., Taiwan and Australia, have banned the use of China’s AI software DeepSeek on official devices....

Robots learn problem-solving from each other, internet

Robots learn problem-solving from each other, internet

Robots with reasoning power are becoming a reality thanks to massive amounts of training data and breakthroughs in artificial intelligence....

House lawmakers push to ban AI app DeepSeek from US government devices

House lawmakers push to ban AI app DeepSeek from US government devices

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan duo in the U.S. House is proposing legislation to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from...

Former Google engineer faces new US charges he stole AI secrets for Chinese companies

Former Google engineer faces new US charges he stole AI secrets for Chinese companies

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled an expanded 14-count indictment accusing former Google software engineer Linwei Ding of stealing artificial intelligence...

France pitches AI summit as ‘wake-up call’ for Europe

France pitches AI summit as ‘wake-up call’ for Europe

PARIS — France hosts top tech players next week at an artificial intelligence summit meant as a “wake-up call” for Europe...

UK to become 1st country to criminalize AI child abuse tools

UK to become 1st country to criminalize AI child abuse tools

LONDON — Britain will become the first country to introduce laws against AI tools used to generate sexual abuse images, the...

DeepSeek vs. ChatGPT fuels debate over AI building blocks

DeepSeek vs. ChatGPT fuels debate over AI building blocks

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — When Chinese startup DeepSeek released its AI model this month, it was hailed as a breakthrough, a...

Nigerian initiative paves way for deaf inclusion in tech

Nigerian initiative paves way for deaf inclusion in tech

An estimated nine million Nigerians are deaf or have hearing impairments, and many cope with discrimination that limits their access...

Microsoft, Meta CEOs defend hefty AI spending after DeepSeek stuns tech world

Microsoft, Meta CEOs defend hefty AI spending after DeepSeek stuns tech world

Days after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap AI computing that shook the U.S. technology industry, the chief...

Chinese app shakes up AI race

Chinese app shakes up AI race

A small Chinese company sent shockwaves around the tech world this week with news that it has created a high-performing...

Generative AI makes Chinese, Iranian hackers more efficient, report says

Generative AI makes Chinese, Iranian hackers more efficient, report says

A report issued Wednesday by Google found that hackers from numerous countries, particularly China, Iran and North Korea, have been...

Truth struggles against propaganda and censorship on China’s DeepSeek AI

Truth struggles against propaganda and censorship on China’s DeepSeek AI

Washington — Just one week after its initial release, China’s new artificial intelligence assistant, DeepSeek, has shocked American financial markets, technology...

AI technology helps boost forest conservation in Kenya

AI technology helps boost forest conservation in Kenya

Conservationists in Kenya are using an artificial intelligence-powered application to monitor forest degradation and launch reforestation. The data collected by...

China’s DeepSeek AI rattles Wall Street, but questions remain

China’s DeepSeek AI rattles Wall Street, but questions remain

Chinese researchers backed by a Hangzhou-based hedge fund recently released a new version of a large language model (LLM) called...

VOA Mandarin: What is Stargate? Is China catching up in AI?

VOA Mandarin: What is Stargate? Is China catching up in AI?

The multibillion-dollar Stargate Project announced by U.S. President Donald Trump will focus on building data centers with the goal of...

Tech stocks sink as Chinese competitor threatens to topple their AI domination 

Tech stocks sink as Chinese competitor threatens to topple their AI domination 

New York — Wall Street is tumbling Monday on fears the big U.S. companies that have feasted on the artificial-intelligence frenzy...

Kenyan tech firm turns plastic waste into 3D images; boosts learning, cuts emissions

Kenyan tech firm turns plastic waste into 3D images; boosts learning, cuts emissions

Plastic waste accounts for 10 to 12 percent of all solid waste in Kenya, according to the United Nations Environmental...

Trump discussing TikTok purchase with multiple people; decision in 30 days

Trump discussing TikTok purchase with multiple people; decision in 30 days

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was in talks with multiple people over buying...

Big Tech wants data centers plugged into power plants; utilities balk

Big Tech wants data centers plugged into power plants; utilities balk

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — Looking for a quick fix for their fast-growing electricity diets, tech giants are increasingly looking to strike deals...