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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

Islamic Council’s VPN decree raises concerns about privacy in Pakistan

Islamic Council’s VPN decree raises concerns about privacy in Pakistan

11/20/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

WASHINGTON — Pakistan’s top cleric has declared that virtual private networks, or VPNs, are unlawful, igniting a debate on privacy rights...

Pakistan’s Islamic Council calls for ban on use of VPNs

Pakistan’s Islamic Council calls for ban on use of VPNs

11/20/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

WASHINGTON — Pakistan’s top cleric has declared that virtual private networks, or VPNs, are unlawful, igniting a debate on privacy rights...

AI in action at Africa Tech Festival

AI in action at Africa Tech Festival

11/19/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

Artificial intelligence was much discussed and demonstrated at the Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town, South Africa earlier this month....

South African universities embrace AI, seeing it as equalizing tool

South African universities embrace AI, seeing it as equalizing tool

11/18/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

The rise of AI tools like ChatGPT has sparked debate in higher education, raising questions about ethics and integrity in...

‘Morphing’ wheel from South Korea may transform lives – and robots

‘Morphing’ wheel from South Korea may transform lives – and robots

11/17/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

DAEJEON, South Korea — Imagine a wheelchair equipped with wheels flexible enough to navigate all manner of obstacles from curbs to...

Chinese social media reels over woman’s illegal surrogacy case

Chinese social media reels over woman’s illegal surrogacy case

11/17/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

BEIJING/HONG KONG — A 22-year-old Chinese woman’s account of how she was lured into the country’s illegal surrogacy industry before suffering...

Australia’s plan to ban children from social media proves popular, problematic

Australia’s plan to ban children from social media proves popular, problematic

11/15/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

MELBOURNE, Australia — How do you remove children from the harms of social media? Politically the answer appears simple in Australia,...

China’s largest air show takes off with fighter jets, attack drones

China’s largest air show takes off with fighter jets, attack drones

11/12/2024 Newsmaker

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Zhuhai, China — Stealth fighter jets and attack drones took center stage as China’s largest air show officially opened on Tuesday,...

As data center industry booms, English village becomes battleground

As data center industry booms, English village becomes battleground

11/09/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

ABBOTS LANGLEY, England — Originally built to store crops from peasant farmers, the Tithe Barn on the edge of the English...

EV industry watching Musk’s role in tariff fixing

EV industry watching Musk’s role in tariff fixing

11/09/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

New Delhi — The electric vehicle industry is closely watching to see how Tesla boss Elon Musk, who played a key...

Can honeybees and dogs detect cancer earlier than technology?

Can honeybees and dogs detect cancer earlier than technology?

11/07/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

Washington — Researchers at Michigan State University recently discovered that honeybees, with their keen sense of smell, can sniff out lung...

Canada orders TikTok’s Canadian business to be dissolved but won’t block app

Canada orders TikTok’s Canadian business to be dissolved but won’t block app

11/07/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

Canada announced Wednesday it won’t block access to the popular video-sharing app TikTok but is ordering the dissolution of its...

Australia proposes ‘world-leading’ ban on social media for children under 16

Australia proposes ‘world-leading’ ban on social media for children under 16

11/07/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

sydney — The Australian government will legislate for a ban on social media for children under 16, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...

French families sue TikTok over alleged failure to remove harmful content

French families sue TikTok over alleged failure to remove harmful content

11/04/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

PARIS — Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent...

US tech firms warn Vietnam’s planned law to hamper data centers, social media

US tech firms warn Vietnam’s planned law to hamper data centers, social media

11/04/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

HANOI, Vietnam — U.S. tech companies have warned Vietnam’s government that a draft law to tighten rules on data protection and...

California attempts to regulate election deepfakes

California attempts to regulate election deepfakes

11/02/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

The state of California has passed several laws attempting to regulate artificial intelligence, including AI used to create realistic looking...

Thousands of passenger flight signals jammed over war zones in Ukraine, Middle East

Thousands of passenger flight signals jammed over war zones in Ukraine, Middle East

10/31/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

The navigation systems of thousands of passenger aircraft are being disrupted every day as they fly close to conflict zones,...

Residents in Ethiopia’s Oromia region report network disruptions as government forces fight rebels

Residents in Ethiopia’s Oromia region report network disruptions as government forces fight rebels

10/31/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

ADAMA, ETHIOPIA — Residents in Ethiopia’s Oromia region say access to phone communication and internet service has been disrupted for months...

Chinese online retailer Temu faces EU probe into rogue traders, illegal goods

Chinese online retailer Temu faces EU probe into rogue traders, illegal goods

10/31/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

LONDON — The European Union is investigating Chinese online retailer Temu over suspicions it’s failing to prevent the sale of illegal...

Musk’s X ineffective against surge of US election misinformation, report says

Musk’s X ineffective against surge of US election misinformation, report says

10/31/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

The crowd-sourced fact-checking feature of Elon Musk’s X, Community Notes, is “failing to counter false” claims about the U.S. election,...

China launches new crew to its space station as it seeks to expand exploration

China launches new crew to its space station as it seeks to expand exploration

10/30/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

JIUQUAN, China — China declared a “complete success” after it launched a new three-person crew to its orbiting space station early...

US finalizes rule restricting investment in Chinese tech firms

US finalizes rule restricting investment in Chinese tech firms

10/30/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

The Treasury Department on Monday finalized a new rule meant to prevent U.S.-based people and companies from investing in the...

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