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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

UN: Iran using drones to enforce hijab law

UN: Iran using drones to enforce hijab law

A Friday report by the United Nations says Iran is using advanced technology, including drones, facial recognition and a citizen-reporting...

Launch pad problem delays SpaceX flight to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts

Launch pad problem delays SpaceX flight to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday...

Dirt-powered sensors help farmers optimize their fields

Dirt-powered sensors help farmers optimize their fields

An innovative solution to remotely power devices using natural biological processes could help farmers get the most from their fields....

China boosting development of AI for use in trade war with US

China boosting development of AI for use in trade war with US

NEW DELHI — Encouraged by the enthusiastic reception to its DeepSeek artificial intelligence platform in January, China’s leaders are going all...

US drops antitrust case against Google over AI, not Chrome

US drops antitrust case against Google over AI, not Chrome

The U.S. Department of Justice dropped a proposal Friday to force Alphabet’s Google to sell its investments in artificial intelligence...

Greenland and Afghanistan: Frontiers in race for critical minerals

Greenland and Afghanistan: Frontiers in race for critical minerals

Just as discoveries of fossil fuel reserves helped to shape the 20th century, the race for critical minerals is shaping...

Trump to host White House crypto summit

Trump to host White House crypto summit

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday hosts top cryptocurrency players at the White House, a political boost for an...

Trump calls to end US government’s semiconductor subsidy program

Trump calls to end US government’s semiconductor subsidy program

President Donald Trump is signaling a major change in how the U.S. will support growth in key domestic industries such...

Musk fails in bid to block OpenAI becoming for-profit business

Musk fails in bid to block OpenAI becoming for-profit business

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — A U.S. judge on Tuesday denied Elon Musk’s request to prevent OpenAI from becoming a for-profit business...

VOA Mandarin: Who has better humanoid robots, US or China?

VOA Mandarin: Who has better humanoid robots, US or China?

Chinese tech firms and state media have spotlighted humanoid robots, which have grown in popularity since the Unitree G1 appeared...

China uses DeepSeek AI for surveillance and information attacks on US

China uses DeepSeek AI for surveillance and information attacks on US

The United States may become the second country after Australia to ban China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence on government devices. U.S....

Trump, Taiwanese chipmaker announce new $100 billion plan to build five new US factories

Trump, Taiwanese chipmaker announce new $100 billion plan to build five new US factories

WASHINGTON — Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced on Monday plans to make an additional $100 billion investment in the...

2 lunar landings in a week for NASA’s private moon fleet

2 lunar landings in a week for NASA’s private moon fleet

WASHINGTON — More than 50 years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United States’ return to the lunar surface,...

With $500B US investment, Apple pulling away from China, analysts say

With $500B US investment, Apple pulling away from China, analysts say

Apple announced this week it would spend $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years and create 20,000...

Private company’s craft rockets toward moon in latest rush of lunar landing attempts

Private company’s craft rockets toward moon in latest rush of lunar landing attempts

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A private company launched another lunar lander Wednesday, aiming to get closer to the moon’s south pole...

Musicians release silent album to protest UK’s AI copyright changes

Musicians release silent album to protest UK’s AI copyright changes

LONDON — More than 1,000 musicians including Kate Bush and Cat Stevens on Tuesday released a silent album to protest proposed...

Apple to build 23,200-square meter facility in Texas

Apple to build 23,200-square meter facility in Texas

U.S. tech giant Apple has announced plans to create some 20,000 jobs and invest $500 billion over the next four...

Australia fines Telegram for delay in answering child abuse, terror questions

Australia fines Telegram for delay in answering child abuse, terror questions

Sydney — Australia’s online safety regulator fined messaging platform Telegram about $640,000 on Monday for its delay in answering questions about...

Rich in cash, Japan automaker Toyota builds city to test futuristic mobility

Rich in cash, Japan automaker Toyota builds city to test futuristic mobility

SUSONO — Woven City near Mount Fuji is where Japanese automaker Toyota plans to test everyday living with robotics, artificial intelligence...

VOA Mandarin: How will China help developing countries promote AI?

VOA Mandarin: How will China help developing countries promote AI?

After China’s DeepSeek gained global recognition, some argue that the U.S.-China rivalry in AI may be upended. In addition, the...

VOA Mandarin: Chinese netizens prefer DeepSeek to Musk’s Grok 3

VOA Mandarin: Chinese netizens prefer DeepSeek to Musk’s Grok 3

WASHINGTON — Chinese social media users are not impressed by the newly released AI model Grok 3 by Elon Musk’s xAI,...

Does AI detect breast cancer better than doctors can?

Does AI detect breast cancer better than doctors can?

A recent study found doctors were able to detect breast cancer more often when they used artificial intelligence to help...