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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

South Africa’s first retrofitted electric minibus taxi exceeds expectations

South Africa’s first retrofitted electric minibus taxi exceeds expectations

Minibus taxis are everywhere in South Africa, and all of them run on gasoline. But engineers at one university are...

Next Boeing CEO should understand past mistakes, airlines boss says 

Next Boeing CEO should understand past mistakes, airlines boss says 

DUBAI — The next CEO of Boeing BA.N should have an understanding of what led to its current crisis and be...

‘Open source’ investigators use satellites to identify burned Darfur villages

‘Open source’ investigators use satellites to identify burned Darfur villages

Investigators using satellite imagery to document the war in western Sudan’s Darfur region say 72 villages were burned down in...

OpenAI unveils new safety committee

OpenAI unveils new safety committee

New cars in California could alert drivers for breaking the speed limit

New cars in California could alert drivers for breaking the speed limit

SACRAMENTO, California — California could eventually join the European Union in requiring all new cars to alert drivers when they break...

China’s Digital Silk Road exports internet technology, controls

China’s Digital Silk Road exports internet technology, controls

washington — China promotes its help to Southeast Asian countries in modernizing their digital landscapes through investments in infrastructure as part...

Attempts to regulate AI’s hidden hand in Americans’ lives flounder

Attempts to regulate AI’s hidden hand in Americans’ lives flounder

DENVER — The first attempts to regulate artificial intelligence programs that play a hidden role in hiring, housing and medical decisions...

Google’s AI tool producing misleading responses that have experts worried

Google’s AI tool producing misleading responses that have experts worried

Remote workers quietly take ‘workations’ without telling the boss

Remote workers quietly take ‘workations’ without telling the boss

Study finds 1 in 3 secretly travel while working remotely …

US political consultant indicted over AI-generated Biden robocalls

US political consultant indicted over AI-generated Biden robocalls

IS turns to artificial intelligence for advanced propaganda amid territorial defeats

IS turns to artificial intelligence for advanced propaganda amid territorial defeats

Washington — With major military setbacks in recent years, supporters of the Islamic State terror group are increasingly relying on artificial...

Australian researchers unveil device that harvests water from the air

Australian researchers unveil device that harvests water from the air

SYDNEY — A device that absorbs water from air to produce drinkable water was officially launched in Australia Wednesday. Researchers say...

US looks to work with EU to address Chinese industrial policy

US looks to work with EU to address Chinese industrial policy

Samsung to expand chip output from Texas

Samsung to expand chip output from Texas

The Biden administration last month announced $6.4 billion in direct funding to back South Korean tech giant Samsung’s new semiconductor...

  Britain, South Korea co-host two-day AI summit in South Korea

  Britain, South Korea co-host two-day AI summit in South Korea

Dark web drug site founder to appear in New York court

Dark web drug site founder to appear in New York court

Researchers use artificial intelligence to classify brain tumors

Researchers use artificial intelligence to classify brain tumors

SYDNEY — Researchers in Australia and the United States say that a new artificial intelligence tool has allowed them to classify...

Companies trying to attract more smartphone users across Africa, but there are risks

Companies trying to attract more smartphone users across Africa, but there are risks

Accra, Ghana — Anita Akpeere prepared fried rice in her kitchen in Ghana’s capital as a flurry of notifications for restaurant...

Blue Origin flies thrill seekers to space, including oldest astronaut 

Blue Origin flies thrill seekers to space, including oldest astronaut 

Washington — After a nearly two year hiatus, Blue Origin flew adventurers to space on Sunday including a former Air Force...

Musk, Indonesian health minister, launch Starlink for health sector 

Musk, Indonesian health minister, launch Starlink for health sector 

DENPASAR, BALI, INDONESIA — Elon Musk and Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin launched SpaceX’s satellite internet service for the nation’s...

Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone

Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND — The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant. She loved to belt out Taylor...

Former OpenAI leader: Safety has ‘taken a backseat to shiny products’ at the company

Former OpenAI leader: Safety has ‘taken a backseat to shiny products’ at the company