Technology

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

Scammers swipe billions from Americans every year, many getting away with it

Scammers swipe billions from Americans every year, many getting away with it

TikTok has launched tons of trends. Will its influence last?

TikTok has launched tons of trends. Will its influence last?

new york — TikTok and its bite-sized videos arrived in the United States as a global version of the Chinese app...

Russian-linked cybercampaigns focus on Olympics, French elections

Russian-linked cybercampaigns focus on Olympics, French elections

paris — Photos of blood-red hands on a Holocaust memorial. Caskets at the Eiffel Tower. A fake French military recruitment drive...

Australia plans to build secret data centers with Amazon

Australia plans to build secret data centers with Amazon

SYDNEY — Australia said Thursday a $1.35 billion deal with U.S. technology giant Amazon to build three secure data centers for...

Silicon Valley steps up screening on Chinese employees to counter espionage

Silicon Valley steps up screening on Chinese employees to counter espionage

Washington — Leading U.S. technology companies reportedly have increased security screening of employees and job applicants, which experts say is necessary...

NASA: ‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ nova eruption could happen any day

NASA: ‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ nova eruption could happen any day

Alliance sets sights on minerals needed for global shift to green energy

Alliance sets sights on minerals needed for global shift to green energy

The U.S. government’s representative to the Minerals Security Partnership, an alliance of mostly Western countries that aims to speed the...

Russian satellite breaks up, forces space station astronauts to shelter

Russian satellite breaks up, forces space station astronauts to shelter

WASHINGTON — A defunct Russian satellite has broken up into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on...

Drivers in cities around globe facing more traffic jams, study finds

Drivers in cities around globe facing more traffic jams, study finds

Boeing’s Starliner strands astronauts in space

Boeing’s Starliner strands astronauts in space

Two NASA astronauts are stranded in space with no return date set. Plus, a new climate satellite launches into orbit,...

News nonprofit sues ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Microsoft for ‘exploitative’ copyright infringement

News nonprofit sues ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Microsoft for ‘exploitative’ copyright infringement

Los Angeles — The Center for Investigative Reporting said Thursday it has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its closest business partner,...

Historic Chinese lunar probe returns to Earth

Historic Chinese lunar probe returns to Earth

Chinese hackers have stepped up attacks on Taiwanese organizations, cybersecurity firm says

Chinese hackers have stepped up attacks on Taiwanese organizations, cybersecurity firm says

Hong Kong — A suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has stepped up its targeting of Taiwanese organizations, particularly those in sectors...

Apple’s App Store rules breach EU tech rules, EU regulators say

Apple’s App Store rules breach EU tech rules, EU regulators say

AMSTERDAM — Apple’s App Store rules breach EU tech rules because they prevent app developers from steering consumers to alternative offers,...

TikTok legal filing details case against potential US ban

TikTok legal filing details case against potential US ban

Trump, Biden woo voters on TikTok. Will it make a difference?

Trump, Biden woo voters on TikTok. Will it make a difference?

President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump agree on few things, but a ban of the Beijing-based social network...

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky denies it’s a hazard after the US bans its software

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky denies it’s a hazard after the US bans its software

First crew of Boeing Starliner to remain at ISS until late June

First crew of Boeing Starliner to remain at ISS until late June

Nvidia eclipses Microsoft as world’s most valuable company

Nvidia eclipses Microsoft as world’s most valuable company

India, US to strengthen high technology cooperation 

India, US to strengthen high technology cooperation 

New Delhi — Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his third term in office, India and the United States agreed...

Smartphone stroke detection breakthrough announced by Australian team

Smartphone stroke detection breakthrough announced by Australian team

SYDNEY — A new technology that allows smartphones to identify strokes far quicker than existing methods has been developed by researchers...

A year after the Titan’s tragic dive, deep-sea explorers vow to pursue ocean’s mysteries

A year after the Titan’s tragic dive, deep-sea explorers vow to pursue ocean’s mysteries

PORTLAND, Maine — The deadly implosion of an experimental submersible en route to the deep-sea grave of the Titanic last June...