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

Ocean Shock: Building a Silicon Valley of the Sea

Ocean Shock: Building a Silicon Valley of the Sea

This is part of “Ocean Shock,” a Reuters series exploring climate change’s impact on sea creatures and the people who...

Google Silicon Valley Employees Join a Worldwide Protest

Google Silicon Valley Employees Join a Worldwide Protest

San Francisco Google employees joined a worldwide company walkout Thursday in protest of what they are calling the mishandling of...

Palestinian Girls Will Pitch Their App to Silicon Valley 

Palestinian Girls Will Pitch Their App to Silicon Valley 

Four Palestinian high school friends are heading to California this week to pitch their mobile app about fire prevention to...

From Homeless to Employment in Silicon Valley

From Homeless to Employment in Silicon Valley

As tech giants expand in San Francisco, homelessness and job displacement for locals continues to rise. Deana Mitchell explores one...

Some in Washington Wary as Silicon Valley Welcomes Chinese Investments

Some in Washington Wary as Silicon Valley Welcomes Chinese Investments

While the Trump administration is putting tariffs on Chinese imports, another battle has been brewing about whether the United States...

Some in Washington Wary as Silicon Valley Embraces Chinese Investments

Some in Washington Wary as Silicon Valley Embraces Chinese Investments

U.S. policymakers are raising national security concerns about Chinese money flooding into U.S. startups in fields such as artificial intelligence...

Silicon Valley-Style Coding Boot Camp Seeks to Reset Japan Inc.

Silicon Valley-Style Coding Boot Camp Seeks to Reset Japan Inc.

Barely six months after inaugurating a tiny software-coding boot camp in a basement in Tokyo, Silicon Valley transplant Kani Munidasa...

Silicon Valley Startup Peddles 3-D-printed Bike

Silicon Valley Startup Peddles 3-D-printed Bike

After a career that included helping Alphabet’s Google build out data centers and speeding packages for Amazon.com to customers, Jim...

A New Silicon Valley is Sprouting in Middle America

A New Silicon Valley is Sprouting in Middle America

Kavitha Kamalbabu needed a break. She had raised her two children and the youngest was now in kindergarten. It was...

A New Silicon Valley Where You’d Least Expect It

A New Silicon Valley Where You’d Least Expect It

Silicon Valley — the U.S. hub of technology– is getting so expensive that tech workers are struggling to get by,...

Silicon Valley Moms Ease Child-care Shortage With Technology

Silicon Valley Moms Ease Child-care Shortage With Technology

The high cost of living makes finding affordable child care a challenge in Silicon Valley. Three moms have founded the...

New Kind of Retirement Community: A Little India in Silicon Valley 

New Kind of Retirement Community: A Little India in Silicon Valley 

With people coming from around the world to work in Silicon Valley, some struggle with the best ways to care...

Silicon Valley Job Fair Caters to New Immigrants, Refugees

Silicon Valley Job Fair Caters to New Immigrants, Refugees

Khaled Turkmani fled Syria and traveled through five countries before he ended up in San Francisco. He immediately began to...