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

Chinese Leader to Dutch PM: Restricting Technology Access Won’t Stop China’s Advance

Chinese Leader to Dutch PM: Restricting Technology Access Won’t Stop China’s Advance

BEIJING — Chinese leader Xi Jinping told visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday that attempts to restrict China’s access...

Vietnamese Automaker VinFast to Start Selling EVs in Thailand

Vietnamese Automaker VinFast to Start Selling EVs in Thailand

Bangkok — Vietnamese automaker VinFast announced Tuesday that it plans to sell its electric vehicles in Thailand and said it had...

Critics Slam Apple CEO Tim Cook for Laudatory Remarks in China

Critics Slam Apple CEO Tim Cook for Laudatory Remarks in China

 Washington — Tim Cook, CEO of the American technology giant Apple, is facing criticism at home over laudatory remarks he made...

US Aims to Tap Domestic Lithium Supply Without Chinese Products

US Aims to Tap Domestic Lithium Supply Without Chinese Products

washington — Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a record conditional loan of $2.26 billion to tap the...

LogOn: Robots Hand Write Letters for Humans

LogOn: Robots Hand Write Letters for Humans

Not long ago, people wrote letters by hand. But like many things eclipsed by modern technology, handwritten letters are less...

Robots Writing Letters for Humans  

Robots Writing Letters for Humans  

Battery Swap Technologies May Advance E-Vehicle Adoption in Africa

Battery Swap Technologies May Advance E-Vehicle Adoption in Africa

Electric vehicles can lower pollution and save drivers money, but in Africa, uneven access to electricity is a significant barrier...

US Judge Dismisses Lawsuit by Musk’s X Against Hate Speech Researchers

US Judge Dismisses Lawsuit by Musk’s X Against Hate Speech Researchers

Florida’s Governor Signs One of Country’s Most Restrictive Social Media Bans for Minors

Florida’s Governor Signs One of Country’s Most Restrictive Social Media Bans for Minors

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands...

US Vice President: Banning TikTok ‘Not at All the Goal’

US Vice President: Banning TikTok ‘Not at All the Goal’

 Austin, Texas — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said the Biden administration has no intention to ban TikTok, the popular short...

TikTok Bill Faces Uncertain Fate in Senate

TikTok Bill Faces Uncertain Fate in Senate

WASHINGTON — The young voices in the messages left for North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis were laughing, but the words were...

Reddit, the Self-Anointed ‘Front Page of the Internet,’ Jumps 55% in Wall Street Debut

Reddit, the Self-Anointed ‘Front Page of the Internet,’ Jumps 55% in Wall Street Debut

NEW YORK — Reddit soared in its Wall Street debut as investors pushed the valued of the company close to $9...

At UN, Nations Cooperate Toward Safe, Trustworthy AI Systems

At UN, Nations Cooperate Toward Safe, Trustworthy AI Systems

United Nations — The U.N. General Assembly adopted by consensus Thursday a first-of-its-kind resolution addressing the potential of artificial intelligence to...

US Takes On Apple in Antitrust Lawsuit

US Takes On Apple in Antitrust Lawsuit

Washington — The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued Apple, the first major antitrust effort against the iPhone maker by...

Biden Administration Unveils Strict Auto Standards to Speed Electric Shift 

Biden Administration Unveils Strict Auto Standards to Speed Electric Shift 

New York — President Joe Biden’s administration announced Wednesday revised pollution standards for cars and trucks meant to accelerate the U.S....

Biden to Tout Government Investing $8.5 Billion in Intel’s Computer Chip Plants in Four States  

Biden to Tout Government Investing $8.5 Billion in Intel’s Computer Chip Plants in Four States  

Washington — The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide Intel with up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and...

Efforts by US to Crack Down on TikTok Spark Backlash Against Israel

Efforts by US to Crack Down on TikTok Spark Backlash Against Israel

Washington — The initial backlash came quickly. Within hours of last week’s vote in the House of Representatives approving legislation that...

Electronic Waste Accumulating Worldwide, UN Report Warns

Electronic Waste Accumulating Worldwide, UN Report Warns

Q&A: TikTok Owner Is Essentially ‘Subsidiary’ of China’s Communist Party, US Lawmaker Says  

Q&A: TikTok Owner Is Essentially ‘Subsidiary’ of China’s Communist Party, US Lawmaker Says  

washington — The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill March 13 that, if enacted into law, would give ByteDance, the...

Back to the Moon – Part 1

Back to the Moon – Part 1

After the Apollo program ended, the US took a long hiatus from lunar exploration. What happened during this time, and...

US Supreme Court Examines Government Efforts to Curb Online Misinformation

US Supreme Court Examines Government Efforts to Curb Online Misinformation

Washington — The US Supreme Court was hearing arguments on Monday in a social media case involving free speech rights and...

US Sanctions Network Smuggling American Tech to Iran’s Central Bank

US Sanctions Network Smuggling American Tech to Iran’s Central Bank

Washington — The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled sanctions against a network of companies and individuals for facilitating illegal technology transfers from...