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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

UK Watchdog Proposes Applying ‘Consumer Duty’ to Social Media

UK Watchdog Proposes Applying ‘Consumer Duty’ to Social Media

Britain’s financial watchdog on Monday proposed toughening up safeguards against the illegal marketing of financial products on social media by...

Musk Says Twitter Is Losing Cash Because Advertising Is Down and the Company Is Carrying Heavy Debt

Musk Says Twitter Is Losing Cash Because Advertising Is Down and the Company Is Carrying Heavy Debt

Elon Musk says Twitter is still losing cash because advertising has dropped by half. In a reply to a tweet...

Sources: US Chip CEOs Plan Washington Trip to Talk China Policy

Sources: US Chip CEOs Plan Washington Trip to Talk China Policy

The chief executives of Intel Corp and Qualcomm Inc are planning to visit Washington next week to discuss China policy,...

Microsoft: Chinese Hackers Exploited Code Flaw to Steal US Agencies’ Emails 

Microsoft: Chinese Hackers Exploited Code Flaw to Steal US Agencies’ Emails 

Microsoft says hackers used a flaw in its code to steal emails from government agencies and other clients.  In a...

India to Launch Moonshot Friday

India to Launch Moonshot Friday

India is set to launch a spacecraft to the moon Friday. If successful, it would make India only the fourth...

Targeting of State Department, Others in Microsoft Hack ‘Intentional’  

Targeting of State Department, Others in Microsoft Hack ‘Intentional’  

Hackers, possibly linked to China’s intelligence agencies, are being blamed for a monthlong campaign that breached some unclassified U.S. email...

‘Meta Loses More:’ Zuckerberg Takes Threads Fight to EU

‘Meta Loses More:’ Zuckerberg Takes Threads Fight to EU

U.S. tech titan Mark Zuckerberg has plunged into a high-stakes game of brinkmanship with the European Union by withholding his...

Europe Signs Off on New Privacy Pact That Allows People’s Data to Keep Flowing to US 

Europe Signs Off on New Privacy Pact That Allows People’s Data to Keep Flowing to US 

The European Union signed off Monday on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged...

Meta’s Twitter Rival Threads Overtakes ChatGPT as Fastest-Growing Platform 

Meta’s Twitter Rival Threads Overtakes ChatGPT as Fastest-Growing Platform 

Meta Platforms’ Twitter rival Threads crossed 100 million sign-ups within five days of launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday,...

New Handbook Highlights Ways to Develop Tech Ethically

New Handbook Highlights Ways to Develop Tech Ethically

In a world where technology, such as artificial intelligence, is advancing at a rapid pace, what guidance do technology developers...

AI Robots at UN Reckon They Could Run the World Better

AI Robots at UN Reckon They Could Run the World Better

A panel of AI-enabled humanoid robots told a United Nations summit Friday that they could eventually run the world better...

Chinese Regulators Fine Ant Group $985M in Signal That Tech Crackdown May End

Chinese Regulators Fine Ant Group $985M in Signal That Tech Crackdown May End

HONG KONG — Chinese regulators are fining Ant Group 7.123 billion yuan ($985 million) for violating regulations in its payments...

Iran Blocks Public Access to Threads App; Raisi’s Account Created

Iran Blocks Public Access to Threads App; Raisi’s Account Created

Just one day after its launch, Threads, the latest social media network, was blocked by the Islamic Republic, denying access...

Combat Drone Operator Describes Their Many Uses

Combat Drone Operator Describes Their Many Uses

Ukraine has been using drones for reconnaissance and attacks since the start of Russia’18s invasion. But sometimes combat drone operators...

What Is Threads? Questions About Meta’s New Twitter Rival, Answered

What Is Threads? Questions About Meta’s New Twitter Rival, Answered

Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live. The app, billed as the text version of...

Meta’s New Twitter Competitor, Threads, Boasts Tens of Millions of Sign-Ups

Meta’s New Twitter Competitor, Threads, Boasts Tens of Millions of Sign-Ups

Tens of millions of people have signed up for Meta’s new app, Threads, as it aims to challenge competitor platform...

Ariane 5 Blasts Off for Final Time Amid Europe’s Rocketing Challenges

Ariane 5 Blasts Off for Final Time Amid Europe’s Rocketing Challenges

Europe’s workhorse Ariane 5 rocket blasted off for a final time on Wednesday, with its farewell flight after 27 years...

Meta Launches Threads App, a Challenger to Twitter

Meta Launches Threads App, a Challenger to Twitter

Facebook behemoth Meta officially launched Threads, its text-based rival to Twitter, on Wednesday — but its release in Europe has...

Indian Court’s Dismissal of Twitter’s Petition Sparks Concerns About Free Online Speech

Indian Court’s Dismissal of Twitter’s Petition Sparks Concerns About Free Online Speech

In India, a recent court judgement that dismissed a legal petition by Twitter challenging the federal government’s orders to block...

LogOn: White House Expanding Affordable High-Speed Internet Access

LogOn: White House Expanding Affordable High-Speed Internet Access

U.S. President Joe Biden says he wants every American to have access to high-speed internet. VOA’s Julie Taboh has our...

Twitter Chaos Leaves Door Open for Meta’s Rival App

Twitter Chaos Leaves Door Open for Meta’s Rival App

Elon Musk spent the weekend further alienating Twitter users with more drastic changes to the social media giant, and he...

Sweden Orders Four Companies to Stop Using Google Tool

Sweden Orders Four Companies to Stop Using Google Tool

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — Sweden on Monday ordered four companies to stop using a Google tool that measures and analyzes web traffic, as...