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

Axiom Space Mission Returns to Earth

Axiom Space Mission Returns to Earth

Media Watchdog Finds ChatGPT Spreads More Disinformation in Chinese

Media Watchdog Finds ChatGPT Spreads More Disinformation in Chinese

A test of ChatGPT’s capabilities to create false information finds the chatbot spreads more disinformation in Chinese, says media watchdog...

NASA, SpaceX Join Forces to Study Earth’s Environment

NASA, SpaceX Join Forces to Study Earth’s Environment

Two titans of space travel team up to study our planet’s health. Plus, a Russian cosmonaut breaks the record for...

AI Deepfakes Pose Threat to Elections Worldwide

AI Deepfakes Pose Threat to Elections Worldwide

Four billion people worldwide have voted or are scheduled to do so in national elections through 2024. While the candidates...

Oversight Board Urges Meta to Rethink Policy on Manipulated Media

Oversight Board Urges Meta to Rethink Policy on Manipulated Media

NEW YORK — An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner Meta’s policies regarding manipulated media as “incoherent” and insufficient to address...

Deepfake Scam Video Cost Company $26 Million, Hong Kong Police Says

Deepfake Scam Video Cost Company $26 Million, Hong Kong Police Says

Hong Kong — Scammers tricked a multinational firm out of some $26 million by impersonating senior executives using deepfake technology, Hong...

Rohingya Refugees File Petition Against Facebook in Indian Court

Rohingya Refugees File Petition Against Facebook in Indian Court

China Launches Rocket as Commercial Missions Pick Up Pace

China Launches Rocket as Commercial Missions Pick Up Pace

BEIJING — A small but powerful Chinese rocket capable of carrying payloads at competitive costs delivered nine satellites into orbit Saturday,...

Beheading Video Gone from YouTube, But Questions Remain

Beheading Video Gone from YouTube, But Questions Remain

NEW YORK — A graphic video from a Pennsylvania man accused of beheading his father that circulated for hours on YouTube...

History of AI

History of AI

From counting machines to neural networks, the development of artificial intelligence has paralleled emerging brain science. Writer, Matt Dibble; graphic...

Lunar Night Puts Japan’s Lander Back to Sleep

Lunar Night Puts Japan’s Lander Back to Sleep

TOKYO — After a brief awakening, Japan’s Moon lander is out of action again but will resume its mission if it...

Remote Washington State Town Becomes Hub for EV Battery Production

Remote Washington State Town Becomes Hub for EV Battery Production

Moses Lake, Washington — It’s mid-winter in east Washington state, yet despite the chilly fog, two construction sites in the town...

At CES, Connected Devices Are Becoming More Discreet and Invisible

At CES, Connected Devices Are Becoming More Discreet and Invisible

An estimated 130,000 people have descended on Las Vegas for CES 2024, the consumer technology show that attracts big and...

How AI Could Act as Boost for Investigative Journalism

How AI Could Act as Boost for Investigative Journalism

AI-Powered Misinformation Is World’s Biggest Short-Term Threat, Davos Report Says 

AI-Powered Misinformation Is World’s Biggest Short-Term Threat, Davos Report Says 

London — False and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence that threatens to erode democracy and polarize society is the...

Meta Toughens Content Curbs for Teens on Instagram, Facebook

Meta Toughens Content Curbs for Teens on Instagram, Facebook

Washington — Meta on Tuesday said it was tightening up content restrictions for teens on Instagram and Facebook as it faces...

Cyber ‘Kidnapping’ Scams Target Chinese Students Around the World

Cyber ‘Kidnapping’ Scams Target Chinese Students Around the World

WASHINGTON — A recent cyber kidnapping incident involving a Chinese exchange student in Utah appears to be part of an international...

US Delays Planned Return of Astronauts to Moon Until 2026

US Delays Planned Return of Astronauts to Moon Until 2026

washington — The United States is pushing back its planned return of astronauts to the surface of the Moon from 2025...

First US Lunar Lander In More Than 50 Years Rockets Toward Moon With Commercial Deliveries

First US Lunar Lander In More Than 50 Years Rockets Toward Moon With Commercial Deliveries

Cape Canaveral, Florida — The first U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed toward the moon Monday, launching private...

Private Industry Leads America’s First Moon Landing Since Apollo

Private Industry Leads America’s First Moon Landing Since Apollo

Cape Canaveral, Florida — The first American spacecraft to attempt to land on the Moon in more than half a century...

India’s First Solar Observatory Reaches Destination 

India’s First Solar Observatory Reaches Destination 

New Delhi — India has achieved another milestone in space exploration by successfully placing a spacecraft in an orbit from which...

Alaska Airlines Grounds Boeing 737 MAX 9 for Checks After Blowout

Alaska Airlines Grounds Boeing 737 MAX 9 for Checks After Blowout