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

LogOn: Musician’s Voice Sings in Languages She Does Not Speak

LogOn: Musician’s Voice Sings in Languages She Does Not Speak

Artificial Intelligence is being used to create musical “deepfakes” – songs that sound like one artist but were made by...

Ethiopia’s Inaugural ‘Innovation Summit’ Sparks Imaginations

Ethiopia’s Inaugural ‘Innovation Summit’ Sparks Imaginations

A technology, innovation and entrepreneurship summit sparked imaginations in Ethiopia last week. The inaugural Enkopa summit — a collaboration between...

Mediation Fails Between Meta and Kenyan Moderators, Rights Group Says

Mediation Fails Between Meta and Kenyan Moderators, Rights Group Says

Settlement talks have collapsed between Facebook’s parent company Meta and Kenyan content moderators over a lawsuit alleging unfair dismissal, a...

New PlayStation Controller Aims to Make Gaming Easier for People with Disabilities

New PlayStation Controller Aims to Make Gaming Easier for People with Disabilities

Paul Lane uses his mouth, cheek and chin to push buttons and guide his virtual car around the Gran Turismo...

Hackers Attack Guatemalan Government Webpages

Hackers Attack Guatemalan Government Webpages

In what Guatemalan authorities described as a national security incident, hackers affiliated with the activist group Anonymous disabled multiple government...

US Universities Help Malawi Establish First AI Center

US Universities Help Malawi Establish First AI Center

Malawi launched its first-ever Centre for Artificial Intelligence and STEAM — Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics — Friday at...

NASA Launches Probe to Study Rocky Asteroid

NASA Launches Probe to Study Rocky Asteroid

The U.S. space agency, NASA, launched a rocket Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket carried a...

US Seeks to ‘Diversify’ China-Dominated Africa Minerals Supply Chain

US Seeks to ‘Diversify’ China-Dominated Africa Minerals Supply Chain

Africa is the site of a new battle for influence as Washington ramps up efforts to build an alternative critical...

Reporters Covering Israel-Hamas Conflict Must Wade Through Torrent of Disinformation

Reporters Covering Israel-Hamas Conflict Must Wade Through Torrent of Disinformation

As Hamas militants and rockets entered Israel Saturday, so too did a barrage of disinformation. The conflict is being fought not...

EU Urges Big Tech to Tackle Terrorist Content After Hamas Attack

EU Urges Big Tech to Tackle Terrorist Content After Hamas Attack

The European Union has expanded its warnings that tech companies must remove illegal content from their platforms, or risk facing...

Another US State Sues TikTok, Saying It Lures Children Into Destructive Habits

Another US State Sues TikTok, Saying It Lures Children Into Destructive Habits

Utah on Tuesday became the latest U.S. state to sue TikTok, alleging the company is “baiting” children into addictive and...

Digital Currency: Beacon of Hope in Fight Against Myanmar Junta

Digital Currency: Beacon of Hope in Fight Against Myanmar Junta

“Digital currencies have played a pivotal role in backing Myanmar’s Spring Revolution,” following a military takeover of the government in...

Indonesia Launches High-Speed Railway, Seeks to Negotiate Debt With Chinese Banks

Indonesia Launches High-Speed Railway, Seeks to Negotiate Debt With Chinese Banks

As Indonesia celebrates the launch of its first high-speed railway, the government is dealing with cost overruns and Chinese bank...

Vodafone to Create Open RAN Chip Sets With Intel

Vodafone to Create Open RAN Chip Sets With Intel

Vodafone underlined its commitment to Open RAN networks on Monday by confirming it would create purpose-built chipset architecture for the...

Amazon Launches Test Satellites, Plans Internet Service Competing With SpaceX

Amazon Launches Test Satellites, Plans Internet Service Competing With SpaceX

Amazon launched the first test satellites for its planned internet service Friday as a rival to SpaceX’s broadband network. United...

Updated Curbs on Chip Tools to China Nearly Finalized, US Agency Says

Updated Curbs on Chip Tools to China Nearly Finalized, US Agency Says

An updated rule curbing exports of U.S. chipmaking equipment to China is in the final stages of review, according to...

Ethiopian Entrepreneur Awarded for App That Helps Refugees Find Work

Ethiopian Entrepreneur Awarded for App That Helps Refugees Find Work

An Ethiopian digital app inventor has been given a prestigious award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for creating...

ChatGPT Enters Education Sphere — Can It Help Students?

ChatGPT Enters Education Sphere — Can It Help Students?

In less than a year, ChatGPT — the AI-powered chatbot — has altered the way people use and abuse artificial intelligence. And while some educators are working to...

Threat of US Government Shutdown Fuels Concerns About Cyber Vulnerabilities

Threat of US Government Shutdown Fuels Concerns About Cyber Vulnerabilities

As the U.S. government seemed headed for a possible shutdown last week, cybersecurity firms began picking up on an alarming...

LogOn: Bionic Hand Gives Users Touch Feedback

LogOn: Bionic Hand Gives Users Touch Feedback

New technologies are giving bionic hands some of the more complex features of human hands. Genia Dulot reports on a...

Kenya Panel Urges Shutdown of Worldcoin’s Crypto Project Within Country

Kenya Panel Urges Shutdown of Worldcoin’s Crypto Project Within Country

A Kenyan parliamentary panel called on the country’s information technology regulator on Monday to shut down the operations of cryptocurrency...

Swiss-Led Team Drives Electric Vans From Geneva to Doha,
Qatar

Swiss-Led Team Drives Electric Vans From Geneva to Doha, Qatar

A Swiss-led team has driven electric vans across Europe and the Arabian Peninsula to Qatar to showcase zero-emission battery powered...