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

CES 2024: Consumer Electronics Show Highlighting Tech, Artificial Intelligence

CES 2024: Consumer Electronics Show Highlighting Tech, Artificial Intelligence

The Consumer Electronics Show, better known as CES, is back in Las Vegas [January 9 – 12] with more than...

Microsoft’s New AI Key is First Big Change to Keyboards in Decades

Microsoft’s New AI Key is First Big Change to Keyboards in Decades

Alzheimer’s Drugs Might Get Into the Brain Faster With New Ultrasound Tool

Alzheimer’s Drugs Might Get Into the Brain Faster With New Ultrasound Tool

washington — Scientists have found a way to help Alzheimer’s drugs seep inside the brain faster — by temporarily breaching its...

US Chief Justice Urges ‘Caution’ as AI Reshapes Legal Field

US Chief Justice Urges ‘Caution’ as AI Reshapes Legal Field

Washington — Artificial intelligence represents a mixed blessing for the legal field, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said in...

Google Agrees to Settle Lawsuit Over ‘Incognito’ Mode

Google Agrees to Settle Lawsuit Over ‘Incognito’ Mode

san francisco, california — Google has agreed to settle a consumer privacy lawsuit seeking at least $5 billion in damages over...

Chile Granny Finds Solace, Celebrity in Online Gaming

Chile Granny Finds Solace, Celebrity in Online Gaming

Llay-Llay, Chile — Few players of the online video game Free Fire would know that one of their most ferocious opponents...

China OKs 105 Online Games Days After Hitting Industry with Draft Rules

China OKs 105 Online Games Days After Hitting Industry with Draft Rules

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Chinese authorities approved 105 new online games this week, bolstering support for the industry just days after proposing...

India Demanded Apple Soften Impact of Hack Warnings, Report Says

India Demanded Apple Soften Impact of Hack Warnings, Report Says

Apple Wins Bid to Pause Apple Watch Ban at US Appeals Court

Apple Wins Bid to Pause Apple Watch Ban at US Appeals Court

New York Times Files Copyright Lawsuit Against AI Tech Companies  

New York Times Files Copyright Lawsuit Against AI Tech Companies  

Israel Grants Intel $3.2B for New $25B Chip Plant, Biggest Company Investment in Country

Israel Grants Intel $3.2B for New $25B Chip Plant, Biggest Company Investment in Country

Jerusalem — Israel’s government agreed to give Intel a $3.2 billion grant for a new $25 billion chip plant it plans...

Apple Watch Import Ban Goes Into Effect in US Patent Clash

Apple Watch Import Ban Goes Into Effect in US Patent Clash

Washington — A U.S. import ban on certain Apple smartwatch models came into effect Tuesday, after the Biden administration opted not...

LogOn: Satellites, Lasers Help Estimate Snowpack in Drought-Stricken Regions

LogOn: Satellites, Lasers Help Estimate Snowpack in Drought-Stricken Regions

For water managers in drought-stricken regions, accurate forecasts of water availability are critically important. Matt Dibble shows how remote sensing...

Insect Compasses, Fire-Fighting Vines: 2023’s Nature-Inspired Tech

Insect Compasses, Fire-Fighting Vines: 2023’s Nature-Inspired Tech

Paris — Even as human-caused climate change threatens the environment, nature continues to inspire our technological advancement. “The solutions that are...

US Investors See Value in Israeli Tech Firms Despite War

US Investors See Value in Israeli Tech Firms Despite War

HERZLIYA, Israel — Nearly 7,000 miles away in Portland, Oregon, venture capitalist George Djuric said he was compelled to visit Israel...

Artists Use Tech Weapons Against AI Copycats

Artists Use Tech Weapons Against AI Copycats

NEW YORK — Artists under siege by artificial intelligence that studies their work and then replicates their styles, have teamed with...

US Treasury, IRS Unveil Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit

US Treasury, IRS Unveil Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit

Chinese Chip Import Concerns Prompt US to Review Semiconductor Supply Chain  

Chinese Chip Import Concerns Prompt US to Review Semiconductor Supply Chain  

washington — The U.S. Department of Commerce said Thursday that it would launch a survey of the U.S. semiconductor supply chain...

2023: The Year Artificial Intelligence Broke Through

2023: The Year Artificial Intelligence Broke Through

From ChatGPT to the impacts of machine learning on the music and film industry, academia and politics, generative artificial intelligence...

International Astronaut Will Be Invited on Future NASA Moon Landing

International Astronaut Will Be Invited on Future NASA Moon Landing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An international astronaut will join U.S. astronauts on the moon by decade’s end under an agreement announced...

Toyota’s Daihatsu to Halt Vehicle Shipments in Widening Safety Scandal

Toyota’s Daihatsu to Halt Vehicle Shipments in Widening Safety Scandal

TOKYO — Toyota Motor’s Daihatsu unit will halt shipments of all of its vehicles, Japan’s biggest automaker said on Wednesday, after...

Blue Origin Returns to Space After Year-long Hiatus

Blue Origin Returns to Space After Year-long Hiatus

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin launched its first rocket in more than a year on Tuesday, reviving the U.S. company’s fortunes with...