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

Microsoft Unveils AI for Its Office Suite in Increased Competition With Google

Microsoft Unveils AI for Its Office Suite in Increased Competition With Google

Microsoft on Thursday trumpeted its latest plans to put artificial intelligence into the hands of more users, answering a spate...

UK Bans TikTok on Government Phones Over Security Concerns

UK Bans TikTok on Government Phones Over Security Concerns

Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move that follows other Western...

TikTok Confirms US Urged Parting Ways With ByteDance to Dodge Ban

TikTok Confirms US Urged Parting Ways With ByteDance to Dodge Ban

TikTok confirmed Wednesday that U.S. officials have recommended the popular video-sharing app part ways with its Chinese parent ByteDance to...

Future NASA Moonwalkers to Sport Sleeker Spacesuits

Future NASA Moonwalkers to Sport Sleeker Spacesuits

Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface...

China’s Digital Silk Road, Advancing Technology’s Reach

China’s Digital Silk Road, Advancing Technology’s Reach

From 5G infrastructure to mobile phones and more, Chinese technologies are used in many parts of the world. It’s part...

Facebook-Parent Meta to Lay Off 10,000 Employees in Second Round of Job Cuts 

Facebook-Parent Meta to Lay Off 10,000 Employees in Second Round of Job Cuts 

Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would cut 10,000 jobs, just four months after it let go 11,000 employees,...

Silicon Valley Bank’s Demise Disrupts the Disruptors in Tech

Silicon Valley Bank’s Demise Disrupts the Disruptors in Tech

Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse rattled the technology industry that had been the bank’s backbone, leaving shell-shocked entrepreneurs thankful for the...

Boeing Employee From Burundi Named Leading Black Engineer

Boeing Employee From Burundi Named Leading Black Engineer

Boeing structural analysis engineer George Ndayizeye, who grew up in Burundi, has won a 2023 Black Engineer of the Year...

US Semiconductor Manufacturing Expected to Ramp Up With New Deal

US Semiconductor Manufacturing Expected to Ramp Up With New Deal

A global shortage of semiconductor chips in the automotive industry starting in 2020 has motivated many countries to increase their...

China Criticizes Dutch Plan to Curb Access to Chip Tools 

China Criticizes Dutch Plan to Curb Access to Chip Tools 

China’s government on Thursday criticized the Netherlands for joining Washington in blocking Chinese access to technology to manufacture advanced processor...

Are Americans Ready for More Drone Deliveries?

Are Americans Ready for More Drone Deliveries?

Drones are routinely used in warfare, law enforcement and agriculture. Now more and more U.S. businesses are using them to...

Key US Intelligence Official Casts Shade on TikTok, Chinese Tech

Key US Intelligence Official Casts Shade on TikTok, Chinese Tech

Add a top U.S. intelligence official to the list of Americans expressing concern about Chinese-made technology and Chinese social media...

US NSA Director Concerned by TikTok Data Collection, Use in Influence Operations

US NSA Director Concerned by TikTok Data Collection, Use in Influence Operations

U.S. National Security Agency director Paul Nakasone on Tuesday expressed concern about Chinese-owned video app TikTok’s data collection and potential...

Japan’s New Rocket Fails After Engine Issue, in Blow to Space Ambitions

Japan’s New Rocket Fails After Engine Issue, in Blow to Space Ambitions

Japan’s new medium-lift rocket failed on its debut flight in space on Tuesday after the launcher’s second-stage engine did not...

Attorneys General in 45 US States Demand TikTok Hand Over Information

Attorneys General in 45 US States Demand TikTok Hand Over Information

A group of attorneys general from 45 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., demanded Monday that social media app TikTok produce...

Twitter Suffers Glitches Over Inaccessible Links

Twitter Suffers Glitches Over Inaccessible Links

Twitter users reported a string of problems with the social media site on Monday, including broken links and images not...

Satellites Could Beam Poorest Nations out of Digital Desert 

Satellites Could Beam Poorest Nations out of Digital Desert 

Only a third of people in the world’s poorest countries can connect to the internet, the U.N. telecoms agency said...

US Launches Aggressive National Cybersecurity Strategy

US Launches Aggressive National Cybersecurity Strategy

The Biden administration is pushing for more comprehensive federal regulations to keep the online realm safer against hackers, including by...

Can AI Help Solve Diplomatic Dispute Over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?

Can AI Help Solve Diplomatic Dispute Over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?

Ethiopia’s hydropower dam on the Blue Nile River has angered downstream neighbors, especially Sudan, where people rely on the river...

Mexican President Says Tesla to Build Plant in Mexico

Mexican President Says Tesla to Build Plant in Mexico

Mexico’s president announced Tuesday that electric car company Tesla has committed to building a major plant in the industrial hub...

Biden Administration Grilled Over $23B in Licenses for Blacklisted Chinese Firms

Biden Administration Grilled Over $23B in Licenses for Blacklisted Chinese Firms

The Biden administration approved more than $23 billion worth of licenses for companies to ship U.S. goods and technology to...

Father of Cellphone Sees Dark Side but Also Hope in New Tech

Father of Cellphone Sees Dark Side but Also Hope in New Tech

Holding the bulky brick cellphone he’s credited with inventing 50 years ago, Martin Cooper thinks about the future. Little did...