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

Google to Train 20,000 Nigerians in Digital Skills

Google to Train 20,000 Nigerians in Digital Skills

Google plans to train 20,000 Nigerian women and youth in digital skills and provide a grant of $1.6 million to...

Fiction Writers Fear Rise of AI, Yet See It as a Story

Fiction Writers Fear Rise of AI, Yet See It as a Story

For a vast number of book writers, artificial intelligence is a threat to their livelihood and the very idea of...

Virgin Galactic Flies Its First Tourists to the Edge of Space

Virgin Galactic Flies Its First Tourists to the Edge of Space

Virgin Galactic rocketed to the edge of space with its first tourists Thursday, including a former British Olympian who bought...

China to Require all Apps to Share Business Details in New Oversight Push

China to Require all Apps to Share Business Details in New Oversight Push

China will require all mobile app providers in the country to file business details with the government, its information ministry...

US Launches Contest to Use AI to Prevent Government System Hacks

US Launches Contest to Use AI to Prevent Government System Hacks

The White House on Wednesday said it had launched a multimillion-dollar cyber contest to spur use of artificial intelligence to...

US to Restrict High-Tech Investment in China

US to Restrict High-Tech Investment in China

U.S. President Joe Biden is planning Wednesday to impose restrictions on U.S. investments in some high-tech industries in China. Biden’s...

Zoom, Symbol of Remote Work Revolution, Wants Workers Back in Office Part-time

Zoom, Symbol of Remote Work Revolution, Wants Workers Back in Office Part-time

The company whose name became synonymous with remote work is joining the growing return-to-office trend. Zoom, the video conferencing pioneer,...

LogOn: Police Recruit AI to Analyze Police Body-Camera Footage

LogOn: Police Recruit AI to Analyze Police Body-Camera Footage

U.S. police reform advocates have long argued that police-worn body cameras will help reduce officers’ excessive use of force and...

US Tech Groups Back TikTok in Challenge to Montana State Ban

US Tech Groups Back TikTok in Challenge to Montana State Ban

Two to tech groups on Monday backed TikTok Inc in its lawsuit seeking block enforcement of a Montana state ban...

Pope Warns Against Potential Dangers of Artificial Intelligence

Pope Warns Against Potential Dangers of Artificial Intelligence

Pope Francis on Tuesday called for a global reflection on the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), noting the new...

Analysts Say Use of Spyware During Conflict Is Chilling

Analysts Say Use of Spyware During Conflict Is Chilling

The use of sophisticated spyware to hack into the devices of journalists and human rights defenders during a period of...

US Mom Blames Face Recognition Technology for Flawed Arrest

US Mom Blames Face Recognition Technology for Flawed Arrest

A mother is suing the city of Detroit, saying unreliable facial recognition technology led to her being falsely arrested for...

US Scientists Repeat Fusion Ignition Breakthrough

US Scientists Repeat Fusion Ignition Breakthrough

U.S. scientists have achieved net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the second time since December, the Lawrence Livermore...

Musk Says Fight with Zuckerberg Will be Live-Streamed on X

Musk Says Fight with Zuckerberg Will be Live-Streamed on X

Elon Musk said in a social media post that his proposed cage fight with Meta (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg would...

AI Anxiety: Workers Fret Over Uncertain Future

AI Anxiety: Workers Fret Over Uncertain Future

The tidal wave of artificial intelligence (AI) barrelling toward many professions has generated deep anxiety among workers fearful that their...

NASA Back in Touch With Voyager 2 After ‘Interstellar Shout’

NASA Back in Touch With Voyager 2 After ‘Interstellar Shout’

NASA has succeeded in reestablishing full contact with Voyager 2 by using its highest-power transmitter to send an “interstellar shout”...

Australian Lawmakers Highlight Social Media’s Threat to National Security

Australian Lawmakers Highlight Social Media’s Threat to National Security

A parliamentary committee investigating foreign interference in Australia has found that Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat could present major security...

Amazon Adds US-Wide Video Telemedicine Visits to Its Virtual Clinic

Amazon Adds US-Wide Video Telemedicine Visits to Its Virtual Clinic

Amazon is adding video telemedicine visits in all 50 states to a virtual clinic it launched last fall, as the...

LogOn: Deepfakes Are Making It Hard to Know What’s Real in Political Ads

LogOn: Deepfakes Are Making It Hard to Know What’s Real in Political Ads

The commission that enforces U.S. election rules will not be regulating AI-generated deepfakes in political advertising ahead of the 2024...

Meta to Ask EU Users’ Consent to Share Data for Targeted Ads

Meta to Ask EU Users’ Consent to Share Data for Targeted Ads

Social media giant Meta on Tuesday said it intends to ask European Union-based users to give their consent before allowing...

Flashing ‘X’ Sign Removed From Former Twitter’s Headquarters

Flashing ‘X’ Sign Removed From Former Twitter’s Headquarters

A brightly flashing “X” sign has been removed from the San Francisco headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter...

China Curbs Drone Exports, Citing Ukraine, Concern About Military Use

China Curbs Drone Exports, Citing Ukraine, Concern About Military Use

China imposed restrictions Monday on exports of long-range civilian drones, citing Russia’s war in Ukraine and concern that drones might...