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

Japan Signs Chip Development Deal With India 

Japan Signs Chip Development Deal With India 

Japan and India have signed an agreement for the joint development of semiconductors, in what appears to be another indication...

US Tech Leaders Aim for Fewer Export Curbs on AI Chips for China 

US Tech Leaders Aim for Fewer Export Curbs on AI Chips for China 

Intel Corp. has introduced a processor in China that is designed for AI deep-learning applications despite reports of the Biden...

UN Security Council Debates Virtues, Failings of Artificial Intelligence

UN Security Council Debates Virtues, Failings of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence was the dominant topic at the United Nations Security Council this week. In his opening remarks at the...

Former Mombasa Dentist Develops App to Tackle Garbage Along Kenyan Coast

Former Mombasa Dentist Develops App to Tackle Garbage Along Kenyan Coast

Tayba Hatimy studied and practiced dentistry for seven years before she realized her real passion was caring for the environment....

Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Social Media 

Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Social Media 

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming part of our social media world on our cellphones and computers. Text, images, audio and...

Chinese Livestreamers Set Sights on TikTok Sales to Shoppers in US and Europe 

Chinese Livestreamers Set Sights on TikTok Sales to Shoppers in US and Europe 

Chinese livestreamers have set their sights on TikTok shoppers in the U.S. and Europe, hawking everything from bags and apparel...

US Communications Commission Hopeful About Artificial Intelligence 

US Communications Commission Hopeful About Artificial Intelligence 

Does generative artificial intelligence pose a risk to humanity that could lead to our extinction? That was among the questions...

White House Partners With Amazon, Google, Best Buy To Secure Devices From Cyberattacks

White House Partners With Amazon, Google, Best Buy To Secure Devices From Cyberattacks

The White House on Tuesday along with companies such as Amazon.com Inc, Alphabet’s Google and Best Buy will announce an...

UK Watchdog Proposes Applying ‘Consumer Duty’ to Social Media

UK Watchdog Proposes Applying ‘Consumer Duty’ to Social Media

Britain’s financial watchdog on Monday proposed toughening up safeguards against the illegal marketing of financial products on social media by...

Musk Says Twitter Is Losing Cash Because Advertising Is Down and the Company Is Carrying Heavy Debt

Musk Says Twitter Is Losing Cash Because Advertising Is Down and the Company Is Carrying Heavy Debt

Elon Musk says Twitter is still losing cash because advertising has dropped by half. In a reply to a tweet...

Sources: US Chip CEOs Plan Washington Trip to Talk China Policy

Sources: US Chip CEOs Plan Washington Trip to Talk China Policy

The chief executives of Intel Corp and Qualcomm Inc are planning to visit Washington next week to discuss China policy,...

Microsoft: Chinese Hackers Exploited Code Flaw to Steal US Agencies’ Emails 

Microsoft: Chinese Hackers Exploited Code Flaw to Steal US Agencies’ Emails 

Microsoft says hackers used a flaw in its code to steal emails from government agencies and other clients.  In a...

India to Launch Moonshot Friday

India to Launch Moonshot Friday

India is set to launch a spacecraft to the moon Friday. If successful, it would make India only the fourth...

Targeting of State Department, Others in Microsoft Hack ‘Intentional’  

Targeting of State Department, Others in Microsoft Hack ‘Intentional’  

Hackers, possibly linked to China’s intelligence agencies, are being blamed for a monthlong campaign that breached some unclassified U.S. email...

‘Meta Loses More:’ Zuckerberg Takes Threads Fight to EU

‘Meta Loses More:’ Zuckerberg Takes Threads Fight to EU

U.S. tech titan Mark Zuckerberg has plunged into a high-stakes game of brinkmanship with the European Union by withholding his...

Europe Signs Off on New Privacy Pact That Allows People’s Data to Keep Flowing to US 

Europe Signs Off on New Privacy Pact That Allows People’s Data to Keep Flowing to US 

The European Union signed off Monday on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged...

Meta’s Twitter Rival Threads Overtakes ChatGPT as Fastest-Growing Platform 

Meta’s Twitter Rival Threads Overtakes ChatGPT as Fastest-Growing Platform 

Meta Platforms’ Twitter rival Threads crossed 100 million sign-ups within five days of launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday,...

New Handbook Highlights Ways to Develop Tech Ethically

New Handbook Highlights Ways to Develop Tech Ethically

In a world where technology, such as artificial intelligence, is advancing at a rapid pace, what guidance do technology developers...

AI Robots at UN Reckon They Could Run the World Better

AI Robots at UN Reckon They Could Run the World Better

A panel of AI-enabled humanoid robots told a United Nations summit Friday that they could eventually run the world better...

Chinese Regulators Fine Ant Group $985M in Signal That Tech Crackdown May End

Chinese Regulators Fine Ant Group $985M in Signal That Tech Crackdown May End

HONG KONG — Chinese regulators are fining Ant Group 7.123 billion yuan ($985 million) for violating regulations in its payments...

Iran Blocks Public Access to Threads App; Raisi’s Account Created

Iran Blocks Public Access to Threads App; Raisi’s Account Created

Just one day after its launch, Threads, the latest social media network, was blocked by the Islamic Republic, denying access...

Combat Drone Operator Describes Their Many Uses

Combat Drone Operator Describes Their Many Uses

Ukraine has been using drones for reconnaissance and attacks since the start of Russia’18s invasion. But sometimes combat drone operators...