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

First Test Flight of SpaceX’s Big Starship

First Test Flight of SpaceX’s Big Starship

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to take its most daring leap yet with a round-the-world test flight of its mammoth...

New US Proposal on Vehicle Emissions Seeks to Boost EV Sales

New US Proposal on Vehicle Emissions Seeks to Boost EV Sales

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week released proposals for the most aggressive vehicle emission standards in the country’s history,...

First Image of Black Hole Gets Makeover With AI 

First Image of Black Hole Gets Makeover With AI 

The first image of a black hole captured four years ago revealed a fuzzy, fiery doughnut-shaped object. Now, researchers have...

In US, National Public Radio Abandons Twitter

In US, National Public Radio Abandons Twitter

Broadcaster National Public Radio said Wednesday it would no longer post its news content on 52 official Twitter accounts in...

Musk Says Owning Twitter ‘Painful’ But Needed To Be Done

Musk Says Owning Twitter ‘Painful’ But Needed To Be Done

Billionaire Elon Musk has told the BBC that running Twitter has been “quite painful” but that the social media company...

China Unveils Proposed New Law Overseeing Artificial Intelligence Products

China Unveils Proposed New Law Overseeing Artificial Intelligence Products

China’s internet regulator has unveiled a proposed law that will require makers of new artificial intelligence, or AI, products to...

Australia Aims to Make Industry More Resilient Against Cyberattacks

Australia Aims to Make Industry More Resilient Against Cyberattacks

The Australian government is asking major banks and other institutions to take part in ‘wargaming’ exercises to test how they...

News Presenter Generated with AI Appears in Kuwait

News Presenter Generated with AI Appears in Kuwait

A Kuwaiti media outlet has unveiled a virtual news presenter generated using artificial intelligence, with plans for it to read...

Reports: Tesla Plans Shanghai Factory for Power Storage

Reports: Tesla Plans Shanghai Factory for Power Storage

Electric car maker Tesla Inc. plans to build a factory in Shanghai to produce power-storage devices for sale worldwide, state...

Mayor in Australia Ready to Sue over Alleged AI Chatbot Defamation

Mayor in Australia Ready to Sue over Alleged AI Chatbot Defamation

A mayor in Australia’s Victoria state said Friday he may sue the artificial intelligence writing tool ChatGPT after it falsely...

Samsung Cutting Memory Chip Production as Profit Slides

Samsung Cutting Memory Chip Production as Profit Slides

Samsung Electronics said Friday it is cutting the production of its computer memory chips in an apparent effort to reduce...

FBI Targets Users in Crackdown on Darknet Marketplaces

FBI Targets Users in Crackdown on Darknet Marketplaces

Darknet users, beware: If you frequent criminal marketplaces in the internet’s underbelly, think again. Chances are you’re in the FBI’s...

Artemis Crew Looking Forward to Restarting NASA’s Moon Program

Artemis Crew Looking Forward to Restarting NASA’s Moon Program

The last time humans were on the moon was in 1972. Now NASA is preparing to set foot back on...

Is Social Media Bad for Kids? What We Know

Is Social Media Bad for Kids? What We Know

The push to legally restrict children’s access to social media in the United States is gaining steam. So far, however,...

US Chip Controls Threaten China’s Technology Ambitions

US Chip Controls Threaten China’s Technology Ambitions

Furious at U.S. efforts that cut off access to technology to make advanced computer chips, China’s leaders appear to be...

Biden Eyes AI Dangers, Says Tech Companies Must Make Sure Products are Safe

Biden Eyes AI Dangers, Says Tech Companies Must Make Sure Products are Safe

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday it remains to be seen whether artificial intelligence (AI) is dangerous, but underscored...

US-Trained Woman Teaching Digital Skills to Children in Rural Kenya

US-Trained Woman Teaching Digital Skills to Children in Rural Kenya

The digital divide is one of the biggest challenges to education in sub-Saharan Africa, where the United Nations says nearly...

Ukraine’s Destruction Brought to Life Through Virtual Reality Exhibit

Ukraine’s Destruction Brought to Life Through Virtual Reality Exhibit

An exhibition currently on display in Poland uses virtual reality to show the level of destruction Russia’s war has brought...

TikTok Fined $15.9M by UK Watchdog for Misuse of Kids’ Data

TikTok Fined $15.9M by UK Watchdog for Misuse of Kids’ Data

Britain’s privacy watchdog hit TikTok with a multimillion-dollar penalty Tuesday for misusing children’s data and violating other protections for users’...

Australia Bans TikTok on Government Devices

Australia Bans TikTok on Government Devices

Australia said Tuesday it will ban TikTok on government devices, joining a growing list of Western nations cracking down on...

Virgin Orbit Files for Bankruptcy, Seeks Buyer

Virgin Orbit Files for Bankruptcy, Seeks Buyer

Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch company founded by Richard Branson, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will sell the...

Germany Could Block ChatGPT if Needed, Says Data Protection Chief

Germany Could Block ChatGPT if Needed, Says Data Protection Chief

Germany could follow in Italy’s footsteps by blocking ChatGPT over data security concerns, the German commissioner for data protection told...