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

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...

NASA to Reveal Crew for 2024 Flight Around the Moon

NASA to Reveal Crew for 2024 Flight Around the Moon

NASA is to reveal the names on Monday of the astronauts — three Americans and a Canadian — who will fly around the...

Congolese Student’s Device Makes Science Fiction Reality

Congolese Student’s Device Makes Science Fiction Reality

A student in Congo has developed a tool that allows people to control or move objects using their brain signals....

Twitter Pulls ‘Verified’ Check Mark From Main New York Times Account

Twitter Pulls ‘Verified’ Check Mark From Main New York Times Account

Twitter has removed the verification check mark on the main account of The New York Times, one of CEO Elon...

Dutch Refinery to Feed Airlines’ Thirst for Clean Fuel 

Dutch Refinery to Feed Airlines’ Thirst for Clean Fuel 

Scaffolding and green pipes envelop a refinery in the port of Rotterdam where Finnish giant Neste is preparing to significantly...

Italy Temporarily Blocks ChatGPT Over Privacy Concerns

Italy Temporarily Blocks ChatGPT Over Privacy Concerns

Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a...

Namibia Looks East for Green Hydrogen Partnerships

Namibia Looks East for Green Hydrogen Partnerships

The administrator of the National Energy Administration of China, Zhang Jinhua, on Friday paid a visit to Namibia President Hage...

Call for Pause in AI Development May Fall on Deaf Ears

Call for Pause in AI Development May Fall on Deaf Ears

A group of influential figures from Silicon Valley and the larger tech community released an open letter this week calling...

Is Banning TikTok Constitutional?

Is Banning TikTok Constitutional?

U.S. lawmakers and officials are ratcheting up threats to ban TikTok, saying the Chinese-owned video-sharing app used by millions of...

Russia Using TikTok to Push Pro-Moscow Narrative on Ukraine

Russia Using TikTok to Push Pro-Moscow Narrative on Ukraine

New data is suggesting at least some U.S. adversaries are taking advantage of the hugely popular TikTok video-sharing app for...

Chinese Hacking Group Highly Active, US Cybersecurity Firm Says

Chinese Hacking Group Highly Active, US Cybersecurity Firm Says

A Chinese hacking group that is likely state-sponsored and has been linked previously to attacks on U.S. state government computers...

Blinken Urges Democracies to Use Technology to Help Citizens

Blinken Urges Democracies to Use Technology to Help Citizens

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday urged democracies around the world to work together to ensure technology is...

Tech Leaders Sign Letter Calling for ‘Pause’ to Artificial Intelligence 

Tech Leaders Sign Letter Calling for ‘Pause’ to Artificial Intelligence 

An open letter signed by Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and other prominent high-tech experts and industry leaders is...

Biden Says GOP Policies Would Surrender Tech Economy to China

Biden Says GOP Policies Would Surrender Tech Economy to China

President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Republicans’ ideas for cutting the budget could undermine U.S. manufacturing and help China dominate...

Curbed by US Sanctions, Huawei Unveils New 4G Smartphones

Curbed by US Sanctions, Huawei Unveils New 4G Smartphones

At a March 23 product launch in Shanghai, Chinese tech giant Huawei unveiled its signature P60 series of smartphones with...

Ford Battery Plant Using Chinese Tech Raises Alarms in Congress

Ford Battery Plant Using Chinese Tech Raises Alarms in Congress

Ford Motor Company’s plan to create batteries for the rapidly expanding electric vehicle (EV) market could encounter congressional speed bumps...

Twitter Celebs Balk at Paying Elon Musk for Blue Check Mark

Twitter Celebs Balk at Paying Elon Musk for Blue Check Mark

William Shatner, Monica Lewinsky and other prolific Twitter commentators — some household names, others little-known journalists — could soon be...

Twitter: Parts of its Source Code Leaked Online

Twitter: Parts of its Source Code Leaked Online

Some parts of Twitter’s source code — the fundamental computer code on which the social network runs — were leaked...