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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

SpaceX says fire could have caused Starship to break, spew debris near Caribbean

SpaceX says fire could have caused Starship to break, spew debris near Caribbean

SpaceX says a fire might have caused its Starship to break during liftoff and send trails of flaming debris near...

Trump team might step in to save TikTok from pending US ban

Trump team might step in to save TikTok from pending US ban

With a pending law declaring the social media application TikTok illegal in the United States, set to take effect on...

Who will drive Trump’s AI and crypto policies?

Who will drive Trump’s AI and crypto policies?

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants the United States to be the world leader in artificial intelligence and crypto...

Bezos’ Blue Origin reaches orbit in first New Glenn launch, misses booster landing

Bezos’ Blue Origin reaches orbit in first New Glenn launch, misses booster landing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Blue Origin’s giant New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida early Thursday morning on its first mission...

Indian space agency achieves satellite docking milestone

Indian space agency achieves satellite docking milestone

BENGALURU — India became the world’s fourth nation on Thursday to achieve the feat of space docking, a technological milestone that...

US imposes export controls on biotech equipment over AI security concerns

US imposes export controls on biotech equipment over AI security concerns

On Wednesday the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it would implement new export controls on certain biotechnology equipment, citing national...

US ‘TikTok Refugees’ migrate to another Chinese app as ban looms

US ‘TikTok Refugees’ migrate to another Chinese app as ban looms

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — As TikTok’s Sunday deadline to divest or face a U.S. ban approaches, hundreds of American users of the...

US, Japanese companies send landers on moon missions

US, Japanese companies send landers on moon missions

Two moon landers built by private U.S. and Japanese companies are on their way to the moon after lifting off...

Why did  US exclude India from unrestricted access to AI chips?

Why did US exclude India from unrestricted access to AI chips?

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden signed on Tuesday an executive order to boost development of artificial intelligence infrastructure in America....

US SEC sues Elon Musk over late disclosure of Twitter stake

US SEC sues Elon Musk over late disclosure of Twitter stake

Elon Musk was sued on Tuesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused the world’s richest person of...

US finalizes rules banning Chinese, Russian smart cars

US finalizes rules banning Chinese, Russian smart cars

The White House says it has finalized rules that crack down on Chinese and Russian automobile technology effectively banning all...

Biden issues executive order for building AI data centers on federal land 

Biden issues executive order for building AI data centers on federal land 

— U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order Tuesday directing the development of artificial intelligence data centers on six federal...

Jeff Bezos’ space company tries to launch rocket after last-minute postponement

Jeff Bezos’ space company tries to launch rocket after last-minute postponement

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Blue Origin will try again to launch its massive new rocket as early as Tuesday after calling...

US designates extreme right-wing ‘Terrorgram’ network as terrorist group

US designates extreme right-wing ‘Terrorgram’ network as terrorist group

WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on an extreme right-wing online network, designating the “Terrorgram” collective a terrorist group...

Who is Trump’s pick to go after ‘Big Tech’?

Who is Trump’s pick to go after ‘Big Tech’?

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Trade Commission has vowed to continue the agency’s drive to break up...

Biden administration unveils new rules for AI chip, model exports 

Biden administration unveils new rules for AI chip, model exports 

— The Biden administration announced Monday new restrictions on the export of the most advanced artificial intelligence chips and proprietary parameters...

AI helps Israeli journalist with ALS make a comeback

AI helps Israeli journalist with ALS make a comeback

jerusalem — When a renowned Israeli TV journalist lost his ability to speak clearly because of ALS, he thought his career...

Taiwan chipmaker starts making 4-nanometer chips in US, official says

Taiwan chipmaker starts making 4-nanometer chips in US, official says

WASHINGTON — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has begun producing advanced 4-nanometer chips in Arizona for U.S. customers, a milestone in the...

Artificial Intelligence is the star at CES tech show

Artificial Intelligence is the star at CES tech show

Technology companies, industry executives and entrepreneurs are in Las Vegas, Nevada, this week for CES, the consumer electronics show featuring...

‘Worst in Show’ CES products put data at risk and cause waste, privacy advocates say

‘Worst in Show’ CES products put data at risk and cause waste, privacy advocates say

LAS VEGAS — So much of the technology showcased at CES includes gadgets made to improve consumers’ lives — whether by...

Clock ticks on US TikTok ban

Clock ticks on US TikTok ban

The United States Supreme Court has fast-tracked oral arguments on a challenge by the Chinese company ByteDance — the owner...

Meta to offer wider range of speech on platforms, CEO says

Meta to offer wider range of speech on platforms, CEO says

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that there would be a wider range of speech on Facebook and...