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

Something New Under the Sun: Floating Solar Panels 

Something New Under the Sun: Floating Solar Panels 

Who said there is nothing new under the sun?  One of the hottest innovations for the non-polluting generation of electricity...

Secretary Blinken Promotes Tech Diplomacy in Silicon Valley

Secretary Blinken Promotes Tech Diplomacy in Silicon Valley

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Silicon Valley this week comes as the Biden administration is promoting more investment...

Musk Says SpaceX Will Keep Funding Starlink for Ukraine

Musk Says SpaceX Will Keep Funding Starlink for Ukraine

Elon Musk said Saturday his rocket company, SpaceX, would continue to fund its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, citing the...

Indian Village Disconnects With ‘Daily Digital Detox’ Initiative

Indian Village Disconnects With ‘Daily Digital Detox’ Initiative

In a remote village in India, a siren can be heard from the local temple every night at 7 p.m....

Experts: Cyberattacks on US Airport Websites Highlight Ongoing Threats

Experts: Cyberattacks on US Airport Websites Highlight Ongoing Threats

Cybersecurity experts say that the October 10 attack on at least 14 U.S. airport websites, including those in Los Angeles...

Some Airport Websites Go Offline; Cause Being Investigated

Some Airport Websites Go Offline; Cause Being Investigated

The websites for some major U.S. airports went down early Monday in an apparent coordinated denial-of-service attack, although officials said...

China Lashes Out at Latest US Export Controls on Chips

China Lashes Out at Latest US Export Controls on Chips

China Saturday criticized the latest U.S. decision to tighten export controls that would make it harder for China to obtain...

US Aims to Hobble China’s Chip Industry With Sweeping New Export Rules

US Aims to Hobble China’s Chip Industry With Sweeping New Export Rules

The Biden administration on Friday published a sweeping set of export controls, including a measure to cut China off from...

A Musk Retweet: Tesla CEO Says He’ll Pay $44 Billion to Buy Twitter

A Musk Retweet: Tesla CEO Says He’ll Pay $44 Billion to Buy Twitter

The tumultuous saga of Elon Musk’s on-again, off-again purchase of Twitter took a turn toward a conclusion Tuesday after the...

Google Discontinues Translate Service in Mainland China

Google Discontinues Translate Service in Mainland China

Google has ended its Google Translate service in mainland China, citing “low usage” of one of its flagship products by...

US Supreme Court Will Hear Social Media Terrorism Lawsuits

US Supreme Court Will Hear Social Media Terrorism Lawsuits

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will hear two cases seeking to hold social media companies financially responsible for...

FBI Joins Australian Hunt for Data Hackers

FBI Joins Australian Hunt for Data Hackers

Australia has asked the American FBI to help catch computer hackers responsible for one of Australia’s biggest data breaches. Personal...

Nations Must Work Together to Fight Online Fraud, UN Official Says

Nations Must Work Together to Fight Online Fraud, UN Official Says

A top U.N. official last week said the syndicates running Asia’s massive online fraud industry will rotate operations among lawless...

Rohingya Seek Reparations from Facebook for Role in Massacre

Rohingya Seek Reparations from Facebook for Role in Massacre

With roosters crowing in the background as he speaks from the crowded refugee camp in Bangladesh that’s been his home...

Oregon Town Hosts 1st Wind-Solar-Battery ‘Hybrid’ Plant

Oregon Town Hosts 1st Wind-Solar-Battery ‘Hybrid’ Plant

A renewable energy plant being commissioned in Oregon on Wednesday that combines solar power, wind power and massive batteries to...

Counter-drone Technology Stopping Malicious Drones from Doing Harm

Counter-drone Technology Stopping Malicious Drones from Doing Harm

As military and civilian drones become increasingly popular, there are growing concerns about the threats some of them may pose...

Meta Disables Russian Propaganda Network Targeting Europe

Meta Disables Russian Propaganda Network Targeting Europe

A sprawling disinformation network originating in Russia sought to use hundreds of fake social media accounts and dozens of sham...

Musk Faces Deposition With Twitter Ahead of October Trial

Musk Faces Deposition With Twitter Ahead of October Trial

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is scheduled to spend the next few days with lawyers for Twitter, answering questions ahead of...

VOA Interview: Anne Neuberger

VOA Interview: Anne Neuberger

With Russian President Vladimir Putin accelerating war efforts and threatening to use nuclear weapons, White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara...

Experts Warn US Is Falling Behind China in Key Technologies

Experts Warn US Is Falling Behind China in Key Technologies

At a gathering of current and former U.S. officials and private-sector executives Friday in Washington, concern was rampant that the...

Privacy Threatened as More Governments Use Spyware to Monitor Their People

Privacy Threatened as More Governments Use Spyware to Monitor Their People

A U.N. report warns the right to privacy is under siege as an increasing number of governments are using spyware...

YouTube, Meta Will Expand Policies, Research to Fight Online Extremism

YouTube, Meta Will Expand Policies, Research to Fight Online Extremism

Major tech companies on Thursday committed to taking fresh steps to combat online extremism by removing more violent content and...