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

Yahoo Halts Services in Mainland China

Yahoo Halts Services in Mainland China

Yahoo said it stopped providing services in mainland China because of what it described as a difficult operating environment. The...

China Hits Reset on Belt and Road Initiative

China Hits Reset on Belt and Road Initiative

Green energy is the new focus of China’s one-of-a-kind Belt and Road Initiative or BRI, that aims to build a series of infrastructure projects from...

US Lawmakers Vote to Tighten Restrictions on Huawei, ZTE

US Lawmakers Vote to Tighten Restrictions on Huawei, ZTE

The U.S. Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to approve legislation to prevent companies that are deemed security threats, such as...

Facebook Inc. Rebrands as Meta to Stress ‘Metaverse’ Plan

Facebook Inc. Rebrands as Meta to Stress ‘Metaverse’ Plan

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the...

US State Department Creates Bureau to Tackle Digital Threats

US State Department Creates Bureau to Tackle Digital Threats

The State Department is creating a new Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy to focus on tackling cybersecurity challenges at...

Five Things Facebook Has to Worry About After Whistleblower Disclosures

Five Things Facebook Has to Worry About After Whistleblower Disclosures

The past several weeks have been difficult for the social media behemoth Facebook, with a series of whistleblower revelations demonstrating...

International Police Operation Cracks Down on Illegal Internet Drug Vendors

International Police Operation Cracks Down on Illegal Internet Drug Vendors

U.S. federal law enforcement agencies and Europol announced dozens of arrests to break up a global operation that sold illegal...

Artificial Intelligence-Powered App Helps Musicians Learn to Play

Artificial Intelligence-Powered App Helps Musicians Learn to Play

A popular new music app uses artificial intelligence to “democratize” how musicians of all skill levels learn and play music....

Rental Car Company Hertz Announces Purchase of 100,000 Teslas 

Rental Car Company Hertz Announces Purchase of 100,000 Teslas 

Car rental company Hertz says it will buy 100,000 electric cars from Tesla.  Hertz interim CEO Mark Fields said the...

In Face of Hack Attacks, US State Department to Set Up Cyber Bureau

In Face of Hack Attacks, US State Department to Set Up Cyber Bureau

The U.S. State Department plans to establish a bureau of cyberspace and digital policy in the face of a growing...

Microsoft Discloses New Russian Hacking Effort

Microsoft Discloses New Russian Hacking Effort

The U.S. technology giant Microsoft says that the same Russia-backed hackers responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds breach of corporate computer...

Facebook’s Language Gaps Weaken Screening of Hate, Terrorism

Facebook’s Language Gaps Weaken Screening of Hate, Terrorism

In Gaza and Syria, journalists and activists feel Facebook censors their speech, flagging inoffensive Arabic posts as terrorist content. In...

Whistleblower Haugen to Testify as UK Scrutinizes Facebook

Whistleblower Haugen to Testify as UK Scrutinizes Facebook

Former Facebook data scientist turned whistleblower Frances Haugen plans to answer questions Monday from lawmakers in the United Kingdom who...

Italian Lab Creates Extreme Weather; Could Predict Climate Change Effects

Italian Lab Creates Extreme Weather; Could Predict Climate Change Effects

Researchers at a specialized lab in Italy say understanding climate change effects requires recreating them in a controlled environment. So,...

Zoom Gets More Popular Despite Worries About Links to China

Zoom Gets More Popular Despite Worries About Links to China

Very few companies can boast of having their name also used as a verb. Zoom is one of them. The...

Facebook Dithered in Curbing Divisive User Content in India

Facebook Dithered in Curbing Divisive User Content in India

Facebook in India has been selective in curbing hate speech, misinformation and inflammatory posts, particularly anti-Muslim content, according to leaked...

Apple Updates App Store Payment Rules in Concession to Developers

Apple Updates App Store Payment Rules in Concession to Developers

Apple has updated its App Store rules to allow developers to contact users directly about payments, a concession in a...

Another Whistleblower Accuses Facebook of Wrongdoing: Report

Another Whistleblower Accuses Facebook of Wrongdoing: Report

A former Facebook worker reportedly told U.S. authorities Friday the platform has put profits before stopping problematic content, weeks after...

China’s Reach Into Africa’s Digital Sector Worries Experts

China’s Reach Into Africa’s Digital Sector Worries Experts

Chinese companies like Huawei and the Transsion group are responsible for much of the digital infrastructure and smartphones used in...

Facebook Kept Oversight Board in Dark about Special Treatment of VIP Accounts

Facebook Kept Oversight Board in Dark about Special Treatment of VIP Accounts

Facebook’s quasi-independent oversight board criticized the company Thursday, saying many high-profile accounts such as celebrities and politicians are not held...

New Name for Facebook? Critics Cry Smoke and Mirrors

New Name for Facebook? Critics Cry Smoke and Mirrors

Facebook critics pounced Wednesday on a report that the social network plans to rename itself, arguing it may be seeking...

Facebook to Pay Up to $14 Million Over Discrimination Against US Workers 

Facebook to Pay Up to $14 Million Over Discrimination Against US Workers 

Facebook must pay a $4.75 million fine and up to $9.5 million in back pay to eligible victims who say...