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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

40 States Settle Google Location-tracking Charges for $392 Million

40 States Settle Google Location-tracking Charges for $392 Million

Search giant Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states to resolve an investigation into how the...

Musk Touches on Twitter Criticism, Workload at G20 Forum

Musk Touches on Twitter Criticism, Workload at G20 Forum

It’s not easy being Elon Musk. That was the message the new Twitter owner and billionaire head of Tesla and...

Musk’s Latest Twitter Cuts: Outsourced Content Moderators

Musk’s Latest Twitter Cuts: Outsourced Content Moderators

Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk is further gutting the teams that battle misinformation on the social media platform as outsourced...

Researchers Identify More Potential Hydro Energy Storage Sites 

Researchers Identify More Potential Hydro Energy Storage Sites 

Australian researchers have identified 1,500 additional locations across the country that could be used as pumped storage hydropower facilities. They...

Crypto Firm FTX Files for Bankruptcy, Bankman-Fried Exits

Crypto Firm FTX Files for Bankruptcy, Bankman-Fried Exits

Crypto exchange FTX filed for U.S. bankruptcy proceedings on Friday and founder Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down as CEO, in a...

Musk Halts Twitter’s Blue Check Fee Program Amid Flood of Impostors

Musk Halts Twitter’s Blue Check Fee Program Amid Flood of Impostors

Twitter paused its recently announced $8 blue check subscription service Friday as fake accounts mushroomed and new owner Elon Musk...

Meta Layoffs Deepen Silicon Valley’s Jobs Losses

Meta Layoffs Deepen Silicon Valley’s Jobs Losses

The widespread retrenchment in the U.S. technology industry has thrown thousands of workers in Silicon Valley out of work, a...

As Midterm Elections Near, Twitter Turmoil Raises Misinformation Concerns

As Midterm Elections Near, Twitter Turmoil Raises Misinformation Concerns

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter comes as the U.S. holds midterm elections this week, with observers warning that...

Facebook Parent Company Meta Reportedly Planning Large-scale Layoffs

Facebook Parent Company Meta Reportedly Planning Large-scale Layoffs

Facebook parent company Meta is preparing to begin large-scale layoffs this week, according to U.S. media reports.  The layoffs, which...

Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing Large-scale Layoffs This Week, Say Media

Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing Large-scale Layoffs This Week, Say Media

Meta Platforms Inc. is planning to begin large-scale layoffs this week that will affect thousands of employees, The Wall Street...

South Korea’s DRX Crowned League of Legends World Champions

South Korea’s DRX Crowned League of Legends World Champions

South Korean team DRX were crowned League of Legends world champions on Saturday after scoring a surprise 3-2 victory over...

UN Urges Musk to Ensure Twitter Respects Human Rights

UN Urges Musk to Ensure Twitter Respects Human Rights

U.N. rights chief Volker Turk on Saturday urged Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, to make respect for human rights central...

Twitter Offers $7.99 Monthly Subscription That Includes Checkmark

Twitter Offers $7.99 Monthly Subscription That Includes Checkmark

Twitter on Saturday launched a subscription service for $7.99 a month that includes a blue check now given only to...

Widespread Twitter Layoffs Begin, Worry Advertisers, Civic Groups

Widespread Twitter Layoffs Begin, Worry Advertisers, Civic Groups

Twitter began widespread layoffs Friday as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the company, raising grave concerns about chaos enveloping the...

Twitter Temporarily Closes Offices as Layoffs Begin

Twitter Temporarily Closes Offices as Layoffs Begin

Twitter Inc temporarily closed its offices on Friday after telling employees they would be informed by email later in the...

LogOn: Experts Worry Digital Footprints Will Incriminate US Patients Seeking Abortions

LogOn: Experts Worry Digital Footprints Will Incriminate US Patients Seeking Abortions

The U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of protections for abortion rights has intensified scrutiny of the personal data that technology firms...

Ag App Connects Small Farmers and Buyers

Ag App Connects Small Farmers and Buyers

Small farmers produce about one-third of the world’s food. Yet they lack global visibility and face many obstacles getting their crops to...

Observers: China’s Chip Talent Hurdle Worsens After Layoffs at US Firm Marvell

Observers: China’s Chip Talent Hurdle Worsens After Layoffs at US Firm Marvell

Santa Clara, California-based chip producer Marvell Technology has confirmed that it is eliminating research and development staffs in China –...

Satellites Shed Light on Dictators’ Lies About Economic Growth

Satellites Shed Light on Dictators’ Lies About Economic Growth

Several dictators are significantly overstating economic growth, according to research which looks at satellite images of countries at night. As...

Timeline of Billionaire Elon Musk’s Bid to Control Twitter

Timeline of Billionaire Elon Musk’s Bid to Control Twitter

On Oct. 4, Elon Musk reversed himself and offered to honor his original proposal to buy Twitter for $44 billion...

Elon Musk Completes $44 Billion Acquisition of Twitter

Elon Musk Completes $44 Billion Acquisition of Twitter

Elon Musk became Twitter Inc’s new owner on Thursday, firing top executives he had accused of misleading him and providing...

US Rolls Out Voluntary Cybersecurity Goals

US Rolls Out Voluntary Cybersecurity Goals

The United States is trying to make it easier for companies and organizations to bolster their cybersecurity in the face...