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

News Corp Suspects China Behind Cyberattack on Its System

News Corp Suspects China Behind Cyberattack on Its System

News Corp disclosed on Friday it was the target of a cyberattack that accessed data of some employees, with its...

Facebook Share Price Plummets, Leading Broad Rout of US Tech Stocks 

Facebook Share Price Plummets, Leading Broad Rout of US Tech Stocks 

The same technology companies that helped drag the U.S. stock market back from the depths of the pandemic recession in...

US Lightning Bolt Leaps Into Record Books at 768 Kilometers Long

US Lightning Bolt Leaps Into Record Books at 768 Kilometers Long

A single lightning bolt that leapt across three U.S. states has been identified as the longest ever, the U.N. weather...

Cyberattacks Increasingly Hobble Pandemic-Weary US Schools

Cyberattacks Increasingly Hobble Pandemic-Weary US Schools

For teachers at a middle school in New Mexico’s largest city, the first inkling of a widespread tech problem came...

Myanmar Cybersecurity Law ‘Days’ Away as Coup Anniversary Nears

Myanmar Cybersecurity Law ‘Days’ Away as Coup Anniversary Nears

Myanmar’s military government is set to pass a new cybersecurity law that will ban the use of internet services, a...

Innovative Electric Vehicles on Display at Washington Auto Show

Innovative Electric Vehicles on Display at Washington Auto Show

Electric vehicles are in high demand as gas prices and concerns about carbon emissions and global warming climb. From the...

FAA, Telecom Companies to Turn On More 5G Towers

FAA, Telecom Companies to Turn On More 5G Towers

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday U.S.-based telecommunications companies AT&T and Verizon can activate more of their fifth-generation, or...

Toyota Heading to Moon with Cruiser, Robotic Arms, Dreams

Toyota Heading to Moon with Cruiser, Robotic Arms, Dreams

Toyota is working with Japan’s space agency on a vehicle to explore the lunar surface, with ambitions to help people...

California Hotels Use Robots to Do Service Jobs

California Hotels Use Robots to Do Service Jobs

The current difficulty in filling many service jobs in the U.S. is leaving hotels scrambling to provide room service. But with...

Nigerian Language Advocates Call for Including African Languages in High Tech Devices

Nigerian Language Advocates Call for Including African Languages in High Tech Devices

Voice activated virtual assistant technologies, such as Siri and Alexa, are becoming increasingly common around the world but in Africa,...

Nigerian Language Advocates Seek Inclusion of African Languages in Tech Devices

Nigerian Language Advocates Seek Inclusion of African Languages in Tech Devices

Voice-activated virtual assistant technologies, such as Siri and Alexa, are becoming increasingly common around the world, but in Africa, with...

Delay in Creating New US Cybersecurity Board Prompts Concern

Delay in Creating New US Cybersecurity Board Prompts Concern

It’s a key part of President Joe Biden’s plans to fight major ransomware attacks and digital espionage campaigns: creating a...

California Nursing Homes Use Robotic Pets to Help the Elderly

California Nursing Homes Use Robotic Pets to Help the Elderly

In a California senior care community, very special pets are helping residents keep their spirits up, fight anxiety and feel...

UAE Bans Flying of Recreational Drones After Fatal Attack

UAE Bans Flying of Recreational Drones After Fatal Attack

The United Arab Emirates has banned the flying of drones in the country for recreation after Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed...

Facebook Removes Kurdish Pages Linked to Misinformation on Belarus Migrant Crisis

Facebook Removes Kurdish Pages Linked to Misinformation on Belarus Migrant Crisis

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has removed two popular Kurdish Facebook pages accused of spreading misinformation that helped convince...

Biden Pushes Expansion of Domestic Semiconductor Manufacturing

Biden Pushes Expansion of Domestic Semiconductor Manufacturing

U.S. President Joe Biden touted a $20 billion investment by American technology company Intel to build a semiconductor factory in...

Israel Probes Allegations Police Cyber-Spied on Citizens

Israel Probes Allegations Police Cyber-Spied on Citizens

Israel on Thursday launched an investigation into allegations police used the controversial Pegasus spyware on the country’s citizens. In a...

Senate Panel Moves Forward With Bill Targeting Big Tech

Senate Panel Moves Forward With Bill Targeting Big Tech

Legislation that would bar technology companies from favoring their own products in a way that undermines competitiveness moved forward Thursday...

US Air Travel Safety Questions Linger Amid 5G Rollout

US Air Travel Safety Questions Linger Amid 5G Rollout

An unresolved disagreement between U.S. wireless communications carriers and commercial airlines over the rollout of new 5G networks continues to...

Explainer: How Sweeping EU Rules Would Curb Tech Companies

Explainer: How Sweeping EU Rules Would Curb Tech Companies

Online companies would have to ramp up efforts to keep harmful content off their platforms and take other steps to...

Security Scanners Across Europe Tied to China Government, Military

Security Scanners Across Europe Tied to China Government, Military

At some of the world’s most sensitive spots, authorities have installed security screening devices made by a single Chinese company...

Felony Charges Are a First in Fatal Crash Involving Autopilot

Felony Charges Are a First in Fatal Crash Involving Autopilot

California prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a...