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

US Telecom Carriers to Limit 5G Rollout Near Airports

US Telecom Carriers to Limit 5G Rollout Near Airports

Major U.S. telecommunications companies Verizon and AT&T agreed Tuesday to delay their deployment of new 5G mobile services around key...

US Airlines, Telecom Carriers Feuding Over Rollout of 5G Technology

US Airlines, Telecom Carriers Feuding Over Rollout of 5G Technology

Major U.S. air carriers are warning that the country’s “commerce will grind to a halt” if Verizon and AT&T go...

Microsoft Discloses Malware Attack on Ukraine Government Networks

Microsoft Discloses Malware Attack on Ukraine Government Networks

Microsoft said late Saturday that dozens of computer systems at an unspecified number of Ukrainian government agencies have been infected...

CES-2022 Showcases the Latest Tech Innovations

CES-2022 Showcases the Latest Tech Innovations

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, was smaller this year because of COVID, but, as usual, the...

China Seen Backing ‘Digital Authoritarianism’ in Latin America 

China Seen Backing ‘Digital Authoritarianism’ in Latin America 

Chinese technology and expertise is making it possible for Venezuela and Cuba to exercise suffocating control over digital communications in...

EU Condemns Cyberattack on Ukraine, NATO Pledges ‘Enhanced Cyber Cooperation’

EU Condemns Cyberattack on Ukraine, NATO Pledges ‘Enhanced Cyber Cooperation’

European Union officials have condemned Friday’s cyberattack on Ukraine that shut down government and emergency services websites and pledged to...

SpaceX Rocket Lifts Off with South African Satellites on Board

SpaceX Rocket Lifts Off with South African Satellites on Board

A SpaceX rocket launch Thursday carried three small South African-made satellites that will help with policing South African waters against illegal fishing operations. Produced at the Cape Peninsula University...

Hong Kong COVID-19 Tracking App Spurs Opposition

Hong Kong COVID-19 Tracking App Spurs Opposition

A new Hong Kong mandate that restaurants and other establishments require use of an app aimed at recording people’s locations...

World Economic Forum Warns Cyber Risks Add to Climate Threat

World Economic Forum Warns Cyber Risks Add to Climate Threat

Cyberthreats and the growing space race are emerging risks to the global economy, adding to existing challenges posed by climate...

US Cyber Officials Bracing for ‘Log4j’ Vulnerability Fallout

US Cyber Officials Bracing for ‘Log4j’ Vulnerability Fallout

U.S. cybersecurity officials are still sounding an alarm about the so-called Log4j software vulnerability more than a month after it...

Indian Muslim Women ‘Auction’ App Shows Tech Weaponized for Abuse

Indian Muslim Women ‘Auction’ App Shows Tech Weaponized for Abuse

Six months ago, pilot Hana Khan saw her picture on an app that appeared to be auctioning scores of Muslim...

Biden Touts Deal Delaying 5G Rollout by AT&T, Verizon

Biden Touts Deal Delaying 5G Rollout by AT&T, Verizon

President Joe Biden touted an agreement Tuesday between wireless carriers and U.S. regulators to allow the deployment of 5G wireless...

Wildlife Rangers Use AI to Predict Poachers’ Next Moves

Wildlife Rangers Use AI to Predict Poachers’ Next Moves

Rangers protecting threatened wildlife in Cambodia are using artificial intelligence to predict poachers’ next moves. Matt Dibble reports. …

World’s Largest Consumer Electronics Show Goes Hybrid

World’s Largest Consumer Electronics Show Goes Hybrid

It’s a chaotic time for the Consumer Electronics Show 2022, the world’s largest technology event. Last-minute COVID-19-related cancellations have wreaked...

Twitter Bans US Lawmaker’s Personal Account for COVID-19 Misinformation 

Twitter Bans US Lawmaker’s Personal Account for COVID-19 Misinformation 

Twitter on Sunday banned the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy,...

Solar Power Projects See the Light on Former Appalachian Coal Land

Solar Power Projects See the Light on Former Appalachian Coal Land

Looking west from Hazel Mountain, Brad Kreps can see forested hills stretching to the Tennessee border and beyond, but it...

US Seeks New 5G Delay to Study Interference with Planes

US Seeks New 5G Delay to Study Interference with Planes

U.S. authorities have asked telecom operators AT&T and Verizon to delay for up to two weeks their already postponed rollout...

US Officials Ask AT&T, Verizon to Delay 5G Wireless Near Certain Airports

US Officials Ask AT&T, Verizon to Delay 5G Wireless Near Certain Airports

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday asked AT&T and Verizon...

Omicron Surge Prompts CES to Trim a Day from Schedule

Omicron Surge Prompts CES to Trim a Day from Schedule

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show will end a day earlier than planned, the organizer of the global technology and gadget...

Iran Says Rocket Launch Sent 3 ‘Research Payloads’ Into Space 

Iran Says Rocket Launch Sent 3 ‘Research Payloads’ Into Space 

Iran has used a satellite launch rocket to send three research devices into space, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on...

A Year After Booting Trump, Social Media Companies Face More Challenges Over Elections

A Year After Booting Trump, Social Media Companies Face More Challenges Over Elections

For U.S. social media companies, the violent mob storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6 last year spurred action. They...

Historic Year of Space Travel, Space Movies, and Space Junk

Historic Year of Space Travel, Space Movies, and Space Junk

2021 was a historic year for all-things space … from the success of private spaceflight companies to robots exploring Mars...