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

Tanker’s Impossible Voyage Signals New Sanction Evasion Ploy

Tanker’s Impossible Voyage Signals New Sanction Evasion Ploy

The Cyprus-flagged oil tanker Berlina was drifting near the Caribbean island of Dominica earlier this year when tracking technology showed...

Russia, Iran Leading Disinformation Charge on Facebook

Russia, Iran Leading Disinformation Charge on Facebook

Russia and Iran are leading the way when it comes to pushing bad information on one of the world’s most...

WhatsApp Files Lawsuit in India over New Laws That Impact User Privacy

WhatsApp Files Lawsuit in India over New Laws That Impact User Privacy

WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit challenging the Indian government’s new rules that require the Facebook-owned messaging platform to make people’s...

Gaza-based Journalists in Hamas Chat Blocked From Facebook-owned WhatsApp

Gaza-based Journalists in Hamas Chat Blocked From Facebook-owned WhatsApp

A few hours after the latest cease-fire took effect in the Gaza Strip, a number of Palestinian journalists in the...

Smartphone Vision Test Administers At-Home Eye Exams

Smartphone Vision Test Administers At-Home Eye Exams

Some might put off a visit to the eye doctor, but one company has come up with a way for...

India, Twitter Dispute Intensifies Over Alleged ‘Manipulated Media’

India, Twitter Dispute Intensifies Over Alleged ‘Manipulated Media’

Indian police officials say they visited Twitter’s Delhi and Gurgaon offices to serve notice to the company’s managing director concerning...

Ransomware Moves from ‘Economic Nuisance’ to National Security Threat

Ransomware Moves from ‘Economic Nuisance’ to National Security Threat

The recent cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline, the operator of the largest petroleum pipeline in the U.S., shows how internet criminals...

App Store Would Be ‘Toxic’ Mess Without Control, Apple CEO Says

App Store Would Be ‘Toxic’ Mess Without Control, Apple CEO Says

Apple’s online marketplace would become a “toxic” mess if the iPhone maker were forced to allow third-party apps without reviewing...

South Korea Seeks Tax Cuts, Incentives for US Investment

South Korea Seeks Tax Cuts, Incentives for US Investment

South Korea requested from the United States incentives such as tax deductions and infrastructure construction to ease the U.S. investment...

Hackers Targeted Solarwinds Earlier than Previously Known

Hackers Targeted Solarwinds Earlier than Previously Known

The hackers who carried out the massive SolarWinds intrusion were in the software company’s system as early as January 2019,...

Glasses, Rings, Clothing That Monitor Your Health, Coming in Near Future

Glasses, Rings, Clothing That Monitor Your Health, Coming in Near Future

From earbuds that measure blood pressure to clothing that monitors your heart rate, the latest in health monitoring technology is...

Irish Health Service Hit by ‘Very Sophisticated’ Ransomware Attack 

Irish Health Service Hit by ‘Very Sophisticated’ Ransomware Attack 

Ireland’s health service operator shut down all its IT systems Friday to protect them from a ransomware attack, which crippled...

Facebook Faces Prospect of ‘Devastating’ Data Transfer Ban After Irish Ruling

Facebook Faces Prospect of ‘Devastating’ Data Transfer Ban After Irish Ruling

Ireland’s data regulator can resume a probe that may trigger a ban on Facebook’s transatlantic data transfers, the High Court...

Russia-linked Cyberattack on US Fuel Pipeline is ‘Criminal Act,’ Biden Says  

Russia-linked Cyberattack on US Fuel Pipeline is ‘Criminal Act,’ Biden Says  

A Russia-linked cyberattack targeting the largest U.S. fuel pipeline system is a “criminal act, obviously,” President Joe Biden said Monday.“The...

Robotic Kitchen May Revolutionize Home, Restaurant Cooking 

Robotic Kitchen May Revolutionize Home, Restaurant Cooking 

A fully robotic kitchen with a robot chef that can cook thousands of dishes could be a gamechanger in homes...

Ransomware Attack That Halted US Fuel Pipeline a ‘Criminal Act,’ Biden Says  

Ransomware Attack That Halted US Fuel Pipeline a ‘Criminal Act,’ Biden Says  

A Russia-linked cyberattack targeting the largest U.S. fuel pipeline system is a “criminal act, obviously,” President Joe Biden said Monday.“The...

Can Taiwan’s Silicon Shield Protect It against China’s Aggression?

Can Taiwan’s Silicon Shield Protect It against China’s Aggression?

The global shortage of semiconductors, or microchips — the “brains” in all electronic devices, has heightened the geopolitical significance of...

Facebook Removes Ukraine Political ‘Influence for Hire’ Network

Facebook Removes Ukraine Political ‘Influence for Hire’ Network

Facebook has taken down a network of hundreds of fake accounts and pages targeting people in Ukraine and linked to...

Twitter to Point Out Mean Tweets Before They Are Sent

Twitter to Point Out Mean Tweets Before They Are Sent

Twitter wants to curb what the company calls “potentially harmful or offensive” tweets.  The social media company announced Wednesday it...

With Trump Decision, Facebook Pushed to Make Better Rules for World Leaders

With Trump Decision, Facebook Pushed to Make Better Rules for World Leaders

The recent decision about Facebook and former President Donald Trump sends a signal to world leaders everywhere that to use social...

60 Years Since 1st American in Space: Tourists Lining Up

60 Years Since 1st American in Space: Tourists Lining Up

Sixty years after Alan Shepard became the first American in space, everyday people are on the verge of following in...

Facebook Oversight Upholds Trump Ban Linked to Storming of US Capitol 

Facebook Oversight Upholds Trump Ban Linked to Storming of US Capitol 

Facebook’s oversight board on Wednesday upheld the social media company’s decision to ban former U.S. President Donald Trump from posting...