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

Microsoft Exec Says Targeting of Americans’ Records ‘Routine’

Microsoft Exec Says Targeting of Americans’ Records ‘Routine’

Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year, according to congressional testimony...

Start-Up Creates Robot to Help Kids Relax at Doctor’s Office

Start-Up Creates Robot to Help Kids Relax at Doctor’s Office

A robot called Robin is helping to ease kids’ anxiety in doctors’ offices and dental chairs. Deana Mitchell reports. …

Judge Dismisses Government Antitrust Lawsuits Against Facebook

Judge Dismisses Government Antitrust Lawsuits Against Facebook

A federal judge on Monday dismissed antitrust lawsuits brought against Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of...

US Lawmakers in Marathon Debate on Big Tech Regulation Bills

US Lawmakers in Marathon Debate on Big Tech Regulation Bills

U.S. lawmakers debated into the night Wednesday over details of legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech firms...

McAfee Antivirus Software Creator Found Dead in Spanish Prison

McAfee Antivirus Software Creator Found Dead in Spanish Prison

John McAfee, creator of the McAfee antivirus software, has been found dead in his cell in a jail near Barcelona,...

Cyberbullying Trial Tests French Tools to Fight Online Abuse

Cyberbullying Trial Tests French Tools to Fight Online Abuse

A landmark cyberbullying trial in Paris, involving thousands of threats against a teenager who savaged Islam in online posts, is...

STEM Jobs Lead List of Fastest-Growing Occupations

STEM Jobs Lead List of Fastest-Growing Occupations

The number of STEM jobs — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — have sped past the number of non-STEM jobs by three times since 2000. And experts...

STEM Jobs Lead Fastest-Growing Occupations

STEM Jobs Lead Fastest-Growing Occupations

The number of STEM jobs — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — have sped past the number of non-STEM jobs by three times since 2000. And experts...

Takeaways From Biden-Putin ‘Cyber Summit’

Takeaways From Biden-Putin ‘Cyber Summit’

Cybersecurity experts have been poring over the transcripts from Wednesday’s news conferences in Geneva to determine whether the U.S.-Russia summit...

Facial Recognition Technology Plays Important Law Enforcement Role, but at What Cost?

Facial Recognition Technology Plays Important Law Enforcement Role, but at What Cost?

Facial recognition technology is playing an increasingly important role in helping law enforcement with criminal investigations, police say. But civil...

Facial Recognition Technology Solves Crimes, but at What Cost?

Facial Recognition Technology Solves Crimes, but at What Cost?

Even as big tech companies such as Amazon limit their sale of facial recognition software to law enforcement, one company...

Finding a Face on the Internet: Police are Increasingly Using Facial Recognition Technology but at What Cost?

Finding a Face on the Internet: Police are Increasingly Using Facial Recognition Technology but at What Cost?

Facial recognition technology is playing an increasingly important role in helping law enforcement with criminal investigations, police say. But civil...

Biden’s New FTC Head Could Make Big Tech Sweat 

Biden’s New FTC Head Could Make Big Tech Sweat 

U.S. President Joe Biden’s unexpected decision to name a staunch antitrust advocate to lead the Federal Trade Commission has thrilled...

Internet Outages Briefly Disrupt Access to Websites, Apps

Internet Outages Briefly Disrupt Access to Websites, Apps

A wave of brief internet outages hit the websites and apps of dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies...

NASA, ESA Astronauts Take Space Walk to Install Solar Panels on ISS

NASA, ESA Astronauts Take Space Walk to Install Solar Panels on ISS

Astronauts from both the U.S. space agency, NASA, and the European Space Agency ((ESA)) left the International Space Station ((ISS))...

Biden, Putin Brace for Possible Fight Over Ransomware

Biden, Putin Brace for Possible Fight Over Ransomware

As President Joe Biden prepares for his first meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in Geneva, the White House...

MacKenzie Scott Donates $2.7 Billion to ‘Underfunded and Overlooked’ Causes

MacKenzie Scott Donates $2.7 Billion to ‘Underfunded and Overlooked’ Causes

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday that she has donated $2.7 billion to communities “that have been historically underfunded and...

Fake AI People Created by Companies Could Trick You

Fake AI People Created by Companies Could Trick You

Digital images of fake people–that look real–are being sold online—by the thousands. Deana Mitchell explores the issue.Producer: Deana Mitchell …

Indian Government in Standoff with Twitter Over Online Speech

Indian Government in Standoff with Twitter Over Online Speech

The government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in a battle with U.S. tech firms over a new set of online speech rules that it has enacted for the...

India’s Government in Standoff with Twitter Over Online Speech

India’s Government in Standoff with Twitter Over Online Speech

The government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in a battle with U.S. tech firms over a new set of online speech rules that it has enacted for the...

Trip to Space with Jeff Bezos Sells for $28 Million

Trip to Space with Jeff Bezos Sells for $28 Million

A mystery bidder paid $28 million at auction Saturday for a seat alongside Jeff Bezos on board the first crewed...

Criminal Organizations Hire Hackers to Look for Targets

Criminal Organizations Hire Hackers to Look for Targets

Ransomware cases are on the rise worldwide and criminal groups based in Russia are suspected of being behind some of the biggest recent attacks. Michelle Quinn...