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

Pandemic Paves Way for Virtual Reality Education

Pandemic Paves Way for Virtual Reality Education

While most parents are stressed about kids and remote online learning, some experts say expect more of that in the...

Zoom Suffers Worldwide Outages

Zoom Suffers Worldwide Outages

Videoconferencing platform Zoom experienced worldwide outages Monday morning, coinciding with the first day of remote classes for many schools and...

Apple CEO Tim Cook is Fulfilling Another Steve Jobs Vision

Apple CEO Tim Cook is Fulfilling Another Steve Jobs Vision

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, was a tough act to follow. But Tim Cook seems to be...

US WeChat Users sue Trump Over Order Banning Messaging App

US WeChat Users sue Trump Over Order Banning Messaging App

Some U.S.-based users of WeChat are suing President Donald Trump in a bid to block an executive order that they...

TikTok says It’ll Sue Over Trump Crackdown

TikTok says It’ll Sue Over Trump Crackdown

Video app TikTok said Saturday it will challenge in court a Trump administration crackdown on the popular Chinese-owned platform, which...

Facebook in India Embroiled in Political Hate Speech Controversy

Facebook in India Embroiled in Political Hate Speech Controversy

Facebook’s India chief said Friday the social media giant denounces hate and bigotry in the wake of a controversy sparked...

Trump Wants Supreme Court OK to Block Critics on His Personal Twitter

Trump Wants Supreme Court OK to Block Critics on His Personal Twitter

President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to block critics from his personal Twitter account. The administration...

Apple is 1st US Company to Be Valued at $2 Trillion

Apple is 1st US Company to Be Valued at $2 Trillion

Apple is the first U.S. company to boast a market value of $2 trillion, just two years after it became...

USAGM Funds Two Internet Freedom Projects

USAGM Funds Two Internet Freedom Projects

The U.S. Agency for Global Media announced Tuesday that it is moving forward with funding two internet firewall circumvention projects...

US Tightening Restrictions on Huawei Access to Technology, Chips

US Tightening Restrictions on Huawei Access to Technology, Chips

The Trump administration announced on Monday it will further tighten restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co, aimed at cracking down on...

Google Pushes Back Against Proposed Australian Law Over News Content 

Google Pushes Back Against Proposed Australian Law Over News Content 

Google is warning that Australians’ personal information could be “at risk” if the digital giant has to pay for news...

German Watchdog Launches Amazon Investigation: Report

German Watchdog Launches Amazon Investigation: Report

Germany’s antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Amazon’s relationship with third-party traders selling on its site, its head was...

Facebook Beefs Up Anti-Misinfo Efforts Ahead of US Election

Facebook Beefs Up Anti-Misinfo Efforts Ahead of US Election

Beginning Thursday, U.S. Facebook users who post about voting may start seeing an addendum to their messages — labels directing...

Pentagon Identifies More Bandwidth for Commercial 5G Network Sharing

Pentagon Identifies More Bandwidth for Commercial 5G Network Sharing

The Pentagon and the White House have identified an additional 100 MHz in the coveted mid-band frequency spectrum to be...

A Ban on WeChat and TikTok, a Disconnected World and Two Internets

A Ban on WeChat and TikTok, a Disconnected World and Two Internets

President Trump’s new executive orders banning Chinese social media apps TikTok and WeChat marked a significant escalation in the ongoing...

Chatbots and Telemedicine Join Vietnam’s COVID-19 Fight

Chatbots and Telemedicine Join Vietnam’s COVID-19 Fight

An idea is percolating in Vietnam as it fights COVID-19: “send in the robots.”  The pandemic has brought artificial intelligence (AI) more...

Twitter Expressed Interest in Buying TikTok’s US Operations, Sources Say

Twitter Expressed Interest in Buying TikTok’s US Operations, Sources Say

Twitter Inc has approached TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to express interest in acquiring the U.S. operations of the video-sharing app,...

TikTok Threatens to Sue after US Moves to Ban App  

TikTok Threatens to Sue after US Moves to Ban App  

TikTok reacted to President Donald Trump’s executive order barring U.S. companies and individuals from doing business with its parent company, ByteDance,...

Citing Security Concerns, Trump Orders Bans on TikTok, WeChat

Citing Security Concerns, Trump Orders Bans on TikTok, WeChat

U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday ordered sweeping bans on two Chinese consumer apps.He ordered the bans prohibiting U.S. companies from...

Trump Orders Bans on 2 Chinese Apps, Citing Security Concerns

Trump Orders Bans on 2 Chinese Apps, Citing Security Concerns

U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday ordered sweeping bans on two Chinese consumer apps.He ordered the bans prohibiting U.S. companies from...

Trump Orders US Ban on WeChat, TikTok in 45 Days

Trump Orders US Ban on WeChat, TikTok in 45 Days

U.S. President Donald Trump issued executive orders on Thursday banning any U.S. transactions with ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns...

Tensions Mount over China’s Industrial Espionage in US

Tensions Mount over China’s Industrial Espionage in US

Tensions between the U.S. and China are escalating at a dizzying pace, with July 24 marking the lowest point of...