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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

Chinese Executive: Forced Sale of TikTok May Be Inevitable Amid US Scrutiny

Chinese Executive: Forced Sale of TikTok May Be Inevitable Amid US Scrutiny

The Chinese company that owns popular video-sharing app TikTok is exploring all possibilities to ensure that its subsidiary can continue...

Trump Gives Microsoft 45 Days to Seal TikTok Deal

Trump Gives Microsoft 45 Days to Seal TikTok Deal

The Chinese-owned social media app TikTok “is going to be out of business in the United States” on September 15,...

Microsoft, TikTok to Continue Talks; Trump Gives App’s Chinese Owner 45 Days to Reach Deal to Sell

Microsoft, TikTok to Continue Talks; Trump Gives App’s Chinese Owner 45 Days to Reach Deal to Sell

Microsoft Corp said Sunday it would continue talks to acquire popular short-video app TikTok from Chinese internet giant ByteDance. Meanwhile,...

Facebook Bows to Brazil Judge, Blocks 12 Accounts Worldwide

Facebook Bows to Brazil Judge, Blocks 12 Accounts Worldwide

Facebook announced Saturday that it had obeyed a Brazilian judge’s order for a worldwide block on the accounts of 12...

Trump Sets Clock Ticking for TikTok

Trump Sets Clock Ticking for TikTok

President Donald Trump went to one of his private golf courses Saturday in Virginia after threatening to halt operations in...

Trump To Ban TikTok

Trump To Ban TikTok

President Donald Trump says he intends to ban the operation of TikTok in the U.S.Trump said Friday he could take...

3 Charged in Massive Twitter Hack, Bitcoin Scam

3 Charged in Massive Twitter Hack, Bitcoin Scam

A British man, a Florida man and a Florida teen hacked the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology...

Twitter Bans Account of Former KKK Leader David Duke

Twitter Bans Account of Former KKK Leader David Duke

Twitter Inc said on Friday it has permanently suspended the account of David Duke, a former leader of the white...

Amid Pandemic, Big Tech Reports Mixed Earnings

Amid Pandemic, Big Tech Reports Mixed Earnings

Big Tech companies reported mixed quarterly earnings Thursday, a day after their top executives faced a tough congressional grilling over...

NASA Rover En Route to Mars to Look for Signs of Life

NASA Rover En Route to Mars to Look for Signs of Life

The U.S. has launched its next-generation Mars rover in search of potential signs of life on the red planet.NASA’s latest...

NASA’s New Mars Rover Launches From Florida to Seek Signs of Past Life

NASA’s New Mars Rover Launches From Florida to Seek Signs of Past Life

NASA’s next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a...

2020’s Final Mars Mission Poised for Blastoff from Florida

2020’s Final Mars Mission Poised for Blastoff from Florida

The summer’s third and final mission to Mars — featuring NASA’s most elaborate life-hunting rover — is on the verge...

US Treasury to Recommend Options to Trump About Tik Tok

US Treasury to Recommend Options to Trump About Tik Tok

The Chinese-owned app TikTok is under a security review by the U.S. government, which will make a recommendation on the...

Chinese Hackers Targeted Vatican, NY Times Reports

Chinese Hackers Targeted Vatican, NY Times Reports

The New York Times Wednesday said the Vatican’s computer networks have been breached by Chinese hackers since May, in an apparent...

Congress to Question Tech CEOs About Market Dominance

Congress to Question Tech CEOs About Market Dominance

They control the digital spaces where many around the world spend their time, shop, work, and talk to friends and family.  Together, the companies’ combined annual...

Holocaust Survivors Urge Facebook to Remove Denial Posts

Holocaust Survivors Urge Facebook to Remove Denial Posts

Holocaust survivors around the world are lending their voices to a campaign launched Wednesday targeting Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg, urging...

US Cyberfirm Says Vatican Target of Chinese Hackers, NY Times Reports

US Cyberfirm Says Vatican Target of Chinese Hackers, NY Times Reports

The New York Times Wednesday said the Vatican’s computer networks have been breached by Chinese hackers since May, in an apparent...

Twitter Deletes Tweet by Donald Trump Jr, Limits His Account

Twitter Deletes Tweet by Donald Trump Jr, Limits His Account

Twitter has limited Donald Trump Jr.’s account and deleted one of his tweets for violating Twitter’s COVID-19 misinformation policies.  The...

Small Business Uses Technology to Stay Afloat During Pandemic

Small Business Uses Technology to Stay Afloat During Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has forced small businesses around the world to come up with new ways to cope with the...

Google Employees to Work from Home Until 2021

Google Employees to Work from Home Until 2021

Google employees will work from home until summer 2021 due to COVID-19 concerns, the company announced Monday.The decision affects almost...

Technology Works Behind the Scenes to Keep US Mail-in Voting Secure

Technology Works Behind the Scenes to Keep US Mail-in Voting Secure

It’s going to be a record year for voting by mail in the U.S. election and that has raised security...

Twitter, Facebook Become Targets in Trump and Biden Ads

Twitter, Facebook Become Targets in Trump and Biden Ads

Social media has become the target of a dueling attack ad campaign being waged online by the sitting president and...