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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

Microsoft to Close Physical Stores, Take $450 Million Hit

Microsoft to Close Physical Stores, Take $450 Million Hit

Microsoft Corp said on Friday it would close its retail stores and take a related pre-tax asset impairment charge of...

Twitter Tackles Violent Upsurge Against Women in Lockdown

Twitter Tackles Violent Upsurge Against Women in Lockdown

 Twitter has launched a new prompt to fight gender-based violence in response to a surge in sexual assaults and domestic...

Boston Approves Ban on Facial Recognition Technology

Boston Approves Ban on Facial Recognition Technology

The Boston City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to pass a ban on the use of facial recognition technology by city...

Google Tweaks Privacy Settings to Keep Less User Data

Google Tweaks Privacy Settings to Keep Less User Data

Google is tweaking its privacy settings to keep less data on new users by default.  The search giant said that...

For Silicon Valley, a Worker Pipeline Cut Off  

For Silicon Valley, a Worker Pipeline Cut Off  

Tech executives said Monday they were disappointed in the Trump administration’s decision to temporarily ban an array of work visas, including those used by the technology industry....

Trump vs. Twitter: The Debate Over Free Speech, Censorship in Social Media

Trump vs. Twitter: The Debate Over Free Speech, Censorship in Social Media

Twitter has been important in burnishing the image President Donald Trump wants to portray of a brash straight-talking politician, but...

Trump vs. Twitter: The Debate Over Free Speech and Censorship in Social Media

Trump vs. Twitter: The Debate Over Free Speech and Censorship in Social Media

Twitter has been important in burnishing the image President Donald Trump wants to portray of a brash straight-talking politician, but...

Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology Raises Alarm in Wake of George Floyd Death

Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology Raises Alarm in Wake of George Floyd Death

Activists want to ban police from using facial recognition — and now some big tech companies are scaling back cooperation...

Twitter Labels Trump’s Tweet as ‘Manipulated Media’

Twitter Labels Trump’s Tweet as ‘Manipulated Media’

Twitter Inc added a ‘manipulated media’ label on a video posted on U.S. President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed on Thursday...

Australia Says it Has Been Target of ‘State-Based’ Cyberattacks

Australia Says it Has Been Target of ‘State-Based’ Cyberattacks

A “sophisticated state-based cyber actor” has been attempting to hack a wide range of Australian organizations for months and had...

Social Media Companies Battle Evolving Threat Ahead of 2020 Election

Social Media Companies Battle Evolving Threat Ahead of 2020 Election

Top social media companies Google, Facebook and Twitter told U.S. lawmakers Thursday that foreign interference on their platforms has evolved...

COVID-19 Sparks Technology Innovation

COVID-19 Sparks Technology Innovation

Engineers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, are developing new technology for health care workers on the front lines of...

Twitter Removes China-linked Accounts Spreading False News

Twitter Removes China-linked Accounts Spreading False News

Twitter has removed a vast network of accounts that it says is linked to the Chinese government and were pushing...

Apple Removes Podcast Apps in China

Apple Removes Podcast Apps in China

A popular podcasting platform, Pocket Casts, has been removed from Apple’s app store in China at Beijing’s request, according to...

Zoom Temporarily Suspends Account After Hosting Tiananmen Square Anniversary Event 

Zoom Temporarily Suspends Account After Hosting Tiananmen Square Anniversary Event 

Videoconferencing company Zoom temporarily shut down the account of a U.S.-based activist group days after it held an event commemorating...

Microsoft Joins Amazon, IBM in Pausing Face Scans for Police

Microsoft Joins Amazon, IBM in Pausing Face Scans for Police

Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to...

Amazon Bans Police Use of its Face Recognition for a Year

Amazon Bans Police Use of its Face Recognition for a Year

Amazon on Wednesday banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to...

Republican Senators Push FCC to Act on Trump Social Media Order

Republican Senators Push FCC to Act on Trump Social Media Order

Four Republican U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to review whether to revise liability protections for...

China’s Computers Run on Microsoft Windows: Are They Vulnerable to US Pressure?

China’s Computers Run on Microsoft Windows: Are They Vulnerable to US Pressure?

As tension grows between China and the United States, there is worry in Beijing that the conflict could end up...

IBM Quits Facial Recognition, Joins Call for Police Reforms 

IBM Quits Facial Recognition, Joins Call for Police Reforms 

IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business, saying it’s concerned about how the technology can be used for...

Heir to South Korea’s Samsung Empire Avoids Jail

Heir to South Korea’s Samsung Empire Avoids Jail

A South Korean Court has rejected an arrest warrant for the heir to the legendary Samsung Group conglomerate in connection...

Google Maps to Alert Users About COVID-19-Related Travel Restrictions

Google Maps to Alert Users About COVID-19-Related Travel Restrictions

Google is adding features on its Maps service to alert users about COVID-19-related travel restrictions to help them plan their...