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

Pakistanis frustrated by slowdown in internet service

Pakistanis frustrated by slowdown in internet service

islamabad — From sharing memes to sealing deals, millions of Pakistanis are struggling to communicate digitally as internet and data services...

Google says Iranian group trying to hack US presidential campaigns

Google says Iranian group trying to hack US presidential campaigns

NEW YORK — Google said Wednesday that an Iranian group linked to the country’s Revolutionary Guard had tried to infiltrate the...

Ocean could lie beneath Mars’ surface, study says

Ocean could lie beneath Mars’ surface, study says

New Zealand to loosen gene editing regulation, make commercialization easier

New Zealand to loosen gene editing regulation, make commercialization easier

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The New Zealand government said Tuesday that it would introduce new legislation to make it easier for...

China test-flies biggest cargo drone as low-altitude economy takes off

China test-flies biggest cargo drone as low-altitude economy takes off

beijing — Engineers sent China’s biggest-yet cargo drone on a test run over the weekend while a helicopter taxi took to the skies on...

China’s drivers fret as robotaxis pick up pace – and passengers

China’s drivers fret as robotaxis pick up pace – and passengers

WUHAN, China — Liu Yi is among China’s 7 million ride-hailing drivers. A 36-year-old Wuhan resident, he started driving part-time this...

Flying electric taxis, personal aircraft prepare for takeoff

Flying electric taxis, personal aircraft prepare for takeoff

Flying cars, long the dream of futurists, may finally be here. From California, Matt Dibble has our story about the...

UN approves its first treaty targeting cybercrime

UN approves its first treaty targeting cybercrime

United Nations — U.N. member states on Thursday approved a treaty targeting cybercrime, the body’s first such text, despite fierce opposition...

Microsoft: Iran accelerating cyber activity in apparent bid to influence US election

Microsoft: Iran accelerating cyber activity in apparent bid to influence US election

NEW YORK — Iran is ramping up online activity that appears intended to influence the upcoming U.S. election, in one case...

President Maduro suspends X social network in Venezuela for 10 days

President Maduro suspends X social network in Venezuela for 10 days

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolás Maduro said he has ordered a 10-day block on access to X in Venezuela, accusing the...

World’s largest 3D-printed neighborhood nears completion in Texas

World’s largest 3D-printed neighborhood nears completion in Texas

GEORGETOWN, Texas — As with any desktop 3D printer, the Vulcan printer pipes layer by layer to build an object –...

Drones warn New Yorkers about storm dangers

Drones warn New Yorkers about storm dangers

NEW YORK — Gone is the bullhorn. Instead, New York City emergency management officials have turned high-tech, using drones to warn...

Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘massive advertiser boycott’

Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘massive advertiser boycott’

wichita falls, texas — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser...

Secretaries of state urge Elon Musk to fix AI chatbot spreading election misinformation on X

Secretaries of state urge Elon Musk to fix AI chatbot spreading election misinformation on X

Chicago — Five secretaries of state are urging Elon Musk to fix an AI chatbot on the social media platform X,...

Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance

Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance

Washington — A judge on Monday ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition...

US expected to propose barring Chinese software in autonomous vehicles

US expected to propose barring Chinese software in autonomous vehicles

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to propose barring Chinese software in autonomous and connected vehicles in the coming...

China’s proposal to create a cyber ID system faces criticism

China’s proposal to create a cyber ID system faces criticism

Taipei, Taiwan — Concern is rising among China’s more than 1 billion internet users over a government proposal portrayed as a...

US Justice Department sues TikTok, claiming it violated kids’ privacy  

US Justice Department sues TikTok, claiming it violated kids’ privacy  

US Senate passes major online child safety reforms

US Senate passes major online child safety reforms

LogOn: Innovative material cools with no energy

LogOn: Innovative material cools with no energy

A California company is developing a material that can cool things by sending heat into deep space. Matt Dibble has...

AI-backed autonomous robots monitor construction progress

AI-backed autonomous robots monitor construction progress

The construction industry is finding new uses for artificial intelligence. In a multi-story building project in the northwestern U.S. city...

Manipulated video shared by Musk mimics Harris’ voice, raising concerns about AI in politics

Manipulated video shared by Musk mimics Harris’ voice, raising concerns about AI in politics

New York — A manipulated video that mimics the voice of Vice President Kamala Harris saying things she did not say...