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

Huawei Loses Trade Secrets Theft Case Against US Chip Designer

Huawei Loses Trade Secrets Theft Case Against US Chip Designer

A logo of Huawei marks one of the company’s buildings in Dongguan, in China’s Guangdong province, March 6, 2019. A...

Bitcoin Soars Past $13,000 as Facebook’s Libra Fuels Demand

Bitcoin Soars Past $13,000 as Facebook’s Libra Fuels Demand

Bitcoin jumped to an 18-month high on Wednesday, as investors looked for safety in alternative investments amid geopolitical tension, and...

What’s At Stake for Silicon Valley in US-China Trade Talks

What’s At Stake for Silicon Valley in US-China Trade Talks

With U.S. and Chinese leaders set to meet this week on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Japan, there...

UN:  Freedom of Expression Under Threat from Surveillance Industry

UN: Freedom of Expression Under Threat from Surveillance Industry

A United Nations investigator says the rise of the private surveillance industry and the targeting of individuals by digital surveillance...

Silicon Valley Looks for Hopeful Signs from Trump and Xi Meeting

Silicon Valley Looks for Hopeful Signs from Trump and Xi Meeting

With U.S. and Chinese leaders set to meet this week on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Japan, there...

At 5G Lab, Startups Get First Dibs on Ultra-Fast Network

At 5G Lab, Startups Get First Dibs on Ultra-Fast Network

5G wireless networks are touted as the fastest consumers have yet experienced. But beyond speed, what will the technology mean...

Instagram Head Asserts That Company Does Not Spy on Users

Instagram Head Asserts That Company Does Not Spy on Users

Instagram is not spying on its users conversations, according to the social media company’s chief. In an interview on Tuesday with...

In World First, Facebook to Give Data on Hate Speech Suspects to French Courts

In World First, Facebook to Give Data on Hate Speech Suspects to French Courts

In a world first, Facebook has agreed to hand over the identification data of French users suspected of hate speech...

Nanotechnology Creates Hope for Cheap Desalination Process

Nanotechnology Creates Hope for Cheap Desalination Process

It may be that the two major challenges to humanity’s future both involve water. When it comes to climate change,...

New Technology Helps Search Teams Find People in Wilderness

New Technology Helps Search Teams Find People in Wilderness

Yesenia D’Alessandro loaded a GPS tracking app on her cellphone and trudged into a remote Hawaii forest, joining more than...

Apple’s Workaround  Takes Bite Out of Tariffs

Apple’s Workaround Takes Bite Out of Tariffs

U.S. tech giant Apple has reportedly asked its major suppliers, mainly China-based manufacturers from Taiwan, to consider moving 15 to 30% of...

Senior Facebook Executive Says it Would Favor Regulation

Senior Facebook Executive Says it Would Favor Regulation

A senior Facebook executive says the social media site is in favor of regulation to address some of the dark...

50 Years Later, the Moon is Still Great for Business

50 Years Later, the Moon is Still Great for Business

Fifty years after humans first visited, businesses are still trying to make a buck off the moon.   Hundreds of...

US-China Trade Dispute Triggering Production Exodus

US-China Trade Dispute Triggering Production Exodus

U.S. tech giant Apple has reportedly asked its major suppliers, mainly China-based manufacturers from Taiwan, to consider moving 15 to 30% of...

Sources: US Struck Iranian Military Computers This Week

Sources: US Struck Iranian Military Computers This Week

U.S. military cyber forces launched a strike against Iranian military computer systems Thursday as President Donald Trump backed away from...

Solar Refinery Shines Light on Clean Energy

Solar Refinery Shines Light on Clean Energy

The world may be moving toward renewable energy sources, but fossil fuels are still the fuel of choice for the transportation...

Lack of Internet Access Hobbling West Virginians

Lack of Internet Access Hobbling West Virginians

It may be hard to believe that in modern-day America, not everybody has access to high-speed internet. But that is...

Airplanes are going Faster, Farther and Getting More Expensive

Airplanes are going Faster, Farther and Getting More Expensive

In Paris, the future of air travel is on display this week, as some of the industry’s giants unveil the...

South African Teens Flying Self-Assembled Plane Across Africa

South African Teens Flying Self-Assembled Plane Across Africa

A group of South African teenagers has assembled a four-seater airplane and is flying it across the continent.  Aviation experts...

High Tech Aquarium Features Virtual Touch Experience

High Tech Aquarium Features Virtual Touch Experience

Going to a museum, zoo or aquarium is no longer just a passive event where guests look at an exhibit...

Mexican President Pitches Universal Internet in Chat with Facebook’s Zuckerberg

Mexican President Pitches Universal Internet in Chat with Facebook’s Zuckerberg

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he spoke with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, inviting the social media tycoon...

Facebook Plans Its Own Currency for 2 Billion-Plus Users

Facebook Plans Its Own Currency for 2 Billion-Plus Users

Facebook already rules daily communication for more than two billion people around the world. Now it wants its own currency,...