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

Researcher Work to Develop Printable 3D Organs

Researcher Work to Develop Printable 3D Organs

Imagine how life would change for so many people who need a replacement organ if scientists could just print a...

Technology Serves Up Hot Meals for Hungry Kids in Kenya

Technology Serves Up Hot Meals for Hungry Kids in Kenya

Technology is finally able to make food appear. With help from a local NGO, hungry kids in Kenya can now...

NASA Says Pioneering Black Mathematician Katherine Johnson Has Died

NASA Says Pioneering Black Mathematician Katherine Johnson Has Died

NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film “Hidden...

New Mexico Sues Google over Collection of Children’s Data

New Mexico Sues Google over Collection of Children’s Data

New Mexico’s attorney general sued Google Thursday over allegations the tech company is illegally collecting personal data generated by children...

Barr Asks: Should Facebook, Google Be Liable for User Posts?

Barr Asks: Should Facebook, Google Be Liable for User Posts?

U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday questioned whether Facebook, Google and other major online platforms still need the immunity from legal liability...

US Judge Dismisses Huawei Lawsuit Over Government Contracts Ban

US Judge Dismisses Huawei Lawsuit Over Government Contracts Ban

A federal judge in Texas has dismissed Chinese tech giant Huawei’s lawsuit challenging a U.S. law that bars the government...

As The Digital World Occupies More of Our Time, Wellness Guides Emerge

As The Digital World Occupies More of Our Time, Wellness Guides Emerge

As some of the negative effects of life lived online become more apparent, “digital wellness” groups are promoting ways to...

Innovative Program Empowers Female Students in Technology

Innovative Program Empowers Female Students in Technology

Women and minorities pursuing computer science degrees often feel alone and isolated, since the field is overwhelmingly dominated by men....

The Story of A Modern Teenage Cyborg

The Story of A Modern Teenage Cyborg

It seems inevitable that in this era of smart technology people would begin to think of ways to make their...

Facebook to Allow Paid Political Messages That Aren’t Ads

Facebook to Allow Paid Political Messages That Aren’t Ads

Facebook decided Friday to allow a type of paid political message that had sidestepped many of the social network’s rules...

Zuckerberg Accepts That Facebook May Have to Pay More Taxes

Zuckerberg Accepts That Facebook May Have to Pay More Taxes

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to throw his support behind international reforms that would require Silicon Valley tech giants to...

US Court Halts Pentagon Work with Microsoft on Cloud Contract

US Court Halts Pentagon Work with Microsoft on Cloud Contract

A federal judge in Washington has halted, for now, a major U.S. Defense Department cyber contract, blocking Microsoft Corp. from...

Spain Disputes Tech Show Canceled for Health Motives

Spain Disputes Tech Show Canceled for Health Motives

Organizers of the world’s biggest mobile technology fair insisted Thursday that they canceled the annual Mobile World Congress due to...

Facebook Removes Accounts in Russia, Iran With Alleged Intelligence Links

Facebook Removes Accounts in Russia, Iran With Alleged Intelligence Links

Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday removed two unconnected networks of accounts, pages, and groups “engaging in foreign or government...

Asia Catches up on AI but Digital Divide Remains Between Rich and Poor

Asia Catches up on AI but Digital Divide Remains Between Rich and Poor

The earliest fans of the internet wondered if it could be a democratizing technology, giving all people access to information,...

Samsung Unveils its New Foldable Phone, the Galaxy Z Flip

Samsung Unveils its New Foldable Phone, the Galaxy Z Flip

Samsung on Tuesday unveiled a new foldable phone, the Galaxy Z Flip, its second attempt to sell consumers on phones...

Here’s Where the Internet Actually Lives

Here’s Where the Internet Actually Lives

Have you ever stored something in the cloud and wondered where that data goes?  You might be surprised to learn...

Deepfakes: Silicon Valley Prepares to Battle the Latest Election Threat

Deepfakes: Silicon Valley Prepares to Battle the Latest Election Threat

Images of a reborn Princess Leia, or a youthful Robert DeNiro are bewitching illusions for movie-goers. But concern that the...

German Decision on Huawei 5G ‘Imminent,’ Says Ambassador

German Decision on Huawei 5G ‘Imminent,’ Says Ambassador

Germany’s closely watched impending decision on whether and to what extent to allow Huawei, the Chinese tech giant, to enter...

Amazon Wants Trump Deposition Over Loss of Military Contract

Amazon Wants Trump Deposition Over Loss of Military Contract

Amazon wants to depose President Donald Trump over the tech company’s losing bid for a $10 billion military contract. The...

Cyborgs, Trolls and Bots: A Guide to Online Misinformation

Cyborgs, Trolls and Bots: A Guide to Online Misinformation

Cyborgs, trolls and bots can fill the internet with lies and half-truths. Understanding them is key to learning how misinformation...

US Prosecutors Eye Uptick In Chinese Economic Espionage Cases 

US Prosecutors Eye Uptick In Chinese Economic Espionage Cases 

The FBI is conducting roughly 1,000 investigations into suspected Chinese theft of U.S. intellectual property, with many expected to result...