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

Internet Overuse Grows as Does Reliance on the Internet

Internet Overuse Grows as Does Reliance on the Internet

While the internet has definitely made our lives easier, it has come at a cost. Studies show that internet addiction...

Floating Lab Aims to Accelerate a Transition to Greener Energies

Floating Lab Aims to Accelerate a Transition to Greener Energies

The future of green energy just finished a 25-country tour. It moves as quietly as a whisper, uses the sun,...

Zuckerberg Defends Facebook’s Approach to Free Speech, Draws Line on China

Zuckerberg Defends Facebook’s Approach to Free Speech, Draws Line on China

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday defended the social media company’s light regulation of speech and lack of...

Poor Posture Linked to Chronic Pain

Poor Posture Linked to Chronic Pain

Cellphones and computers are everywhere in almost every country across the globe, and it is common to see people hunched...

These Smart Technologies Might Land in Your Home in 2030

These Smart Technologies Might Land in Your Home in 2030

The future was here at a recent marquee tech show in Japan.  The Consumer Exhibition of Advanced Technology, or CEATEC,...

Smart Tech for the City of 2030

Smart Tech for the City of 2030

The future was here at a recent marquee tech show in Japan.  The Consumer Exhibition of Advanced Technology, or CEATEC,...

Chinese Snooping Tech Spreads to Nations Vulnerable to Abuse

Chinese Snooping Tech Spreads to Nations Vulnerable to Abuse

When hundreds of video cameras with the power to identify and track individuals started appearing in the streets of Belgrade,...

German 5G Rules Avoid Huawei Ban; US Warns on Intel Sharing

German 5G Rules Avoid Huawei Ban; US Warns on Intel Sharing

Germany has released draft security guidelines for next generation wireless networks that stop short of banning Huawei, as the U.S....

US Tech Firms Drawn Into Hong Kong Protesters Standoff With China

US Tech Firms Drawn Into Hong Kong Protesters Standoff With China

With Hong Kong anti-government protests ongoing, tech companies in the U.S. are being drawn into the crisis. The standoff between...

On Amazon’s List of Principles: Regulate Facial Recognition Tech

On Amazon’s List of Principles: Regulate Facial Recognition Tech

Amazon is endorsing the idea of government regulation of facial recognition technology, as part of a wide-ranging statement of its...

African Women in Tech Look to Artificial Intelligence

African Women in Tech Look to Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence took center stage as African female technology experts met at Women in Tech Week in Ghana to promote...

Arrested Japanese Stalker Used Pupil Image Reflections

Arrested Japanese Stalker Used Pupil Image Reflections

A man arrested on suspicion of stalking a female pop idol used the reflections of her pupils in photos she...

European Union Finds Ransomware Is Top Cybercrime

European Union Finds Ransomware Is Top Cybercrime

The European Union’s 2019 cybercrime report said the number of online attacks is going down but criminals are targeting more...

African Women in Tech Working to Close Digital Divide

African Women in Tech Working to Close Digital Divide

Women from across Africa are meeting at the annual Women in Tech Africa Week, hoping to bring more women into the...

Zuckerberg to Testify in US on Facebook Digital Currency Plan

Zuckerberg to Testify in US on Facebook Digital Currency Plan

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will testify at the US House of Representatives this month on the social network’s plan...

EU Warns Hostile Countries Are 5G risk, Avoids Naming Names

EU Warns Hostile Countries Are 5G risk, Avoids Naming Names

The European Union warned Wednesday that next-generation telecommunication networks face a range of cyber threats, including from hostile countries.  ...

China Criticizes Apple for App that Tracks Hong Kong Police

China Criticizes Apple for App that Tracks Hong Kong Police

Apple became the latest company targeted for Chinese pressure over protests in Hong Kong when the ruling Communist Party’s main...

Google Reports Highest Mobile Internet Use is in ASEAN Region

Google Reports Highest Mobile Internet Use is in ASEAN Region

 People in Southeast Asia spend the most time in the world accessing the internet through mobile devices, according to a...

3 Win Nobel in Chemistry for Work on Lithium-Ion Batteries

3 Win Nobel in Chemistry for Work on Lithium-Ion Batteries

Three scientists on Wednesday were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries,...

Ethiopian Airlines’ Former Chief Says Airlines Went Into Records After Crash

Ethiopian Airlines’ Former Chief Says Airlines Went Into Records After Crash

Ethiopian Airlines’ former chief engineer says in a whistleblower complaint filed with regulators that the carrier went into maintenance records...

Robotic Skeleton Links with Brain of Paralyzed Man; Lets Him Walk

Robotic Skeleton Links with Brain of Paralyzed Man; Lets Him Walk

A fall paralyzed him from the shoulders down. But inside a robotic skeleton, his brain puts his body back in...

Astronauts Replacing Old batteries in 1st of 5 Spacewalks

Astronauts Replacing Old batteries in 1st of 5 Spacewalks

Astronauts kicked off the first of five spacewalks to replace old batteries at the International Space Station on Sunday.Christina Koch...