Tens of thousands of tech innovators and their fans are flocking to Las Vegas this week for the annual Consumer Electronics Show. Deana Mitchell has spotted some up-and-coming tech trends.…
more ...Ukraine’s Sumy Finds Alternative Energy Sources
With Russian rockets targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and electrical grid, scientists in the northern city of Sumy, some 330 kilometers east of Kyiv, are hoping to start mass producing solar…
more ...Amazon CEO Says Layoff to Exceed 18,000 Jobs
Amazon.com layoffs will now stretch to more than 18,000 jobs as part of a workforce reduction it previously disclosed, Chief Executive Andy Jassy said in a public staff note on…
more ...Meta Fined 390 Million Euros in Latest European Privacy Crackdown
European Union regulators on Wednesday hit Facebook parent Meta with hundreds of millions in fines for privacy violations and banned the company from forcing users in the 27-nation bloc to…
more ...CES 2023 to Highlight How Technology Addresses Global Challenges
CES 2023 opens this week in Las Vegas. After an unusually low turnout last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain issues, organizers say the consumer electronics show…
more ...CES 2023 Highlights Tech Addressing Global Challenges
The Consumer Electronics Show, the biggest technology trade show in the world, is once again open for business. After two challenging years coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, which was particularly…
more ...Drone Advances in Ukraine Could Bring Dawn of Killer Robots
Drone advances in Ukraine have accelerated a long-anticipated technology trend that could soon bring the world’s first fully autonomous fighting robots to the battlefield, inaugurating a new age of warfare.…
more ...AI Infuses Everything on Show at CES Gadget Extravaganza
The latest leaps in artificial intelligence in everything from cars to robots to appliances will be on full display at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opening Thursday in Las…
more ...Americans Weigh Pros and Cons as Musk Alters Twitter
Marie Rodriguez of Bountiful, Utah, began using social media when she enlisted in the U.S. Navy. At first, she saw it as a positive thing. “It helped me to really…
more ...US House Bans TikTok on Official Devices
The popular Chinese video app TikTok has been banned from all U.S. House of Representatives-managed devices, according to the House’s administration arm, mimicking a law soon to go into effect…
more ...Los Angeles Looking to Get Flying Taxis by 2028 Summer Olympics
Taking to the air could be one solution to help get around traffic jams on city highways. Genia Dulot reports from Los Angeles on plans to get air taxis flying…
more ...Year in Tech: What Do Tech Layoffs Say About the Economy?
The end of 2022 saw major layoffs at Twitter, Amazon, Salesforce and Snap. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, had its first layoffs ever, cutting about 13% of…
more ...Doctors Using Virtual Reality to Relieve Patients’ Pain and More
Virtual reality, an immersive technology embraced by gamers, has moved into medicine, where it is used for stress relief, physical therapy, pain management and other applications. Mike O’Sullivan has more.…
more ...Whistleblower Files Complaint to Congress Over Twitter Suspending Journalists
Nearly a week after Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk said that the accounts of suspended journalists would be reinstated, at least six remain blocked. Voice of America’s chief national correspondent,…
more ...France Planning AI-Assisted Crowd Control for Paris Olympics
French authorities plan to use an AI-assisted crowd control system to monitor people during the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to a draft law seen by AFP on Thursday. The system…
more ...Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt Building Factories for Battery Powered Vehicles
Between the close of this year’s climate conference in Sharm el Sheikh and the 2023 climate event slated for December 2023 in the UAE, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt are…
more ...What Kind of Leader Does Twitter Need?
If not Elon, then who? That’s a question many are contemplating since Elon Musk, Twitter’s CEO, said this week he was actively looking for a new leader to run the…
more ...Musk Says He’ll Be Twitter CEO Until a Replacement Is Found
Elon Musk said Tuesday that he plans on remaining as Twitter’s CEO until he can find someone willing to replace him in the job. Musk’s announcement came after millions of…
more ...Will Elon Musk Save or Destroy Twitter?
Elon Musk had an eventful year, capping 2022 with a $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, a takeover that almost didn’t happen. The controversial CEO has brought changes and disruptions, layoffs…
more ...Twitter Poll Closes, Users Vote in Favor of Musk Exit as CEO
More than half of 17.5 million users who responded to a poll that asked whether billionaire Elon Musk should step down as head of Twitter voted yes when the poll…
more ...Twitter Bans Linking to Facebook, Instagram, Other Rivals
Twitter users will no longer be able to link to certain rival social media websites, including what the company described Sunday as “prohibited platforms” Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon. It’s the…
more ...Frustrated Virtual Reality Pioneer Leaves Facebook’s Parent
A prominent video game creator who helped lead Facebook’s expansion into virtual reality has resigned from the social networking service’s corporate parent after becoming disillusioned with the way the technology…
more ...Taiwan to Fine Foxconn for Unauthorized China Investment
Taiwan’s government said on Saturday it would fine Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, for an unauthorized investment in a Chinese chip maker even after the Taiwanese firm said…
more ...China Trying to Fight Back US Ban on Its Chip Industry
China is spending $143 billion to combat U.S. moves to cut off its supply of semiconductor technology. The funds will be used to provide financial subsidies and incentives to help…
more ...VOA Journalist Among Media Suspended on Twitter
VOA chief national correspondent Steve Herman was among several journalists to be suspended from Twitter late Thursday. Followers of the former White House bureau chief’s Twitter account were greeted with…
more ...Hacker Claims Breach of FBI’s Critical-Infrastructure Forum
A hacker who reportedly posed as the chief executive of a financial institution claims to have obtained access to the more than 80,000-member database of InfraGard, an FBI-run outreach program…
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