Technology

Data centers are in Ashburn in Loudon County, Virginia, on Sunday, July 16, 2023. The centers house the computer servers and hardware required to support modern internet use, including artificial intelligence. The county is home to the world's largest concentration of data centers. Tech companies like to place the centers here, partly because the region's proximity to the nation's traditional internet backbone allows the servers in those data centers to save nanoseconds crucial to support financial transactions, gaming technology and other time-sensitive applications.

Massive Virginia data center development drives debate about price of technological advancement

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Trump’s AI art affinity

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Businessman Pressing Button Touches Virtual Screen with Artificial intelligence AI, Justice Scales, and Judge's Gavel.

State-level AI regulation ban left out of Trump agenda law

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Biden administration works around TikTok ban to warn users of fentanyl-laced drugs

By Anna Giaritelli April 3, 2024 12:01 pm

Mike Pence group launches $2 million ad campaign pressuring Senate to pass TikTok ban

By Cami Mondeaux April 2, 2024 1:29 pm

DHS-tied ‘misinformation’ researcher personally advised Big Tech on content moderation

By Gabe Kaminsky April 2, 2024 5:00 am

Google agrees to wipe browsing data to put consumer privacy lawsuit to rest

By Peyton Sorosinski April 1, 2024 6:13 pm

Mnuchin wants to scrap TikTok’s algorithm in bid to buy the app

By Jack Birle March 30, 2024 1:01 pm

NYC Mayor Eric Adams greenlights self-driving cars

By Elaine Mallon March 29, 2024 3:13 pm

BBC stands by replacing singer with AI-generated voice

By Jenny Goldsberry March 28, 2024 4:40 pm

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis applauds during a press conference at the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District headquarters at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. Florida will have one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands expected legal challenges — under a bill signed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday, March 25, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

DeSantis blazes a trail on children’s safety online

By Jeremiah Poff March 26, 2024 4:14 pm

Wisconsin Supreme Court lets ruling stand that declared Amazon drivers to be employees

By Associated Press March 26, 2024 1:59 pm

Instagram rolls out hidden setting that limits political content

By Jenny Goldsberry March 23, 2024 12:09 pm

Senate Democrat stressing patience on anti-TikTok bill has former top aides working to fight it

By Gabe Kaminsky March 22, 2024 2:04 pm

Why Uber won

By Robert VerBruggen March 21, 2024 9:00 pm