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

By Emily Hallas July 26, 2025 7:00 am

Trump’s AI art affinity

Dain Fitzgerald and Jason Agnew Jul 25, 2025

UK moving on new penalties for Apple and Google amid trade discussions with Trump

Christian Datoc and Naomi Lim Jul 18, 2025

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

Jessica Melugin Jul 18, 2025

Zuckerberg and Meta reach settlement seeking $8 billion over violations of Facebook users’ privacy

Annabella Rosciglione Jul 17, 2025

Instagram to bar strangers from sending DMs to teenagers in response to scrutiny of Big Tech

By Christopher Hutton January 25, 2024 9:30 am

Apple wins app store fight

By Jessica Melugin January 24, 2024 9:00 pm

Senators from both parties press Schumer for bill to create Big Tech regulatory agency

By Christopher Hutton January 24, 2024 4:39 pm

Amazon no longer to share Ring doorbell video footage without warrant

By Christopher Hutton January 24, 2024 1:42 pm

Teenagers spent an average of two hours a day on TikTok in 2023, data reveal

By Christopher Hutton January 24, 2024 9:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), center, walks with, from left, Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) during a break at a gathering with leading tech CEOs discussing the priorities and risks of artificial intelligence and how it should be regulated at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.

Congress running low on time to address AI misinformation in elections

By Christopher Hutton January 24, 2024 3:00 am

Companies like Google and Amazon have had to lay off hundred of employees in the first month of 2024

Google, Amazon, and other tech companies start off 2024 with mass layoffs

By Christopher Hutton January 23, 2024 4:16 pm

BMW aims to bring humanoid robots to South Carolina manufacturing floor

By Christopher Hutton January 23, 2024 11:11 am

How Big Tech is weaponizing against Trump

By Parker Miller January 23, 2024 10:50 am

New restrictions on cellphones could create a headache for the roughly 24,000 workers at the Pentagon, who depend on the devices to stay in touch with family and the outside world. (iStock photo)

‘Less stress. Better focus:’ People to be paid to lock up smartphones for a month

By Jenny Goldsberry January 21, 2024 10:36 am

FTC and DOJ reportedly pushing for investigation into Microsoft’s $10 billion partnership with OpenAI

By Christopher Hutton January 19, 2024 6:27 pm

Chinese military and researchers acquiring high-grade chips for AI despite US ban

Silicon Valley self-regulates for AI misinformation in 2024 elections while government lags

By Christopher Hutton January 19, 2024 3:00 am