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

White House faces tests of key Obamacare goals in 2014

By Brian Hughes December 6, 2013 5:00 am

âIf anybody deserves praise, itâs Mikey,â one source, close to the tech campaign to fix healthcare.gov, said of Dickerson. âNobody is taking victory laps right now, but Iâd single him out â heâs produced actual results.â (Photo by James Duncan Davidson)

Michael Dickerson: The invisible man behind Obamacare’s tech surge

By Brian Hughes December 6, 2013 5:00 am

FTC says flashlight app left consumers in the dark

FTC says flashlight app left consumers in the dark

By Anne Flaherty December 5, 2013 8:17 pm

The National Rifle Association indicated its support for the renewal of a law prohibiting hard-to-detect firearms, but made clear its opposition to expanding the law to cover "new technologies" like 3-D printed guns.ÃÂ (AP/Austin American Statesman, Jay Janner)

NRA supports gun law extension, but not for 3-D printed guns

By Tim Mak December 5, 2013 5:00 am

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey worried aloud Wednesday that the next generation of possible military recruits is ignorant about the damage that can come from showing bad or illegal behavior online.ÃÂ (AP Image)

Top general to teens: Watch what you post online!

By Associated Press December 5, 2013 5:00 am

This photo taken Nov. 25, 2013 shows second grade teacher Heather Black working with Ingrid Soracco, 7, right, on her e-book assignment using an iPad at Jamestown Elementary School in Arlington, Va. Needed to keep a school building running these days: Water, electricity _ and broadband. Interactive digital learning on laptops and tablets is, in many cases, replacing traditional textbooks. Students are taking computer-based tests instead of fill-in-the bubble exams. Teachers are accessing far-off resources for lessons. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Tech gurus help boost speedy Internet in schools

By Associated Press December 5, 2013 5:00 am

The proprietor of a shop selling vinyl records and that accepts Bitcoins for payment brings up a Bitcoin website on the proprietor's computer in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty images)

Bitcoin boom spreads to iPhones with mobile-payment apps

By Bloomberg News December 5, 2013 5:00 am

A woman waits to talk to a navigator about health care options available under the Affordable Care Act at the North Shore Medical Center in Miami on Nov. 19. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

CMS: ‘Majority’ of back-end glitches affecting insurers fixed

By Meghashyam Mali December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is aiding theÃÂ effort to get high-speed broadband in every school.ÃÂ (AP/Jeff Chiu)

Broadband in schools gets boost from tech gurus

By Associated Press December 4, 2013 5:00 am

$Election judge Rich Korinek, left, tallies ballots during a recount of Broomfield's vote on a county-wide hydraulic fracturing ban, at a city and county building, in Broomfield, Colo., on Monday. (AP/Brennan Linsley)$

Fracking ban wins on recount, but questions linger

By Associated Press December 4, 2013 5:00 am

The federal healthcare.gov website has been plagued by a variety of technical problems and glitches.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Insurers wary of Obama administration claims about back-end website fixes

By Susan Crabtree December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Joe Biden embarrasses himself during visit with working women in Japan

Joe Biden embarrasses himself during visit with working women in Japan

By Charlie Spiering December 4, 2013 5:00 am