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

Feds blame spam, consumer computers for new Obamacare glitches

By Paul Bedard November 13, 2013 5:00 am

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Free online shows, services indicate boom missed by US GDP

By Washington Examiner November 12, 2013 5:00 am

NextGov: Bitcoin storage service shortchanged $1.2m by hackers

By Washington Examiner November 12, 2013 5:00 am

The pressure is on for the federal government and states running their own health insurance exchanges to get the systems up and running after overloaded websites and jammed phone lines frustrated consumers for a second day as they tried to sign up for coverage using the new marketplaces. (AP Photo/The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

White House doesn’t say whether Todd Park will testify Wednesday

By Brian Hughes November 12, 2013 5:00 am

White House Chief Technology Officer Todd Park celebrated the end of the enrollment deadline on heathcare.gov by popping the cork on a bottle of champagne.

Obama IT chief really, really doesn’t want to testify about Obamacare

By Byron York November 11, 2013 5:00 am

Center for Investigative Reporting: Overtime, new computer system put sizable dent in VA benefits backlog

Center for Investigative Reporting: Overtime, new computer system put sizable dent in VA benefits backlog

By Washington Examiner November 11, 2013 5:00 am

Former Defense secretaries Robert Gates, left, and CIA Director Leon Panetta, right, walk into the East Room of the White House on Sept. 21. Both criticized his handling of the Syria crisis in speeches on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Leon Panetta: ‘Tough’ to fix Obamacare website by Nov. 30

By Brian Hughes November 10, 2013 5:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, Friday, at the Port of New Orleans. Obama traveled to the Gulf Coast region to make a case that more exports equal more jobs. After New Orleans he will go to Miami area for three Democratic fundraisers. (AP/Gerald Herbert)

Obama wishes he could fix website but ‘I don’t write code’

By Meghashyam Mali November 8, 2013 5:00 am

Canadian provincial health officials last year fired the parent company of CGI Federal, the prime contractor for the problem-plagued Obamacare health exchange websites, the Washington Examiner has learned.

White House: Tech chief too ‘focused’ on fixing website to testify

By Meghashyam Mali November 8, 2013 5:00 am

The cyber threat is a serious national security issue. Indeed, itâs a virtual jungle out there. Our online enemies are legion, but they are not created equal. Among the ranks of our cyber competitors, China and Russia stand out as superpowers.

Fighting on the cyber battlefield: Weak states and nonstate actors pose threats

By James Jay Carafano November 8, 2013 5:00 am

Former White House aide Jeffrey Zients briefed reporters on behalf of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Friday, but continued to remain vague about both the problems and possible solutions. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jeffrey Zients not getting paid to fix Obamacare website

By Brian Hughes November 8, 2013 5:00 am

This photo taken March 22, 2013, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. The IRS issued $4 billion in fraudulent tax refunds last year to people using stolen identities, with some of the money going to addresses in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Ireland, according to a Treasury report released Thursday. The IRS sent a total of 655 tax refunds to a single address in Lithuania, and 343 refunds went to a lone address in Shanghai. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Report: IRS refunded $4B to identity thieves

By Associated Press and Stephen Ohlemacher November 7, 2013 9:16 pm