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

The official federal government organizational chart for the Obamacare website project.

Troubled Obamacare website wasn’t tested until a week before launch

By Richard Pollock October 17, 2013 4:00 am

Apparently, the only part of whitehouse.gov that needed to be cut was the "We the People" petition page, which allowed Americans to create petitions and voice their opinions to the White House.

‘We the People’ petitions page down, rest of whitehouse.gov just fine

By Ashe Schow October 16, 2013 4:00 am

Federal officials considered only one firm to design the Obamacare health insurance exchange website that has performed abysmally since its Oct. 1 debut.

Feds reviewed only one bid for Obamacare website design

By Richard Pollock October 14, 2013 4:00 am

Starting on Oct. 1, Americans were supposed to be able to visit websites to purchase subsidized health insurance online. Instead, Americans attempting to sign up have encountered error messages and long wait times.

Smooth functioning may be months away for Obamacare website

By Philip Klein October 13, 2013 4:00 am

John McAfee predicts hackers will empty Obamacare enrollees’ bank accounts

John McAfee predicts hackers will empty Obamacare enrollees’ bank accounts

By Joel Gehrke October 11, 2013 4:00 am

"Drunk Dial Congress" includes links to articles about the shutdown as well as thematic drink recipes.

‘Drunk Dial Congress’ site generates 10,000 (presumably drunk) calls per hour

By Rebecca Berg October 10, 2013 4:00 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.

Canadian officials fired IT firm behind troubled Obamacare website

By Richard Pollock October 10, 2013 4:00 am

Wash Post: U.S. adults lag most countries in literacy, math and computer skills

By Washington Examiner October 9, 2013 4:00 am

The discussions on the email listserv "We Win, They Lose" reflected a larger effort by House and Senate conservatives to coordinate during the debate over whether and how to fund the government during the shuwdown. (Thinkstock)

Conservative email listserv shuts down after messages leak

By Rebecca Berg October 8, 2013 4:00 am

(Thinkstock Image)

Government just doesn’t get the information age

By Michael Barone October 8, 2013 4:00 am

Obamacare still broken: Website says try back ‘in a few days’

By Paul Bedard October 8, 2013 4:00 am

Last week, the Obama administration insisted that the problems facing the website were attributable to overwhelming traffic due to pent-up demand for health insurance.ÃÂ But the Wall Street Journal reported Monday that federal officials for the first time are acknowledging the need to address design issues. (Screenshot: Healthcare.gov)

Obamacare website still glitchy after weekend maintenance

By Philip Klein October 7, 2013 4:00 am