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

Gallagher introduces bipartisan legislation empowering president to crack down on TikTok

By Christopher Hutton March 5, 2024 12:32 pm

(AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger outage suffer outage

By Christopher Hutton March 5, 2024 11:20 am

Musk updates X policy on ‘misgendering’ following backlash

By Christopher Hutton March 4, 2024 3:19 pm

The times EU regulators have been a thorn in Apple’s side

By Christopher Hutton March 4, 2024 1:24 pm

According to users using the hashtag #TwitterLockout, conservative and right-leaning accounts said they were victims of censorship. (iStock photo)

Washington’s AI election misinformation program flagged factually accurate stories about noncitizen voting

By Peyton Sorosinski March 4, 2024 1:15 pm

Trump supporters attempt to woo black voters with fake AI images

By Christopher Hutton March 4, 2024 10:47 am

The Truth Social merger that could be a cash cow for Trump is in trouble

By Cami Mondeaux March 2, 2024 10:38 am

Waymo gets green light to expand driverless cars into LA and San Francisco

By Brady Knox March 1, 2024 10:20 pm

DeSantis vetoes bill banning social media accounts for minors

By Christopher Hutton March 1, 2024 4:31 pm

A woman walks below a Google sign on the campus in Mountain View, Calif. In the years since Barack Obama and Joe Biden left the White House, the tech industry's political fortunes have flipped. Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple have come under scrutiny from Congress, federal regulators, state attorneys general and European authorities.

On AI disinformation, Big Government, Big Media, and Big Tech are the threats, not the solutions

By Timothy P. Carney March 1, 2024 12:09 pm

Facebook unveiled its new Meta sign at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Oct. 28, 2021.

Meta removing Facebook News tab in US and Australia as legislation looms

By Christopher Hutton March 1, 2024 11:13 am

Elon Musk speaks to the media after attending a closed-door gathering of leading tech CEOs on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.

Musk sues OpenAI for breach of contract for becoming for-profit company

By Christopher Hutton March 1, 2024 9:58 am