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

EU opens investigation into Musk’s X over Israel-Hamas war misinformation

By Christopher Hutton December 18, 2023 2:19 pm

Faithful watch Pope Francis deliver the Angelus prayer on a giant screen, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe's outbreak.

Pope Francis’s call for international AI rules follows longtime peace activism

By Christopher Hutton December 16, 2023 9:00 am

Twitch reverses ‘artistic nudity’ policy after backlash

By Christopher Hutton December 15, 2023 6:16 pm

Replacing menus with QR codes is horrible

By Timothy P. Carney December 15, 2023 6:06 pm

AirTags won’t solve the crime crisis in Washington

By Rep. Mike Collins December 15, 2023 5:30 pm

Homeless people camping in downtown in Los Angeles.

Is our machines learning? The jury is still out on whether AI can up its PR game

By Jeremy Lott December 15, 2023 9:33 am

Here are the AI provisions in the just-passed defense policy bill

By Christopher Hutton December 14, 2023 4:43 pm

Europe’s new AI regulations could drive companies out

By Christopher Hutton December 14, 2023 8:00 am

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, speaks during a hearing on artificial intelligence, May 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Hawley’s attempt to revoke Section 230 protections for AI blocked by Cruz

By Christopher Hutton December 13, 2023 6:06 pm

NASAâs James Webb Space Telescopeâs NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) unveils intricate details of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), and shows the expanding shell of material slamming into the gas shed by the star before it exploded. (NASA photo)

NASA’s Webb telescope releases image of exploded star

By Jack Birle December 13, 2023 12:42 am

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Hialeah, Fla., Nov. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Trump selling another round of NFTs, this time featuring his iconic mug shot suit

By Asher Notheis December 12, 2023 9:10 pm

This April 26, 2017, photo shows the Google mobile phone icon in Philadelphia.

Jury declares Google has monopoly over Android app store in victory for Epic

By Christopher Hutton December 12, 2023 2:00 am