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

Waymo's autonomously driven Jaguar I-PACE electric SUV

Driverless Waymo taxis to arrive in DC by 2026

By Jenny Goldsberry March 25, 2025 10:02 am

TikTok's loading screen atop a background of the Chinese flag and binary code.

Perplexity AI makes bid for TikTok as Oracle emerges as frontrunner

By Elaine Mallon March 21, 2025 3:01 pm

Trump administration intensifies civil action against Google that Biden’s team started

By Jessica Melugin March 21, 2025 5:20 am

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Papillion, Nebraska.

Walz celebrated Tesla stock downfall — Minnesota owns over a million shares

By Emily Hallas March 20, 2025 6:58 pm

Critics of Virginia AI bill claim economy is at risk and urge Youngkin to veto

By Barnini Chakraborty March 20, 2025 5:00 am

TikTok app on a phone.

TikTok attempts to round up support as White House eyes new buyer

By Annabella Rosciglione March 17, 2025 3:40 pm

Vice President JD Vance, center, speaks at a rally about "America's industrial resurgence," Friday, March 14, 2025, at Vantage Plastics in Bay City, Mich.

Vance confident TikTok will be sold to US company before deadline

By Emily Hallas March 14, 2025 8:50 pm

Trump nominates new cybersecurity head as agency reviews election work

By Jenny Goldsberry March 12, 2025 9:09 am

What we can learn about AI from Jewish myth

By Michael M. Rosen March 7, 2025 12:15 am

Microsoft to permanently shut down Skype after buying it for $8.5 billion

By Jack Birle February 28, 2025 5:03 pm

Musk pitches Starlink for FAA use over ‘dire’ state of air traffic control

By Elaine Mallon February 27, 2025 8:50 pm

Apple shareholders reject overhauling DEI program’s ‘illegal discrimination’

By Emily Hallas February 25, 2025 2:36 pm