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

Experts withdraw from Internet security conference

Experts withdraw from Internet security conference

By Jack Gillum January 8, 2014 8:17 pm

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is scheduled to help launch the system at an event Wednesday at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Massachusetts unveiling electronic medical records system

By Associated Press January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Chet Kanojia, founder and CEO of Aereo, Inc., shows a tablet displaying his company's technology, in New York. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

TV-on-Internet service Aereo gets $34m in funding

By Anick Jesdanun January 8, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2013 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. At the Supreme Court, technology can be regarded as a necessary evil, and sometimes not even necessary. When they have something to say to each other in writing, the justices never do it by e-mail. And the court's historical society says the Supreme Court had no photocopying machine until 1969, a few years after Xerox had become a verb. Among those who think the Supreme Court will weigh in is Justice Antonin Scalia, who addressed the topic in July in a question-and-answer session with a technology group. Scalia said the elected branches of government are better situated to balance security needs and privacy protections. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

Technology? Some justices want to keep distance

By Mark Sherman January 7, 2014 8:03 pm

Mars rover photographs featured at Smithsonian

By Brett Zongker January 7, 2014 7:56 pm

Allowing one tech company to be sued over actions of another could stop innovation in its tracks, crippling small businesses and putting many of the products and services nearly all Americans use out of reach. (Thinkstock)

Patent litigation threat looms over network providers

By Gary Shapiro January 7, 2014 5:00 am

Dueling surveillance rulings stir legal ripples

By Stephen Braun January 7, 2014 5:00 am

Julius Genachowski, who ran the Federal Communications Commission for four years, is joining buyout giant KKR. (AP File)

Obama Revolving Door: Top web regulator Julius Genachowski cashes out to major buyout firm

By Timothy P. Carney January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Celebrities, businesses and even the U.S. State Department have bought bogus Facebook likes, Twitter followers or YouTube viewers from offshore "click farms," where workers tap, tap, tap the thumbs up button, view videos or retweet comments to inflate social media numbers. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Selling social media clicks becomes big business

By Washington Examiner January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Chris Petersen speaks during an interview on his farm on Oct. 7, 2013, near Clear Lake, Iowa. The federal health care law is now in effect, but many Iowa residents are still trying to figure out their new insurance plans or are continuing to seek health coverage. Peterson, a farmer and consultant, is among the state residents who still havenât been able to sign up for a plan through the federal website and is still waiting to hear what kind of subsidy he and his wife would qualify for to offset the insurance cost. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Iowans grapple with new health law

By Washington Examiner January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., says President Obama's latest anti-poverty plan isn't just a ripoff of his own, it also ignores the single most depressed city in the country: Detroit. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rand Paul: One single warrant should not apply to everybody who has a cell phone

By Joseph Lawler January 5, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., shown here during a Sept. 18 Judiciary Committee hearing, is fighting back against the NSA's data-collection programs. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Rand Paul says he’s suing over NSA data-collection policies

By Associated Press January 4, 2014 5:00 am