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

FILE - In this Oct. 29,2013 file photo, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Clapper is declassifying more documents that show how the National Security Agency was first authorized to start collecting bulk phone and Internet records in the hunt for al-Qaida terrorists. Clapper explains in a statement on Dec. 21 that President George W. Bush first authorized the spying as part of the Terrorist Surveillance Program, just after the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

US releases more documents on surveillance origins

By Associated Press and Kimberly Dozier December 22, 2013 1:32 am

Officials launched healthcare.gov despite a warning from a top cybersecurity official that it wasn't ready, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee revealed Friday.ÃÂ (AP Image)

Top cybersecurity official warned of high vulnerabilities with healthcare.gov before website launch

By Kelly Cohen December 20, 2013 5:00 am

A Verizon report will provide the total number of law-enforcement agency requests the company received in criminal cases. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Verizon to publish data on phone records requests

By Associated Press and Marcy Gordon December 20, 2013 5:00 am

Bitcoin doesn't meet the definition of a currency or even an electronic payment form in Finland, where the central bank has instead decided to categorize the software as a commodity. (AP/Rick Bowmer)

Bitcoin — or something like it — is here to stay

By Veronique de Rugy December 19, 2013 5:00 am

Internet gold: Doge + Bitcoin = Dogecoin

By Ashe Schow December 19, 2013 5:00 am

A presidential advisory panel has recommended dozens of changes to the government's surveillance programs, including stripping the NSA of its ability to store Americans' telephone records and requiring a court to sign off on the individual searches of phone and Internet data. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

Advisory panel recommends more oversight for NSA

By Julie Pace December 19, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This June 6, 2013 file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The case of a Baltimore purse-snatcher who got nabbed after crank-calling his victim in 1976 laid the legal groundwork for today's worldwide government surveillance of telephone records in the name of protecting the U.S. from terrorists. The NSA has argued that people forfeit privacy rights when they voluntarily give their phone numbers and Internet IDs to businesses. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Obama meets with NSA review task force

By Meghashyam Mali December 18, 2013 5:00 am

National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 11. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House to release NSA review group report today

By Meghashyam Mali December 18, 2013 5:00 am

Insurers have agreed to extend the deadline for individuals to pay for insurance policies they choose through President Obama's health care program, industry group America's Health Insurance Plans announced Wednesday, about a week after the Department of Health and Human Services "strongly encouraged" it to do so.

Insurers extend deadline for Americans to pay first month’s Obamacare premiums

By Philip Klein December 18, 2013 5:00 am

Fewer teens are trying fake marijuana known by such names as K2 and Spice, apparently getting the message that these cheap new drugs are highly dangerous, according to the government's annual survey on drug use. (AP/Ted S. Warren)

Survey: Teens using synthetic drugs less often

By Alicia Caldwell December 18, 2013 5:00 am

The Department of Health and Human Services is claiming to have made more than 400 software fixes to healthcare.gov.

Insurers extend deadline for premium payments until Jan. 10

By Susan Crabtree December 18, 2013 5:00 am

Federal officials have begun sending Medicaid applications to states so they can enroll people, beginning with a handful of places where technical problems that have marred the new insurance marketplace are expected to be less of an issue. (AP Photo/Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield)

States to get Medicaid cases from federal website

By Washington Examiner December 18, 2013 5:00 am