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

An internal government memo obtained by the Associated Press shows administration officials were concerned that a lack of testing posed a "high" security risk for President Obama's new health insurance website. (Thinkstock Image)

Government document: Health site posed security risk

By Jack Gillum October 30, 2013 4:00 am

This undated photo provided by Google shows a Google data center in Hamina, Finland. The Washington Post is reporting Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, that the National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world. The Post cites documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and interviews with officials. (AP Photo/Google)

NSA chief denies agency secretly tapped Google, Yahoo data centers

By Susan Crabtree October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Kathleen Sebelius can’t say if Healthcare.gov is secure

By Ashe Schow October 30, 2013 4:00 am

‘I would suggest that the website never crashed,’ says Kathleen Sebelius

By Charlie Spiering October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which operates Obamacare, on Tuesday apologized on Capitol Hill for the website crashes. AP Photo.

New Obamacare promise: Register 17,000 an hour, but site ‘down at the moment’

By Paul Bedard October 30, 2013 4:00 am

NY Times: Warily, schools watch students on the Internet

By Washington Examiner October 29, 2013 4:00 am

Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Stressing that improvements are happening daily, the senior Obama official closest to the administration's malfunctioning health care website apologized Tuesday for problems that have kept Americans from successfully signing up for coverage. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Medicare chief apologizes for Obamacare website

By Brian Hughes October 29, 2013 4:00 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, right, with San Antonio Mayor Julion Castro, left, takes part in a panel to answer questions about the Affordable Care Act enrollment, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Obamacare website hit by ‘network failure’

By Meghashyam Mali October 28, 2013 4:00 am

Julie Bataille, communications director for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, claims "the country's leading innovators and problem solvers" had been brought in to deal with the technological issues facing Healthcare.gov. (Courtesy photo)

CMS spokeswoman says revealing size of Obamacare ‘tech surge’ would be a distraction

By Philip Klein October 28, 2013 4:00 am

KCRA: California labor dept.’s new software has thousands of defects, some ‘critical’

By Washington Examiner October 28, 2013 4:00 am

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed mastermind of 9/11, is requesting that he be given a "Microsoft-enabled laptop computer" for use during his trial for war crimes, which is now underway.ÃÂ

Al Qaeda suspects want laptops, video software to use in cells

By Tim Mak October 25, 2013 4:00 am

Obamacare website undergoes management shakeup

By Philip Klein October 25, 2013 4:00 am