Silicon Valley & Technology

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) includes analyzing data, like weather or Google searches, that can predict outbreak before humans do

Experts raised doubts over Twitter's ability to put together financing for a potential deal

Company calls on its US users to lobby federal government 

China is expected to retaliate

Administration’s shuttering of Houston consulate follows years of frustrated government efforts to thwart Beijing’s IP theft

New designation will apply exclusively to ‘outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures’

Facebook said in a statement that it is a violation of its policies around harmful COVID-19 misinformation

Slow-moving animals could be extinct by 2050

The California law was applauded by large tech companies and consumer groups that had championed the level playing field of net neutrality

The new feature, available in more than 50 countries, lets users make and share 15-second videos

India in June outlawed 59 Chinese apps for threatening the country's 'sovereignty and integrity,' including ByteDance's video-sharing app TikTok, Alibaba's UC Browser and Xiaomi's Mi Community app

A variety of groups advocating for privacy and consumer rights want to block deal over antitrust and privacy concerns

Microsoft may take over US operations of wildly popular TikTok app

Beijing-based ByteDance has come under pressure from Washington to sell off its US TikTok operations over concerns that company’s links to Chinese government threaten privacy of US citizens

One condition for the sale of the Chinese-owned social media app is that ‘a very large percentage' of the sale price must go to the US Treasury, according to the president