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Apr 23, 2019
Federal regulators should hold Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg "individually liable for the company's repeated violations of Americans' privacy," Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden said Tuesday, including imposing penalties that apply directly to the chief executive.
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Apr 23, 2019
Tech companies are deciding between user convenience and potential damage to their brands.
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Apr 23, 2019
The 18-year-old New Yorker claims he "was forced to respond to multiple false allegations" in several states, causing him severe stress and damaging his reputation.
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Apr 23, 2019
Speedgate is a sport that was designed with the help of artificial intelligence in Oregon. The machine intelligence initially suggested the sport include exploding frisbees and underwater relays.
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Apr 23, 2019
The Sri Lankan government's decision to shutter access to social-media sites after Sunday's deadly bombings may mark a turning point in how countries around the world perceive Silicon Valley -- and their willingness act to stop the spread of falsehoods online.
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Apr 23, 2019
The move marks a major setback for what was the most highly anticipated new mobile device in years.
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Apr 21, 2019
Encryption has become available to almost anyone since the Snowden leaks showed the vulnerability of modern communication. That fact was on display as special counsel Robert Mueller explained why he couldn't get to the bottom of some well known Trump-Russia contacts.
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Apr 21, 2019
Federal regulators investigating Facebook for mishandling its users' personal information have set their sights on the company's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, exploring his past statements on privacy and weighing whether to seek new, heightened oversight of his leadership.
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Apr 21, 2019
Sealed documents, obtained as part of a trial between the two tech giants, offer a rare window into the decision-making process of one of the most secretive and powerful companies on the planet.
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Apr 21, 2019
U.S. robotics company Boston Dynamics has debuted a new promotional video showing its four-legged dog-like robot, SpotMini, pulling a box truck. The video shows off the machine's physical prowess ahead of a potential commercial launch later this year.
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Apr 21, 2019
The setback comes as the company is preparing to fly NASA astronauts for the first time.
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Apr 19, 2019
Federal regulators investigating Facebook for mishandling its users' personal information have set their sights on the company's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, exploring his past statements on privacy and weighing whether to seek new, heightened oversight of his leadership.
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Apr 18, 2019
U.S. robotics company Boston Dynamics has debuted a new promotional video showing its four-legged dog-like robot, SpotMini, pulling a box truck. The video shows off the machine's physical prowess ahead of a potential commercial launch later this year.
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Apr 18, 2019
Qualcomm is now alone at the top of the 5G chip market.
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Apr 18, 2019
French officials say a robot named Colossus played a crucial role in saving the Notre Dame from complete destruction. The robot is part of a new wave of firefighting machines that are being used to keep people out of harms way when fires break out.
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Apr 18, 2019
Facebook said it may have uploaded email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May 2016, in another privacy-related issue faced by the social media company.
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Apr 17, 2019
The announcement could end the state-owned carrier's 8-year effort to gain access to U.S. customers.
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Apr 17, 2019
The game's director believes the world's "Freakosystem" will help transcend in a crowded field of similar titles.
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Apr 17, 2019
U.S. robotics company Boston Dynamics teased the commercial launch of its four-legged robot SpotMini with a video tethered of 10 of them pulling a truck across the Boston Dynamics car park in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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Apr 17, 2019
Uber acknowledged Monday that it modified some of its electric bikes recently after the company encountered a braking problem similar to the one that prompted rival Lyft to recall its own electric bikes in several cities over the weekend.
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Apr 17, 2019
As the first images of charred wreckage inside the Notre Dame cathedral appeared online Tuesday, engineers around the world said one observation was already clear: to return the ancient structure to i...
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Apr 17, 2019
As images of the iconic spire falling to the streets played on YouTube, "information panels" appeared below the videos appearing to link it to the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Apr 17, 2019
The trial's outcome could affect how the spoils of innovation are distributed, upending the incentives and business models for companies that usher in new technologies.
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Apr 15, 2019
Her campaign still sponsors several active ads on Facebook.
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Apr 15, 2019
Samsung is releasing the Fold April 26. The Post's Geoffrey A. Fowler got his hands on one early and has a few things to address, from its camera capabilities to whether you can actually see the fold crease on the screen.
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Apr 15, 2019
The first folding smartphone is finally about to arrive, and our tech columnist answers some critical questions about what's good — and bad.
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Apr 14, 2019
With the billionaire's death last year, the aircraft's future is uncertain.
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Apr 13, 2019
The April 11 voyage marks the world's most powerful rocket second flight and its first commercial mission following a 2018 test flight.
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Apr 13, 2019
Used electronics are in fashion. Our tech columnist shows how to buy refurbished gadgdets — and not get a lemon.
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Apr 13, 2019
The Trump administration and government regulators are expected to unveil a major push Friday afternoon at the White House to accelerate the rollout of the high-speed, next-generation mobile data technology known as 5G.
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Apr 12, 2019
The April 11 voyage marks the world's most powerful rocket second flight and its first commercial mission following a 2018 test flight.
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Apr 11, 2019
The ride-hailing company said it has 3.9 million drivers and operates in more than 700 cities.
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Apr 11, 2019
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act has a long and controversial history.
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Apr 10, 2019
House lawmakers on Wednesday approved a Democrat-backed bill that would restore rules requiring AT&T, Verizon and other Internet providers to treat all Web traffic equally, marking an early step toward reversing one of the most significant deregulatory moves of the Trump era.
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Apr 10, 2019
Republicans led by Sen. Ted Cruz accused tech giants of exhibiting bias against conservatives, while Democratic lawmakers described it as a hoax meant only to gain more favorable treatment online.
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Apr 10, 2019
Pregnancy-tracking apps such as Ovia have climbed in popularity as fun, friendly companions for the daunting uncertainties of childbirth. But they have also become powerful monitoring tools for employers and health insurers.
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Apr 10, 2019
U.S. officials have pressured allies not to use networking gear from Chinese technology giant Huawei, and President Trump has urged American companies to "step up" and compete to provide the next generation of high-speed, low-lag wireless service known as 5G. There's just one problem: No U.S. companies manufacture the technology's most critical components.
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Apr 10, 2019
Facebook is launching a set of new tools to combat the spread of harmful content and misinformation across its family of apps, including Instagram and Facebook Messenger.
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Apr 09, 2019
New legislation would make it harder for tech companies to nudge Internet users to give up their data.
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Apr 09, 2019
Pregnancy-tracking apps such as Ovia have climbed in popularity as fun, friendly companions for the daunting uncertainties of childbirth. But they have also become powerful monitoring tools for employers and health insurers.
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Apr 09, 2019
Theorized but never imaged directly, black holes may finally be ready for their close-up.
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Apr 09, 2019
Using Windows 10, Microsoft users can, by default, swiftly remove their USB drives without "safely" ejecting them.
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Apr 09, 2019
A congressional hearing to explore the spread of white nationalism on social media quickly served to illustrate of the problem Silicon Valley faces, after anonymous users on YouTube began posting attacks on the basis of race and religion.
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Apr 09, 2019
Our tech columnist answers your questions about how to block spam, nuisance and fraudulent calls on your home phone.
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Apr 09, 2019
British regulators on Sunday unveiled a landmark proposal to penalize Facebook, Google and other tech giants that fail to stop the spread of harmful content online, marking a major new regulatory threat for an industry that's long dodged responsibility for what its users say or share.
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Apr 09, 2019
Congressional lawmakers plan to grill Facebook and Google this week over the ways they police their platforms, including their efforts to stop online racism from spurring real-world violence, offering the latest sign that tech giants face a global regulatory reckoning for their business practices.
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Apr 06, 2019
A family has accused the company of failing to take seriously their alleged privacy violation during a stay in an Ireland Airbnb.
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Apr 05, 2019
Since President George H.W. Bush called for a return to the moon in 1989 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, several presidents have called for NASA to send astronauts to the moon or Mars with soaring rhetoric that's never been matched by the resources or political resolve to make such promises come true. Now, on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, it is the Trump administration's turn.
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Apr 05, 2019
An upstart British company called Wayve claims it has created a self-driving car using satellite navigation and cameras. Instead of relying on sophisticated senors for navigation, the company claims the car uses uses machine learning to mimic how human drivers learn to drive.
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Apr 04, 2019
The court hearing comes as Tesla's Model 3 delivery numbers come in below even analysts' tempered expectations.
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Apr 04, 2019
House Democrats plan to grill Facebook and Google next week on their efforts to stop the spread of white nationalism and hate speech online, a hearing that comes in response to a series of violent, racially motivated attacks around the world, including a mass shooting in New Zealand last month.
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Apr 04, 2019
MacKenzie Bezos's stake will be worth roughly $36 billion, making her one of the wealthiest women in the world.
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Apr 04, 2019
The couple's "sussexroyal" account finds 1 million followers within six hours, but a British man says Instagram co-opted the handle from him without warning.
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Apr 04, 2019
We tested six apps and services to find the best way to fight back against spam bots, telemarketers and fraud.
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Apr 04, 2019
Tesla's Model 3 delivery numbers were below even analysts' tempered expectations.
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Apr 03, 2019
Andreas Gal, an American citizen, was asked to turn over the passwords to his mobile phone and laptop, which were both owned by Apple.
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Apr 03, 2019
More than 540 million Facebook records -- including users' comments, likes, account names and more -- were left exposed on an Amazon cloud-computing server, researchers discovered on Wednesday, marking the latest major privacy and security mishap to plague the social-networking giant.
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Apr 03, 2019
Verizon said Wednesday it had turned on its ultra-fast 5G wireless network in parts of Chicago and Minneapolis, though it'll only be available to certain subscribers who pay a fee and own a compatible smartphone.
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Apr 03, 2019
Beginning this month, customers who own a Google assistant can start using them to order groceries from Walmart. The voice command technology is the latest in a series of innovations designed to make the grocery shopping experience easier for busy customers, experts say.
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Apr 03, 2019
Researchers in Israel created malware to draw attention to serious security weaknesses in medical imaging equipment and networks.
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Apr 02, 2019
The ever-worsening scourge of robo-calls is receiving renewed attention on Capitol Hill, where top Democrats and Republicans this week are set to take an early step toward cracking down against scammers that prey on consumers' phones.
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Apr 02, 2019
Griffin Spikoski spends as much as 18 hours a day playing video games. His hobby that has led to nearly 1.2 million subscribers and more than 71 million views on YouTube,netting him advertisers, sponsorships and a steady stream of income.
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Apr 01, 2019
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Monday that the agency will need additional funding to meet a White House mandate to land people on the moon by 2024.
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Mar 31, 2019
In their latest video, a Boston Dynamics robot can be seen working in a warehouse. The birdlike machine, called "Handle," left many observers wondering about whether it might take human jobs.
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Mar 31, 2019
To deliver for investors, Lyft will have to make its cars driverless. In the meantime tensions with drivers will only increase.
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Mar 31, 2019
Apple has nixed plans to build its much anticipated AirPower wireless charging pad, the company said Friday. "After much effort, we've concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards, and we ha...
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Mar 29, 2019
To deliver for investors, Lyft will have to make its cars driverless. In the meantime tensions with drivers will only increase.
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Mar 29, 2019
Vijaya Gadde, Twitter's head of legal, policy and trust & safety, made the revelation on stage at a Washington Post-sponsored event in San Francisco.
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Mar 29, 2019
The Dept. of Housing and Urban Development charged Facebook March 28 with violating the Fair Housing Act, alleging that the company's targeted advertising discriminated on the basis of race and color.
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Mar 28, 2019
Vijaya Gadde, Twitter's head of legal, policy and trust & safety, made the revelation on stage at a Washington Post-sponsored event in San Francisco.
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Mar 27, 2019
Facebook announced on March 27 it will ban praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism on Facebook and Instagram starting next week.
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Mar 27, 2019
Computing's 'Nobel Prize' winners Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun helped lead to breakthroughs in computer vision, speech recognition and robotics.
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Mar 27, 2019
Facebook on Wednesday said it would begin banning posts, photos and other content that reference white nationalism and white separatism, revising its rules in response to criticism that a loophole had allowed racism to thrive on its platform. Previously, Facebook only had prohibited users from sharing messages that glorified white supremacy -- a rhetorical discrepancy, in the eyes of civil-rights advocates, who argued that white nationalism, supremacy and separatism are indistinguishable and that the policy undermined the tech giant's stepped-up efforts to combat hate speech online.
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Mar 27, 2019
Computing's 'Nobel Prize' winners Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun helped lead to breakthroughs in computer vision, speech recognition and robotics.
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Mar 26, 2019
The demonstrations in San Francisco and Los Angeles were meant to send a message ahead of the company's IPOs this year.
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Mar 26, 2019
The decision is the latest in a slew of unfavorable rulings against Apple in a sprawling and international legal battle between the two technology giants.
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Mar 26, 2019
The vice president said if NASA cannot pull off the monumental feat, "we need to change the organization, not the mission."
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Mar 25, 2019
Don't hold your breath.
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Mar 25, 2019
Apple revealed a new service called Apple News , a $10 a month subscription service that will include magazines like Sports Illustrated and The New Yorker.
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Mar 25, 2019
Apple introduced a new credit card run by them, not a bank, at a live event March 25.
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Mar 25, 2019
Services "is what today is all about," Apple CEO Tim Cook says.
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Mar 25, 2019
In January, 25 autonomous delivery robots descended on George Mason University's campus. Today, the company that managed the machines -- Starship Technologies -- revealed how they've changed student behavior.
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Mar 25, 2019
On Monday, Apple is expected to announce something altogether different from its typical new products that consumers can touch and feel: A subscription service that in some ways resembles Amazon Prime...
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Mar 22, 2019
The anonymous message board houses some of the most controversial content online. Here's a look behind its rise in influence.
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Mar 22, 2019
The food industry is adjusting to an influx of robots. The latest example is Briggo, a fully automated, robotic coffee machine that can push out 100 cups of coffee in a single hour -- the equivalent of what three to four baristas can do, according to the company. The machine gives customers control over ingredients, espresso shots, flavorings and temperature without any human interaction.
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Mar 22, 2019
Last fall, Howard Gordon, showrunner for the hit TV show "24" and co-creator of "Homeland," was in the middle of negotiating a deal with a newcomer to Hollywood: Apple. In a meeting with film executiv...
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Mar 22, 2019
To experts in online extremism, the continuing celebration on the Internet message board 8chan of last week's slaughter in New Zealand echoes another brand of terrorism — that carried out by Islamic militants who've long used the Web to mobilize followers and incite violence. The persistence of the talk of violence on 8chan has led some experts to call for tougher actions by the world's governments.
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Mar 22, 2019
To experts in online extremism, the continuing celebration on the Internet message board 8chan of last week's slaughter in New Zealand echoes another brand of terrorism — that carried out by Islamic militants who've long used the Web to mobilize followers and incite violence. The persistence of the talk of violence on 8chan has led some experts to call for tougher actions by the world's governments.
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Mar 22, 2019
The food industry is adjusting to an influx of robots. The latest example is Briggo, a fully automated, robotic coffee machine that can push out 100 cups of coffee in a single hour -- the equivalent of what three to four baristas can do, according to the company. The machine gives customers control over ingredients, espresso shots, flavorings and temperature without any human interaction.
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Mar 22, 2019
The latest date for the first test of Boeing's Starliner capsule was to be in April, which was already pushed back repeatedly. Now that first flight — a test mission without any astronauts on board — is going to be delayed to at least August, according to two officials with knowledge of the situation.
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Mar 22, 2019
Agency head dismayed by new delay, but "Senate Launch System" has strong political support.
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Mar 21, 2019
Facebook on Thursday said that it had left "hundreds of millions" of its users' passwords exposed in plain text, potentially visible to the company employees, marking another major privacy and security headache for a tech giant already under fire for mishandling people's personal information.
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Mar 21, 2019
Users flagged the video of the New Zealand terror attack after it streamed live, which may have delayed Facebook's response, the company said.
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Mar 21, 2019
Users flagged the video of the New Zealand terror attack after it streamed live, which may have delayed Facebook's response, the company said.
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Mar 21, 2019
Users flagged the video of the New Zealand terror attack after it streamed live, which may have delayed Facebook's response, the company said.
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Mar 21, 2019
Nunes filed a lawsuit seeking $250 million in damages and to unmask the identity of the users behind @DevinCow and @DevinNunesMom.
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Mar 20, 2019
Nunes filed a lawsuit seeking $250 million in damages and to unmask the identity of the users behind @DevinCow and @DevinNunesMom.
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Mar 20, 2019
The iPad Mini is mighty once again, and updated AirPods give Siri a whole new way to misunderstand what you said.
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Mar 20, 2019
According to the game's chief designer, grappling-hooks and white-knuckle fighting will highlight one of the year's most anticipated releases.
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Mar 20, 2019
In the college admissions scheme that captured the public's attention last week, prison consultants saw an opportunity. Part fixer and part therapist, their jobs range from soothing exaggerated fears about sexual assault and answering the basic questions about hygiene (i.e. "How do I use the bathroom federal prison?") to strategies for how a client might adopt for managing their business while they're behind bars.
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