Amazon will take robot cars to a whole new level | Commentary

Amazon.com’s interest in acquiring a self-driving car pioneer is the prime example (pun intended) of how expectations for driverless vehicles have been recalibrated. The e-commerce giant is in advanced talks to buy Zoox for less than the $3.2 billion at which it was valued in 2018, the Wall Street Journal reported last week. Given the California-based startup’s […]

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London doctors use Microsoft’s augmented-reality goggles to reduce coronavirus exposure

London hospitals are testing Microsoft’s HoloLens technology to reduce the number of doctors exposed to patients with COVID-19, in a program that could be expanded across the National Health Service if it’s successful. A doctor wearing the augmented-reality goggles can broadcast images and audio from a patient examination back to colleagues outside the room using […]

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Instagram wants its influencers to make more money

Instagram is beginning to roll out updates that will allow creators to make money directly on the platform, a change that could drastically alter the influencer moneymaking landscape. The company announced several new features last week, including ads on IGTV videos, digital badges that fans can purchase through Instagram Live, merchandise sales through Instagram Shopping […]

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Amazon-backed voice AI startup DefinedCrowd raises $50.5 million

DefinedCrowd, an Amazon.com-backed startup that provides data sets to train artificially intelligent speech programs, is setting its sights on a public listing in the next five years as voice interactions between humans and machines become more common. The Seattle-based company raised $50.5 million in a recent funding round led by existing investors, paving the way […]

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Online divisions: Twitter, Facebook diverge on Trump’s words

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump posted identical messages on Twitter and Facebook this week. But while the two social platforms have very similar policies on voter misinformation and glorifying violence, they dealt with Trump’s posts very differently, proof that Silicon Valley is far from a united front when it comes to political decisions […]

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Future of stadiums, arenas promise high tech, low capacity

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The smell of barbecue wafts through the parking lots hours before kickoff at Arrowhead Stadium, and when the first salvo of fireworks explode overhead, thousands of Chiefs fans begin to march en masse toward the entrance gates. That’s how things normally are on an NFL game day in Kansas City. […]

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In virus-hit South Korea, AI monitors lonely elders

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a cramped office in eastern Seoul, Hwang Seungwon points a remote control toward a huge NASA-like overhead screen stretching across one of the walls. With each flick of the control, a colorful array of pie charts, graphs and maps reveals the search habits of thousands of South Korean senior […]

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Italy court rules Uber food delivery riders were exploited

ROME (AP) — A court in Milan has ordered the appointment of a judicial administrator to oversee Uber Italy for one year after determining the company’s food delivery service exploited workers, according to Italian news reports. The decision on Friday came amid an ongoing investigation into Uber’s activities in Italy. Italian news agency ANSA quoted […]

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Crashing computer may be ready for retirement; plus, tips on a hack, System Mechanic and pop-ups

Why would an 8-year-old computer mysteriously keep shutting down? Also: If my computer was hacked, could they see my saved passwords? And readers answer questions, too. Patrick Marshall answers your personal technology questions every week.

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Twitter and Trump: a feud years in the making finally erupts

On one side of this fraught moment: the president of the United States, facing multiple crises less than six months before the election. On the other: Twitter, the social media giant, which has grappled for years with how to handle its most prominent — and divisive — user. Caught in the middle: reality itself, and […]

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Space out and explore the universe without leaving home

If the new NASA missions have inspired an interest in science and celestial objects, these apps and sites can open a whole new batch of worlds.

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How to watch the SpaceX and NASA launch live on May 30

Following a postponement, Saturday will now mark the first time in nearly 10 years that American astronauts will launch into space from U.S. soil after Wednesday’s launch was postponed due to concerns over weather conditions. The mission is scheduled to send NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to space aboard the Crew Dragon capsule, […]

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AP Interview: French minister confident in virus tracing app

PARIS (AP) — As France is easing most virus-related restrictions next week, the French government is confident its contact-tracing app will be effective in the process to contain the spread of the pandemic, despite skepticism and worries about privacy. The man at the forefront of the French app, junior minister for digital economy Cedric O […]

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Seattle-based Airbnb rental startup Loftium misses its own rent payments, slashes staff as coronavirus undercuts business

For many tenants, living in a home managed by Seattle-based Loftium was a dream come true: a desirably located house, loft or townhome, in an expensive city, with affordable rent. Landlords, for their part, loved the ease and sense of stability that came with signing a lengthy contract with a well-funded company that promised to vet […]

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Costly electric vehicles confront a harsh coronavirus reality

At a factory near Germany’s border with the Czech Republic, Volkswagen’s ambitious strategy to become the global leader in electric vehicles is coming up against the reality of manufacturing during a pandemic. The Zwickau assembly lines, which produce the soon-to-be released ID. 3 electric hatchback, are the centerpiece of a plan by the world’s biggest automaker […]

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In pandemic, using drones to drop medical supplies from sky

With a loud whir and a whoosh, a fixed-wing drone slingshots out of a medical warehouse, zips through hazy skies at 80 mph, pops open a belly hatch and drops a box of medical supplies. Slowed by a little parachute, the box drifts downward and lands with a plop, less than 8 minutes after launch. […]

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Hello and welcome: robot waiters to the rescue amid virus

RENESSE, Netherlands (AP) — You can always count on a robot for perfect timing. When Shaosong Hu saw robotic waiters serving food in China last fall, he knew exactly what he wanted for his oriental restaurant in the Dutch beachside town of Renesse. He just didn’t have a clue how useful they would prove. The […]

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All about Section 230, a rule that made the modern internet

Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today. Those are the same words President Donald Trump challenged in an executive order.

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Trump signs order that could punish social media companies for how they police content, drawing criticism and doubts of legality

The president's directive could set the stage for federal regulators to write new rules and issue new punishments for companies deemed to exhibit political bias. Already, tech companies are preparing to fight back with a lawsuit.

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NSA: Russian agents have been hacking major email program

BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. National Security Agency says the same Russian military hacking group that interfered in the 2016 presidential election and unleashed a devastating malware attack the following year has been exploiting a major email server program since last August or earlier. The timing of the agency’s advisory Thursday was unusual considering that […]

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U.S. joins G7 artificial intelligence group to counter China

The U.S. has joined an international panel for setting ethical guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence. The Trump administration had earlier dismissed the idea. The White House’s chief technology officer, Michael Kratsios, told The Associated Press on Thursday it is important to establish shared democratic principles as a counter to China’s record of “twisting […]

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Section 230: The little law that defined how the internet works

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday that could pave the way for federal regulators to punish tech companies for how they moderate content. The draft order centers on Section 230, a law that is now more than 20 years old and that has helped define the way we all communicate […]

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New UW center bankrolled by Microsoft aims to make technology more accessible to disabled people

The Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experience (CREATE) will bring together faculty from six University of Washington campuses and three colleges. It has a fundraising target of $10 million to sustain its first five years of operations.

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CVS Health tests self-driving vehicle prescription delivery

CVS Health will try delivering prescriptions with self-driving vehicles in a test that begins next month. The drugstore chain said Thursday that it will partner with the Silicon Valley robotics company Nuro on the delivery of medicines and other products to customers near a Houston-area store. A CVS spokesman said the prescriptions will routinely be […]

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Wearable tech can spot coronavirus symptoms before you even realize you’re sick. Here’s how.

A half-dozen academic studies have been exploring whether the constant stream of data that wearables gather about our bodies offers any clue about who has caught the coronavirus. The idea is to detect deviations from what is "normal" for your body.

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Extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou clears a major legal hurdle in Canada

The chief financial officer of the Chinese technology giant Huawei came one step closer to standing trial in the United States on sweeping fraud charges after a Canadian court ruled on Wednesday that prosecutors had satisfied a critical legal requirement for her extradition from Canada.

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Twitter fact-checks Trump; he threatens new regs or shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, the historically prolific tweeter of political barbs and blasts, threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering after Twitter added fact checks to two of his tweets. He turned to his Twitter account — where else? — to tweet his threats. The president can’t unilaterally regulate or […]

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Arizona sues Google over ‘deceptive’ location tracking

PHOENIX (AP) — Google kept tabs on the whereabouts of its users even if they had turned off location tracking, an Arizona official alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The suit filed by Attorney General Mark Brnovich stemmed from an investigation that began after The Associated Press reported on Google’s location tracking in 2018. The […]

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‘Bummed out’: SpaceX launch scrubbed because of bad weather

American astronauts were slated to rocket into space from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly 10 years, and for the first time on a privately built spacecraft. But the launch was delayed due to weather.

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Trump threatens Twitter over fact checks: What’s next?

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Twitter has taken the unprecedented step of adding fact-check warnings to two of President Donald Trump’s tweets that falsely called mail-in ballots “substantially fraudulent” and predicted a “Rigged Election.” On Wednesday, the president threatened to impose new regulation on social media companies or even to “close them down.” But Twitter’s move […]

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Trump lashes out at social media companies after Twitter labels tweets with fact checks

President Donald Trump and his supporters lashed out against social media companies on Wednesday, targeting a Twitter executive with personal attacks and escalating a battle with the social media company over using a fact-check label on his tweets for the first time this week. “Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices,” Trump […]

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Appeals court sides with tech giants in activists’ lawsuit

A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit that accused Twitter, Facebook and other tech giants of conspiring to stifle the political views of a far-right activist and a conservative nonprofit. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that Laura Loomer and […]

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Trump threatens social media after Twitter fact-checks him

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering on Wednesday after Twitter added fact checks to two of his tweets. He turned to his Twitter account – where else? — to tweet his threats. The president can’t unilaterally regulate or close the companies, and any effort would […]

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Too much TV? Enter HBO Max, the latest streaming wannabe

Is a pandemic the perfect time to launch a new and relatively expensive streaming service? AT&T sure hopes so. The phone company is investing billions in HBO Max, its first big entertainment venture since it spent $85 billion for Time Warner in 2018. The good news for its timing: millions are stuck at home, watching […]

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France’s virus tracing app ready to go, parliament to vote

PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers were set to vote Wednesday on whether to endorse a contact-tracing app designed to contain the spread of the coronavirus amid sharp debate over privacy concerns. If approved, France’s StopCovid app will be made available to users on a voluntary basis starting Monday. The government committed to honoring the result […]

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Trump threatens social media after Twitter fact-checks him

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering a day after Twitter added fact checks to two of his tweets. The president can’t unilaterally regulate or close the companies, which would require action by Congress or the Federal Communications Commission. But that didn’t stop Trump […]

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SpaceX and NASA launch watch: Date, time, TV channels, how to stream free, live coverage

If all goes to plan, the May 27 event will mark the first time SpaceX has launched humans into space. TV, streaming services and other outlets are offering several ways to watch the space launch. Here are key details.

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Virgin Orbit analyzing data to find cause of rocket failure

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Virgin Orbit engineers were analyzing data Tuesday to find out what caused the maiden flight of its air-launched satellite booster to fail. The problem occurred soon after the LauncherOne rocket was released Monday from a Boeing 747 jetliner off the Southern California coast and its first stage motor ignited. The launch […]

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Twitter gives Trump a pass on unfounded ‘murder’ allegations

President Donald Trump has long feuded with Joe Scarborough, now a host of MSNBC's “Morning Joe” show, and has repeatedly tried to implicate him in the death even though Scarborough was hundreds of miles away at the time.

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PG&E’s long-running bankruptcy saga enters pivotal stage

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric limped into bankruptcy vilified for its long-running neglect of a crumbling electrical grid that ignited a succession of horrific Northern California wildfires that left entire cities in ruins. After nearly a year-and-a-half of wrangling during one of the most complex bankruptcy cases in U.S. history, it’s unclear […]

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Worry, haste, retail therapy: What have we bought and why?

NEW YORK (AP) — Between technical glitches and food worries, retail therapy and sheer amnesia, something has happened to shopping during the pandemic that can be summed up thusly: rubber chickens. Melissa Jean Footlick bought some while sheltering at home in San Diego with her husband and three dogs. She’s a kidney transplant patient so […]

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New owner of Seattle home beer-brewing startup PicoBrew plans to cut jobs, auction equipment, sell off other assets

The Seattle-based kickstarter darling aimed to automate some of the beer-making process, making it easier for aspiring home brewers and others. Its new owner has other plans.

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Scared Americans, desperate to travel, are buying up ‘COVID campers’

(Bloomberg) — Floor traffic at Mike Regan’s two RV dealerships outside Austin, Texas, is up 30% compared with last May. Cooped-up Americans desperate to get out after months of lockdowns are dreaming of doing something — anything — that resembles a vacation. But a majority of them worry a second wave of the coronavirus is […]

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US company trials coronavirus vaccine in Australia

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A U.S. biotechnology company announced on Tuesday the start of human trials in Australia of a vaccine for the coronarvirus with hopes of releasing a proven vaccine this year. Novavax has begun the first phase of the trial in which 131 volunteers in the cities of Melbourne and Brisbane will test […]

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Branson’s Virgin Orbit fails on first rocket launch attempt

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit failed Monday on its first attempt to launch a test satellite into space aboard a rocket carried aloft by a Boeing 747 and released over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California. The inaugural launch had appeared to be going well until moments after the […]

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No one thought SpaceX would beat Boeing to get astronauts to the space station

Wednesday's scheduled launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule with astronauts aboard would be the first crewed launch to orbit by a private corporation and also a major upset in a new kind of space race.

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States give few details on billions spent on virus supplies

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — States are spending billions of dollars stocking up on medical supplies such as masks and breathing machines during the coronavirus pandemic. But more than two months into the buying binge, many aren’t sharing details about how much they’re spending, what they’re getting for their money or which companies they’re paying. […]

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Work from home forever? Big Tech is divided on that | Commentary

The coronavirus pandemic has proven to many that it can work, but even as some executives extol its virtues in the long term, other tech leaders aren't so sure.

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Virus-proofing could become popular feature in vehicles after coronavirus

DETROIT — Automakers and suppliers around the world are investigating ways to virus-proof their vehicles to win customers in a post-COVID-19 market. Ideas under consideration include blasting car interiors with ultraviolet light, using foggers to spray disinfectants, upgraded air filtration systems and antimicrobial materials. A third of vehicle shoppers recently told Cox Automotive they are […]

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The hot new thing in clubby Silicon Valley? An app called Clubhouse

SAN FRANCISCO — Marc Andreessen, a Silicon Valley investor, published a rallying cry last month that quickly ricocheted around the tech industry. In it, he blamed America’s dismal response to the coronavirus on “smug complacency, this satisfaction with the status quo and the unwillingness to build.” He proposed a solution that fit squarely into Silicon […]

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