Silicon Valley

China’s Tech Titans Funding Beijing’s Effort to Close Income Gap

Lithuania Urges Users to Ditch Chinese Smartphone Over ‘Built-In Censorship Tool’

Lithuania Urges Users to Ditch Chinese Smartphone Over ‘Built-In Censorship Tool’

New Holographic Technology Provides Transportive Experience

YouTube Will Ban All Content Containing What it Calls Vaccine Misinformation

New Technologies Aim to Reduce Carbon in Atmosphere

Facebook Puts Instagram Kids Project on Hold

Huawei Executive Resolves Criminal Charges in Deal with US

Disabled People Can Now Use Android Phones with Face Gestures

Benin Startup Builds Low-Cost Computers

Media: ‘Quad’ Countries to Agree on Secure Microchip Supply Chains

‘Devious Licks’ Videos of Damage, Thefts Bedevil US Schools

Navalny App Gone from Google, Apple Stores on Russia Vote Day

China Gets Serious About Cracking Down on Youth Online Gaming

Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer, Dies at 81

UN Rights Chief Calls for Moratorium on Artificial Intelligence Systems

US Accuses Russia of Stonewalling on Cybercrime

Apple Plugs ‘No-Click’ Phone Hack Attributed to Pegasus Spyware

Hospitals Turn to Robots to Free Up More Time for Patients

First Private All-Civilian Orbital Spaceflight Set for Wednesday 

Cyber Arms Dealer Exploits New iPhone Software Vulnerability, Watchdog Says

SpaceX to Launch Private, All-civilian Crew into Earth Orbit

Apple Must Loosen App Store Grip, Judge Says; What’s the Impact?

Qatar Awards Scholarship to Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team

Moving Fingers, Rotating Wrists: Advances in Prosthetics Improve US Veterans’ Lives

Ireland Fines WhatsApp for Breaching EU Privacy Laws

Some Nigerian-based Experts Warn of China’s Growing Influence in African Technology

Facebook Invests in New Partnerships With Argentine Press

South Korea Bans Google, Apple Payment Monopolies

Spacex Launches Ants, Avocados, Robot to Space Station

Apple CEO Brings Home $750 Million Bonus

Airport Security Goes High-tech as US Nears 20 Years Since 9/11

Tech Companies Pledge Billions in Cybersecurity Investments

Members of Afghan Robotics Team Reach Mexico

YouTube Says It Has Removed 1 Million ‘Dangerous’ Videos on COVID

Russians Hacked Federal Prosecutors, US Justice Department Says

Era of VHS Might Be Over, but Many Are Not Ready to Let Go

What Are Deep Fakes and Why Are They Dangerous?

Amazon Hit With Record EU Data Privacy Fine

Israel’s NSO Under Fire for Spyware Targeting Journalists, Dissidents

France Calls British Travel Rules ‘Discriminatory,’ Not Science-Based

Blinken: Talks About Return to Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Will Not Go On Indefinitely’

Pentagon Chief Seeks to Nudge Ties with Vietnam as Human Rights Concerns Linger

US Federal Workers Again Are Masking Up

Nigeria’s Pre-Olympic Basketball Progress Inspires Amateurs

Cameroon Asks People Who Fled Boko Haram to Return

Haitians Displaced by Gang Violence Face Bleak Future

US-sanctioned Militia Leader Killed in East Libya, Officials Say

‘Just Proud’: Ledecky Wins Gold at Tokyo Olympics

First Person Charged Under Hong Kong Security Law Found Guilty

Former US Senator Enzi of Wyoming Dies After Bicycle Accident

Major Chinese Companies Caught in Squeeze Play Between Beijing, US

Pakistan Repatriates Afghan Soldiers Who Crossed Border in Face of Taliban Attack

Haiti: S Korean TV Channel Apology Over Olympics Stereotypes ‘Didn’t Go Far Enough’

Biden Announces End to US Combat Mission in Iraq

Somali Elections Delayed Again; No New Date Set

Europe Makes New Vaccination Push to Counter Rising COVID Cases

Tunisia’s President Suspends Parliament

Australian Police Warn of Mass Arrests if Anti-Lockdown Protesters Return to Sydney

July 25, 2021