TECHNOLOGY

The Bank of England warns that recent cryptocurrency meltdowns that wiped out more then $2 trillion in value highlight the need for tougher financial regulations.

A new poll shows that many Americans don’t expect to rely on the digital services that became commonplace during the pandemic after COVID-19 subsides.

Hackers claim to have obtained a trove of data on 1 billion Chinese from a Shanghai police database in a leak that, if confirmed, could be one of the largest data breaches in history.

A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth and is headed toward the moon.

A weekend outage at Japan’s No. 2 mobile carrier KDDI Corp. was still preventing many of its customers from making calls Monday.

The Supreme Court’s latest climate change ruling could dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the tech industry, which went largely unregulated for decades as the government tried to catch up to changes wrought by the internet.

Google will automatically purge information about users who visit abortion clinics and other places that could trigger legal problems now that the U.S. Supreme Court has opened the door for states to ban the termination of pregnancies.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has used Twitter to announce he had met with Pope Francis.

Donald Trump’s social media company and some of its employees received subpoenas from a federal grand jury in New York and securities regulators.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appealed against the British’s government decision last month to order his extradition to the U.S. The appeal was filed Friday at the High Court.

A crewless robotic boat retracing the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower has landed near Plymouth Rock.

Europe has moved to lead the world in regulating the freewheeling cryptocurrency industry at a time when prices have plunged, wiping out fortunes, fueling skepticism and sparking calls for tighter scrutiny.

Baidu Inc. is China's highest-profile competitor in a multibillion-dollar race with Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo and General Motors Co.'s Cruise to create self-driving cars.

With abortion now or soon to be illegal in over a dozen states and severely restricted in many more, Big Tech companies that collect personal details of their users are facing new calls to limit that tracking and surveillance.

Instagram is blocking posts that mention abortion from public view, in some cases requiring users to confirm their age before letting them view posts offering information about the procedure.

Ohio families that have called rural land home for generations are lamenting the loss of their property to a massive development project.

Facebook and Instagram have begun promptly removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them following a Supreme Court decision that stripped away constitutional protections for the procedure.

The company planning to buy Donald Trump’s new social media business disclosed Monday that it has received subpoenas from a federal grand jury in New York.

Officials say a display of war-damaged Russian weapons in downtown Warsaw serves as a reminder of the horrors of the war in Ukraine but also that Russian aggression can be defeated.

The fate of hard-nosed technology executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani is now in the hands of a jury that will weigh criminal charges alleging he joined disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, his former partner, in an elaborate fraud that jarred Silicon Valley.

Four Democratic lawmakers are asking federal regulators to investigate Apple and Google for allegedly deceiving mobile phone users by enabling the collection and sale of their personal data.

Toyota is recalling 2,700 of its bZ4X crossover vehicles globally for wheel bolts that could become loose, in a major setback for the Japanese automaker’s ambitions to roll out electric cars.

NASA wants its moon dust and cockroaches back.

Instagram is testing new ways to verify the age of people using its service, including a face-scanning artificial intelligence tool, having mutual friends verify their age or uploading an ID.

Amazon says it's providing $23 million to help minority-led organizations build or preserve more than 500 new affordable housing units in Seattle.

Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members - even if they’re dead.

Federal regulators have accused Harley-Davidson and Westinghouse of imposing illegal warranty terms on customers and ordered them to fix their warranties and ensure that their dealers compete fairly with independent repair-makers.

Michigan has agreed to destroy more than 3 million dried blood spots taken from babies and kept in storage.

Microsoft says “strategic espionage” by state-backed Russian hackers has targeted government agencies, think tanks, businesses and aid groups in 42 countries supporting Ukraine.

The head of the European Space Agency says Russia's invasion of Ukraine highlights the need for the continent to become less dependent on other nations.

When a GOP Missouri U.S. Senate candidate released a video Monday in which he cocked a gun after calling for a hunt of fellow Republicans who he believes are “RINOs,” or Republicans in Name Only, Facebook scraped it off its platform within a few hours.

The Justice Department says Facebook will change its algorithms to prevent discriminatory housing advertising as its parent company subjects itself to court oversight in a response to a U.S. lawsuit.

A Google executive is warning the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that cyberattacks, disinformation and other forms of information warfare being waged in Ukraine are a “crystal ball” for future problems elsewhere.

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday depicted former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny”” Balwani as an instrumental accomplice in a fraud hatched by his secret lover, Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, while his lawyers depicted him as a loyal soldier who tried to save the blood-testing company.

A Nebraska man has pleaded guilty in federal court to making death threats against Colorado’s top elections official.

Apple store employees in a Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin.

The historic vote by employees of a Maryland Apple store to unionize — a first for the technology giant — is a significant step in a lengthy process that labor experts say is heavily stacked against workers in favor of their employers.

Verizon and AT&T won't power up some wireless towers near airports until next summer to give airlines more time to make sure the new service won't interfere with planes.

A report in The New York Times says the rocket ship company run by Tesla CEO Elon Musk has fired several employees involved in an open letter that blasted the colorful billionaire for his behavior.

Angry bank customers who traveled to a city in central China to retrieve their savings from troubled rural banks have been stopped by a health app on their cellphone.

Costa Rica has been reeling from unprecedented ransomware attacks disrupting everyday life in the Central American nation for the last two months.

The Kentucky's Supreme Court has issued a sharply divided ruling against the warrantless use of cellphones as tracking devices by police.

In an unusual move for what’s been an unusual takeover bid for Twitter by the world’s richest man, Tesla CEO Elon Musk addressed the social platform’s employees Thursday, even though his $44 billion offer has not yet been completed.

The European Union is beefing up its code of practice on disinformation by enlisting more tech companies and adding measures to prevent online purveyors of fake news from profiting.

Mo'Nique and Netflix reportedly have settled her lawsuit that accused the streaming service of racial and sexual discrimination.

Automakers have reported nearly 400 crashes of vehicles with partially automated driver-assist systems, including 273 involving Teslas.

A new study has found that Facebook failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election.

Microsoft has officially sent Internet Explorer into retirement.

Redfin, the Seattle-based real estate brokerage, says it will lay off 8% of its employees as the housing market cools off.

The government plans soon to release data on collisions involving vehicles with autonomous or partially automated driving system that will likely single out Teslas for a disproportionately high number of such crashes.

Tech reporter Chris Velazco shares how to save old voicemails for The Washington Post's Help Desk.

New dad and Post tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler asked Frances Haugen for help understanding why shocking Instagram images kept appearing next to his baby's.

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen and The Washington Post tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler discuss the potential harms of unchecked social media algorithms.

Twitter accepted a $44 billion takeover offer from Elon Musk on April 25. Why did he want to buy the social media giant?

Technology columnist Geoffrey Fowler hid an Apple AirTag, a Samsung SmartTag and a Tile in a stroller to test the effectiveness of anti-stalking technology.

The Washington Post tech reporter Tatum Hunter worked out using Oculus fitness apps to find which could match against real-world cardio exercise.

A crew of three wealthy entrepreneurs and a former NASA astronaut, who is serving as their guide, docked on April 9 at the ISS.

SpaceX successfully launched a crew of private citizens from the Kennedy Space Center on a flight to the International Space Station on April 8.

Is the metaverse coming to your workplace? Tech at work writer Danielle Abril explains what you need to know for The Washington Post's Help Desk.

Technology writer Tatum Hunter breaks down the best payment apps for The Washington Post's Help Desk.

Dave Jorgenson takes us behind the scenes of his job: TikTok creator for The Washington Post.

Technology reporter Heather Kelly explains how to protect your privacy on TikTok for The Washington Post's Help Desk.

Technology reporter Heather Kelly explains how to protect your privacy on Twitter for The Washington Post's Help Desk.

Tech reporter Chris Velazco explains what you need to know to get 5G service on your smartphones.

Stephanie Hinds, a U.S. attorney, said in a statement on Jan. 3 that the guilty verdicts reflected Holmes’ "culpability in this large scale investor fraud."

Tidal power generators that look like aircraft are being tested in the sea off the Faroe Islands.

Help Desk reporter Heather Kelly looks at what might cause holiday shopping headaches and how to avoid them.

The Washington Post's Tatum Hunter shows how tools thieves used to hide from the law can help you protect your privacy, money and data from being stolen.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 10.

Four astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 8, completing a six-month mission on the International Space Station.

The new technology is part of a partnership with the TSA to cut wait times at security checkpoints.

Inexpensive Bluetooth trackers like AirTags and Tile give us the perilous power to find and confront our thieves.

Senators say new social media laws could be on the way - sooner than later | Accountable

An independent U_N_ investigator is warning that despite the Nobel Peace Prize to courageous Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, “gender equality in freedom of expression remains a distant goal.”

Tech reporter Heather Kelly shares a quick tip to make your Google experience more private for The Washington Post's Help Desk.

Tech reporter Chris Velazco shares tips on what to do with your old phones and gadgets for The Washington Post's Help Desk.

There’s no telling what you might find — or how you’ll find it — when the search engine is off.

To find the best payment apps to go cashless, tech reporter Tatum Hunter compares usability and major features for The Washington Post's Help Desk.

SpaceX’s Inspiration4 flight splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 18, completing the first all-civilian mission to orbit the Earth.

Watch the highlights of Apple's Sept 14 fall product reveal.

On Sept. 14, the Apple showed off a new smartwatch with a tougher, larger screen and new software for typing messages.

First Solar is one of few U.S. solar-panel manufacturers in an industry dominated by Chinese factories.

Relativity Space is building rockets using an autonomous, 3D manufacturing robot called "Stargate."

It said it had listened to feedback from privacy campaigners and others and would reassess.

The technology could be in all new cars that are manufactured in the next few years.

Too many countries fail to record deaths and their causes accurately. This makes tracking the spread of Covid-19 and other diseases harder than it needs to be.

The social-media platform said its technology had been erroneously identifying the comments as benign.

Technology is helping scientists expose the pollution of smaller, less known oil spills and those responsible for them.

The U.S., Russia and China say a ban on AI weapons is unnecessary. But growing number of activists and international allies are pushing for restrictions.

The technology lets experts predict which areas might burn the worst during wildfire season.

Activists see their fight as a patriotic struggle against government overreach, authoritarianism, and even a battle for their civil rights to refuse vaccines.

Around the world, animal conservation has evolved so it's not just humans monitoring wildlife.

The Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular, or ENVG-B, combines low light and thermal images with an augmented reality overlay.

The Enhanced Nightvision Goggles Binocular or ENVG-B combine low light and thermal images with an augmented reality overlay.

The board will decide if former president Donald Trump is allowed on Facebook, a test case of social media companies' power to moderate inflammatory speech.

The walls of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre are etched with thousands of small crosses, but who made them remains an open question. Archaeologist Amit Re'em analyzed thousands of etchings with new digital technology to try to solve the mystery. Ian Lee reports.

United Airlines is turning to technology that aims to capture carbon dioxide from the air and store it underground to help offset its carbon emissions completely by 2050, a change from offset programs the airline industry and others have traditionally leaned on to reduce their footprints. The company is developing a carbon capture plant in the Permian Basin in Texas. While the coronavirus pandemic has decimated air travel around the world, airlines usually generate around 2% of global carbon emissions. Carriers have used biofuels and carbon offsets, which are purchased in exchange for conserving forests and other projects. "The only way we can truly make a dent in the levels of atmospheric carbon is through direct air capture and sequestration."

CBSN Originals presents "Reverb | A City Under Surveillance" The Detroit Police Department is using facial recognition technology and a network of surveillance cameras to combat the city’s high crime rates. But critics say the technology has racial bias built into it and has even landed innocent people behind bars. In this documentary, CBSN Originals explores the debate over high-tech policing that promises to make our communities safer yet at the same time threatens our civil liberties.

In 1996, Andy Rooney wondered whether political ideas were as clever as the technology that broadcast them. He didn't think so

Shark attacks on both coasts are raising new concerns about beach safety this summer. New technologies like drones could make swimming less risky, despite reports of a growing shark population. Carter Evans reports.