Tag: Internet technology
UK spy chief says West faces ‘moment of reckoning’ on tech
LONDON — Western countries risk losing control of technologies that are key to internet security and economic prosperity to nations like China and Russia...
Meituan raises $10 bln for self-driving cars, drone delivery
HONG KONG — Chinese food delivery giant Meituan raised nearly $10 billion in a sale of convertible bonds and additional shares and plans to...
Hungary’s poor Roma children struggle with digital education
BODVASZILAS, Hungary — Mihaly Horvath, a 12-year-old in a village in northeastern Hungary, can't wait for his school to reopen.
...
SolarWinds hacking campaign puts Microsoft in hot seat
BOSTON — The sprawling, monthslong hacking campaign deemed a grave threat to U.S. national security came to be known as SolarWinds for the company...
Fast data off fast boats to highlight SailGP’s second season
The second season of the SailGP global league will be awash in data that will benefit sailors as well as TV viewers, thanks to...
Televisa, Univision merge to form Spanish language TV giant
MEXICO CITY — Grupo Televisa, Mexico’s largest television network, announced Tuesday it is merging with U.S. Spanish-language broadcaster Univision to form what they called...
Amazon claims social network Parler trying to conceal owners
SEATTLE — Amazon has accused Parler, the social network known as a conservative alternative to Twitter, of trying to conceal its ownership amid a...
Cuban cooks overcome shortages with ingenuity on Facebook
HAVANA — If you don’t have potato, use malanga root. If you can't find zucchini, replace it with cucumber.
...
EXPLAINER: What Biden’s new $100B plan for broadband means
The problems with U.S. broadband networks have been obvious for years. Service costs more than in many other rich nations, it still doesn't reach...
Balky sign-ups complicate virus vaccinations for blind, deaf
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Unable to see, Carla McQuillan typically uses a program that converts the letters on a screen into audible words when she...
