Technology

The nation’s tech giants, once celebrated as corporate heroes, are suddenly seen as bullies in the schoolyard of the American economy. In recent months, federal agencies, states and Congress have started investigating the market power and potential anticompetitive behavior of Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple, collectively known as Big Tech. What, if anything, should be […]

A moderate earthquake has been felt across Hawaii’s Big Island, but there are no immediate reports of damage November 11, 2019, 6:40 PM 1 min read A moderate earthquake has been felt across Hawaii‘s Big Island, but there are no immediate reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 4.9 quake early Monday

In a sign of Google’s major ambitions in the health care industry, the search giant is working with the country’s second-largest hospital system to store and analyze the data of millions of patients in an effort to improve medical services, the two organizations announced on Monday. The partnership between Google and the medical system, Ascension,

Washington state seismologists use Major League Soccer championship to study vibration data November 11, 2019, 6:43 PM 1 min read Seismologists in Washington state have used Major League Soccer’s championship as an opportunity to study information collected while fans shook the stadium. KING-TV reported the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network installed seismic monitors at CenturyLink Field

SAN FRANCISCO — Last fall, Google unveiled a breakthrough artificial intelligence technology called BERT that changed the way scientists build systems that learn how people write and talk. But BERT, which is now being deployed in services like Google’s internet search engine, has a problem: It could be picking up on biases in the way

A new study finds the most destructive hurricanes are hitting the US three times more often By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer November 11, 2019, 8:12 PM 3 min read Big, destructive hurricanes are hitting the U.S. three times more frequently than they did a century ago, according to a new study. Experts generally measure

A little more than two weeks after Facebook announced a news initiative, the social network was on the defensive, responding to a published report that a website co-founded by the company’s top news executive had displayed bias against Elizabeth Warren. Popular Information, a liberal newsletter, reported on Monday that The 74, a nonprofit education policy

Two well-known scientific groups have dropped job postings from their websites from Brigham Young University because of the school’s LGBTQ policies November 11, 2019, 8:36 PM 2 min read Two well-known scientific groups have dropped job postings from their websites from Brigham Young University because of the school’s LGBTQ policies, igniting a debate on whether

WeWork, seeking a new chief executive to lead the co-working company’s overhaul, is in talks with John Legere of T-Mobile, according to two people briefed on the discussions. Mr. Legere, who has been credited with reviving T-Mobile since becoming its chief executive in 2012, is one of several candidates the company is considering, according to

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is facing criticism for calling the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi ‘a mistake’ in an interview with Axios on HBO By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer November 11, 2019, 8:07 PM 4 min read Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is being criticized for calling the murder of a Washington Post