Technology

SAN FRANCISCO — Numbers have long held a special significance at Google. When the internet company was founded in 1998, it based its name on the mathematical term “googol,” which refers to the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros. When it filed to go public in 2004, it said it planned to raise $2,718,281,828, which […]

Despite taking its name from one of the flashiest animals on the planet, NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service is at risk of blending in with the flock. Set to be unveiled Thursday afternoon at Rockefeller Center, where a 15,000-pound bird constructed for the occasion from shrubbery and lights towers over Midtown tourists, Peacock is the latest

Microsoft says it will be 100% “carbon-negative” by 2030 by removing more carbon from the environment than it emits By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer January 16, 2020, 5:52 PM 2 min read Microsoft is pledging to become 100% “carbon-negative” by 2030 by removing more carbon from the environment than it emits. CEO Satya Nadella

Smart contact lenses have been a popular concept in films for many years and may now finally have arrived in reality. Mojo Vision has revealed its new lenses which can display statistics like health tracking and other data feeds using augmented reality. The lenses project light in front of the user’s eye – meaning it

Hundreds of thousands of common murres, a fast-flying seabird, died from starvation four winters ago in the North Pacific, and a new research paper attempts to explain why By DAN JOLING Associated Press January 15, 2020, 7:07 PM 5 min read ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Common murres look like skinny penguins but fly like F-15 fighter

BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel and Premier Li Keqiang of China settled into the back seat of a driverless Volkswagen van, fastened their seatbelts and went for a spin around a disused airport landing strip in central Berlin. “There is nothing like seeing in practice what’s possible,” Ms. Merkel beamed when they returned. That was

LONDON — When British police used facial recognition cameras to monitor crowds arriving for a soccer match in Wales, some fans protested by covering their faces. In a sign of the technology’s divisiveness, even the head of a neighboring police force said he opposed it. The South Wales police deployed vans equipped with the technology

The German government says officials have agreed on a plan to shut down the nation’s coal-fired power plants by the mid to late 2030s January 16, 2020, 7:28 AM 2 min read BERLIN — German officials have agreed on a plan to shut down the nation’s coal-fired power plants by the mid to late 2030s,

BEIJING — They accuse each other of inciting violence. They denounce one another as corrupt. They call each other terrorists. As tensions between the United States and Iran persist after the American killing of a top Iranian general this month, the two countries are waging a heated battle in an unlikely forum: the Chinese internet.

Firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from Australia’s wildfires By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press January 16, 2020, 6:51 AM 3 min read CANBERRA, Australia — Specialist firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials