Technology

The Silicon Valley data-mining firm Palantir Technologies confidentially filed to go public, setting up what could be the biggest stock offering from a technology company since Uber’s debut last year.

Social companies like Facebook and Twitter are starting to take action against hate speech and misinformation on their platforms. But NBC News technology reporter Brandy Zadrozny says it will take more than their current whack-a-mole approach to solve the problem.

Uber has acquired Postmates in a $2.65 billion all-stock deal, expanding its footprint in the fiercely competitive delivery market

Three former employees at Tesla’s factory in Fremont reportedly were fired after accepting the company’s offer to opt out of returning to work for fear of being exposed to the coronavirus.

Facebook says it will flag all ‘newsworthy’ posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from President Donald Trump

The founder of the app nOCD, Stephen Smith, and Dr. Patrick McGrath explain misconceptions about obsessive-compulsive disorder and how their new app provides online OCD therapy, including live virtual doctor visits.

Complaints that Tesla’s giant touch screens can fail have drawn the attention of U.S. safety regulators

Apple’s big annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference is this week, but looks very different than years past.

Known for sparking curiosity in children, San Francisco’s Exploratorium is now the birthplace of a very grown-up effort to manufacture personal protective equipment on a massive scale. In Sunnyvale, Maker Nexus has another set of open-source designs that volunteers are cranking out by the truckload.

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian resigned from the San Francisco company’s board and is urging his colleagues to fill the seat with a black candidate.

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian announced Friday that he is resigning from the company’s board. “I’m doing this for me, for my family and for my country,” Ohanian said in a video posted to his Instagram.

Known for sparking curiosity in children, San Francisco’s Exploratorium is now the birthplace of a very grown-up effort to manufacture personal protective equipment on a massive scale. In Sunnyvale, Maker Nexus has another set of open-source designs that volunteers are cranking out by the truckload.

Facebook employees are using Twitter to register their frustration over CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to leave up posts by President Donald Trump that suggested protesters in Minneapolis could be shot.

We tested out the most popular internet theory on how to get your iPhone to recognize your face with a mask on, and figured out how to (sort of) make it work.

We tested out the most popular internet theory on how to get your iPhone to recognize your face with a mask on, and figured out how to (sort of) make it work.

The NFL is considering adding a “booth umpire” and a senior technology adviser to the referee to assist the officiating crew

“Spot,” a robotic sheepdog, is being trained to help farmers around the world cope with labor shortages.

Job search and recruiting giant Glassdoor, based in Mill Valley, has laid off 300 employees, or 30% of its workforce, including 81 workers in Marin, according to the Marin Independent Journal.

Some privacy advocates are concerned that police are inadvertently helping Ring build a massive crime database.

From health to finance and even babysitting, our world is becoming more virtual! Malou Nubla talks new tech trends with Jennifer Jolly.