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Business and tech: TikTok ban, oil production, Roku hack
Scott McGrew covers the latest business and technology headlines.
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Bay Area ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies
The Justice Department says a former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China.
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Ex-Google engineer in the Bay Area charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies
A former software engineer at Google in the Bay Area has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
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SF robotics-AI company partners with Amazon on next generation of recycling
A San Francisco-based robotics company is front and center in a push to decarbonize after getting a huge boost from online retail giant Amazon. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.
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SF robotics-AI company partners with Amazon on next generation of recycling
A San Francisco-based robotics company is front and center in a push to decarbonize after getting a huge boost from online retail giant Amazon.
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Watch: Bay Area expert weighs in on social media outages
Facebook, Instagram and other social media outlets under the Meta umbrella were down for hours in varies locales across the U.S., and one expert says it can be a significant problem on Election Day. Kris Sanchez reports.
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Meta: Facebook, Instagram and Threads outages fixed
Cities like Chicago, Houston and New York reported outages Tuesday morning.
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Could sun's energy source be replicated on Earth to power neighborhoods?
Scientists and engineers believe we are the closest we have ever been to figuring out how to harness nuclear fusion as a commercial energy source to power homes, businesses, and just about everything else that relies on electricity or fuel. Bigad Shaban has more.
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Bay Area companies get funding boost for humanoid robots
Some Bay Area-based companies just got a funding boost for humanoid robots.
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Bay Area companies get funding boost for humanoid robots
Some Bay Area-based companies just got a funding boost for humanoid robots. Scott Budman reports.
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Uber rolls out teen accounts in California with added safety features
All parents need a little help with carpool pickup and dropoff from time to time, and starting Thursday in California, Uber will be an option for teens. Kris Sanchez reports.
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Uber rolls out teen accounts in California with added safety features
All parents need a little help with carpool pickup and dropoff from time to time, and starting Thursday in California, Uber will be an option for teens.
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Contra Costa County school district educates parents about AI in the classroom
A Contra Costa County school district says it’s fully embracing artificial intelligence, but understands there’s still a lot of unknowns when it comes to the emerging technology.
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Tech companies aim to harness nuclear fusion in ways never been done before
Globally, more than 40 tech companies are experimenting with 20 different methods in hopes of recreating the same type of energy process that has powered the sun and other stars for billions of years.
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Tech companies aim to harness nuclear fusion in ways that have never been done before
Long hailed as an impossibility, harnessing nuclear fusion to power homes, businesses, cars, and even airplanes is now widely viewed by scientists and engineers as a very real prospect that would undoubtedly and dramatically reshape energy consumption around the world. Bigad Shaban reports.
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Contra Costa County school district educates parents about AI in the classroom
A Contra Costa County school district says it’s fully embracing artificial intelligence, but understands there’s still a lot of unknowns when it comes to the emerging technology. Pete Suratos reports.
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Samsung debuts a ‘smart ring' with health-tracking features — its first foray into the product category
Samsung’s Galaxy Ring, its latest wearable, is launching with tracking features including heart rate and sleep monitoring.
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Chinese tech firm Lenovo shows off a laptop with a see-through screen
Chinese tech giant Lenovo showed off a prototype laptop on Monday that has a see-through screen.
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AT&T to offer a credit to accounts impacted by the US cellphone network outage
AT&T apologized for the hourslong outage to its U.S. cellphone network on Thursday and offered an automatic $5 bill credit per account.
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Smartphone giants like Samsung are going to talk up ‘AI phones' this year — here's what that means
Smartphone makers such as Samsung will talk up artificial intelligence on their phones this year. But what exactly is an AI smartphone?