With districts across the country all placing big device orders around the same time — and with many universities and companies also still reliant on remote work — the unprecedented demand for laptops strained supply chains. Schools and families are dealing with shipping delays, limited selections and higher-than-usual technology costs.
With hundreds of thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers facing uncertain futures in California, two startups hope drivers will take a chance on their alternative approaches to the ride-hail business.
India has banned another collection of Chinese apps, including the mobile version of popular game PUBG, as tensions between the two countries rise again over disputed territory along their shared border.
You may have seen Joe Biden campaign signs and yard banners around your neighborhood. Now, you may see them on your neighbor's island in the video game "Animal Crossing: New Horizon" too.
Apple and Google are moving ahead with the next stage of their contact tracing technology by integrating it more directly into their mobile operating systems, a step the companies say should help promote adoption of the notification tool.
Researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital hope to use robots measure patients' vital signs remotely so the task is safer for health care workers.
People associated with the infamous St. Petersburg troll group that was part of Russia's attempt to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election are trying to target Americans again, Facebook announced Tuesday after receiving a tip from the FBI.
It's a familiar scenario: A celebrity's name suddenly starts trending on Twitter, and some people immediately assume or fear it's because the person died. If the celebrity's name was trending for reasons unrelated to their mortality, there's an influx of tweets of relief from fans.
During the US Open, the US Tennis Association is inviting fans to engage in online debates of some of the sport's most contested questions, with the help of artificial intelligence technology from IBM Watson.
A series of deceptively edited and misleading videos shared by prominent Republicans have run up millions of views across Facebook and Twitter in just the past few days. And while both companies have cut:[made] pledged to combat misinformation, their responses to these videos followed a familiar pattern: often they act too late, do too little, or don't anything at all.
Since mid-May, Uber has required drivers to take selfies to verify they are wearing a mask or face covering before they are able to pick up riders. Soon, certain riders will also be required to take a selfie prior to ordering a ride.
Zoom's revenue surged more than 350% in the second quarter, and profits rocketed by nearly 10 times as much, as companies signed up for the video conferencing app to connect staff working from home during the pandemic.
Facebook is warning its users in Australia that it will stop allowing them to share local and international news on the social network if the country moves forward with new legislation that would force it to pay media outlets for the use of their news content.
Amazon received a critical certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday, bringing it a step closer to launching drone delivery in the United States.
China appears to have complicated efforts to sell TikTok to an American company by introducing new rules that could allow Beijing to veto any potential deal.
