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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The Wall Street Journal reports that Uber is considering acquiring Grubhub in a deal that would give the companies control over a majority of the U.S. food delivery business

Uber on Monday announced the launch of two new projects as it continues to transition its ride-hailing business to a critical delivery service during the coronavirus crisis.

Apple is considering postponing the September release of its new 5G-enabled iPhone over concerns consumers would be less inclined to buy it in the slumping economy caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from Business Insider.

More Americans are self-quarantining amid the coronavirus pandemic as some states and municipalities enact shelter-in-place orders to require social distancing. Technology and social media are becoming more vital as the coronavirus outbreak is now seen across each of the 50 states. President Donald Trump said that the country and our way of life may be impacted until July or August….

IPhone owners could get $25 from Apple after the company agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle claims over intentionally slowing down older phones to preserve older batteries.

Between 2018 and 2028, more than 500,000 new jobs are expected to be added to the computer and information technology workforce, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But despite this growing demand for talent, the tech industry has made slow gains in providing equal opportunity for both men and women in the field. In 2018, according to the National...